Margaret Mayhew > Quotes

“Frog End, reduced to a single pub and no shop, might appear to be the sort of boring place where nothing much happened but, as he had discovered, this was far from the case. Beneath the placid surface swirled a positive maelstrom of intrigue, scandal and misbehaviour, with a surveillance network to rival the Russian KGB in its ruthless efficiency...”
― Margaret Mayhew, Bitter Poison

“Whatever their names or pedigree, snowdrops were something to look forward to - the earliest and bravest of the brave spring bulbs, defying the winter gloom.”
― Margaret Mayhew, Bitter Poison

“open up the lifelines”
― Margaret Mayhew, The Pathfinder

“gazing”
― Margaret Mayhew, Old Soldiers Never Die

“He thought back to that day at the Manor and remembered the layout of the room. Lady Swynford’s bed had been behind the door, away from the direction it opened, and the dressing table directly in view. In her haste, Miss Butler, might well not have seen it. Then he thought of something else. “The dog must have been there, on the bed, whether Lady Swynford was alive”
― Margaret Mayhew, The Village Mysteries, Books 1-4

“surprising.”
― Margaret Mayhew, Bluebirds

“retreat to Dunkirk. I didn’t hear for nearly”
― Margaret Mayhew, Our Yanks

“squaring”
― Margaret Mayhew, Three Silent Things

“whatever they were about. The Colonel said, ‘Has her suitcase been found?’ ‘Not much hope of that.”
― Margaret Mayhew, The Village Mysteries, Books 1-4