Alice Castle > Quotes

“Once life had revolved around tiny communities. where everyone had known each other's business. Now, no one had any idea who their neighbours were - unless they decided to delve. The internet was the modern village well. With a few persistent dips, and a lot of cross-referencing to make sure, you could find out anything about anybody”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Now, if we could just go over one or two points again, if you're feeling up to it?" He was looking at her as though, like a Victorian heroine, she might need to avail herself of a chaise longue and some smelling salts at any moment”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Yes, but don't you see? The police always suspect the person who found the body. Half the time, they're right to. Because the only reason someone finds the body is because they've just killed it...”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“She said a few hellos and was fobbing off a well-meant enquiry about the recent half-term break – no, they hadn’t spent it whizzing down a Swiss mountain, like everyone else – when, with relief, she saw her friend Katie Green waving. Katie was normal. Yes, she did have a lovely husband with a good job (Michael was something important in publishing), and she did only work part-time, but she was passionate about her job as a yoga teacher. She also managed not to nag Beth about her own lack of fitness regime, and she had a lovely”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“point about getting the kids interested”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“She slowly keyed in the digits for her mother's birthday, deciding that she would concentrate on the day and the month, and make the assumption that Wendy would never divulge her year of birth to a man, belonging to that generation which considered it almost a duty to lie about your age”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“She let the silence lengthen, allowing Janice to make up her own mind about what she would and wouldn't say. It was an old journalistic trick. some people found silence so uncomfortable that they would rush to fill it - saying more than they had bargained for”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Then she decided she just couldn’t afford to get caught up in might-have-beens. She’d had a narrow escape; she should be thanking her stars.”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Question

“First love was no fun, even if it was reciprocated - there was so much to learn and negotiate, so many possibilities for misunderstandings and mistakes. And, if you picked the wrong person, as Jake had, then the potential for humiliation was huge”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“Already, a few petals had fallen, heavy and waxen, to the pavement after a windy night. The air was fresh but not too cold. A night's buffeting had left the new day feeling rumpled but clean, like a fresh sheet on the bed”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“At the moment we've got virtually the entire female population of Dulwich in the frame. Not to mention their angry husbands”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“HALDANE”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Club

“a few hellos and was fobbing off a well-meant enquiry about the recent half-term break – no, they hadn’t spent it whizzing down a Swiss mountain, like everyone else – when, with relief, she saw her friend Katie Green waving. Katie was normal. Yes, she did have a lovely husband with a good job (Michael was something important in publishing),”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Anyway,’ Daphne carried on. ‘Don’t forget the Merstairs Mermaids. We set off every day from just about where my hut is,”
― Alice Castle, Murder at an English Pub

“Beth was really sorry that Jake wouldn't be able to swagger into the disco in the 'right' jeans. But he might as well get used to it. And the sooner her realised a person's heart was more important than the label on their clothes, the better”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“Roger.”
― Alice Castle, Murder at an English Pub

“Beth sighed. For once, she understood. It was never fun to be gossiped about”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“Trying to organise Josh was like nailing jelly to a wall”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“Her mother wasn't going to change now. She was incapable of giving Beth the approval that - despite herself - she still yearned for”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“Beth Haldane peered anxiously into the hall mirror, on tiptoes as usual. She wasn't after perfection. There was no time for anything fancier than the speediest swipe of make-up. She had to get her son Jake off to school, and then get herself - yikes - to her first day in her new job”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Not for the first time, Beth was left thinking how much better Katie would be at filling the difficult role of Wendy's daughter. Beth had been making a hash of it for years, and could really do with some time off for good behaviour”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Affair

“She said a few hellos and was fobbing off a well-meant enquiry about the recent half-term break – no, they hadn’t spent it whizzing down a Swiss mountain, like everyone else – when, with relief, she saw her friend Katie Green waving. Katie was normal. Yes, she did have a lovely husband with a good job (Michael was something important in publishing), and she did only work part-time, but she was passionate about her job as a yoga teacher. She also managed not to nag Beth about her own lack of fitness regime, and she had a lovely normal son, too, who was Jake’s greatest friend. The two women kissed on”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“History is written by the victors,”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“used to that. But it’s the way he is with his phone, all of a sudden.”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Hour

“The headmaster's sleek silver Volvo was in its usual reserved spot, right by the door. It was the perfect choice for Dr Grover. Outwardly discreet and reliable, it was also eye-wateringly expensive and luxurious - like his ties - and it cunningly referenced those wonderful Scandiwegian detective drama series that Dulwich parents tended to get addicted to. All too appropriate at the moment”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“He was a pragmatist, and a policeman. He had to work within the constraints of the system. She, on the other hand, was consumed by curiosity, and more than capable (or so she felt, after this afternoon's revelation) of finding out all she needed to know on her own”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Skirting around unpleasantness, Beth realised, was something that was always highly tempting for any red-blooded Englishman. And the past, being past is very easy to forget”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery