C.A. Larmer > Quotes

“ghastly girl. Might as well move in. I don’t know why Wade stands for it, frankly. But, well, he has other fish to fry...” He took another mouthful of salad. “Oh?”
― C.A. Larmer, A Plot to Die For

“Merry had finally realised on that long drive back from Jindabyne—with help from a wise elder—what it was that was eating at her youngest, causing him to implode. Archie was hungry! Starving, in fact, for his mother and her cooking, and the life they used to share. “Parents often step back when kids become adolescents,” Earle had told her. “You ask me, that’s a big mistake. Fourteen-year-olds need as much love and attention as four-year-olds, maybe even more.”
― C.A. Larmer, Good Girls Don't Drink Vodka

“we need to stick to the facts. That’s what Hercule Poirot would do.”
― C.A. Larmer, The Agatha Christie Book Club

“carked”
― C.A. Larmer, Do Not Go Gentle: A Feel-Good Posthumous Mystery

“Roxy had only known Beattie a month but she couldn’t see her carving off a woman’s fingers and then holding her down in the murky bay.”
― C.A. Larmer, Killer Twist