Victoria Abbott > Quotes

“I thought I appreciated books, but this was an alter to the book gods. It was hard not to be impressed. I didn't know what had the most impact: the rosewood shelving, the rolling library ladders, the mezzanine floor with the ornate spiral wrought-iron staircases at each end, the carved moldings, the scent of well-loved books, or the silky Aubusson rugs in a soft faded palette of rose, sage and aqua.”
― Victoria Abbott, The Christie Curse

“Lance could be trusted with your life. Librarians are like that.”
― Victoria Abbott, The Christie Curse

“If you find yourself in an interrogation room, you will probably do better if you have not spent a bit of time kneeling on a blood-soaked carpet. And it would be especially good if you didn't have any of that blood smeared on your clothing and your hands. I'm just saying. A word to the wise.”
― Victoria Abbott, The Christie Curse

“I felt I was sitting in the midst of some surreal movie. Postwar Italian perhaps, only with more food and less sex.”
― Victoria Abbott, The Christie Curse

“I didn't have the best night's sleep. It was full of limping strangers, cats with keys, postmen wearing fright wigs and Miss Jane Marple hanging upside down like a bat.”
― Victoria Abbott, The Christie Curse

“But I had already made up my mind. As much as I loved my garret and needed this job, I needed a fair, respectful employer more.”
― Victoria Abbott, The Christie Curse

“I figured the rest of the Van Alst house could crumble around the pointed Van Alst ears and Vera would only retreat to the library. I was starting to understand how she felt. I hated to leave the room and the collection.”
― Victoria Abbott, The Christie Curse