Denoument Quotes

“I don't think you can arrest anyone for a country house murder without having a proper denoument first," I said. "It's just not done."
"A what-ment, sir?" said the sergeant.
"Denoument. It's the bit where the detective invites all the suspects into the drawing room and spends an hour pointing the finger at people and explaining who did what, how, and why."
"Don't like the sound of that either," said the sergeant. "I be not one for public speaking."
"You wouldn't have to," I said. "I'd do the talking for you, I'm a bit of a consulting detective, don't you know? You'd be there to do the arresting at the end. They usually try to make a run for it."
"Ho!" said the sergeant. "That sounds more like it! When we be having this denoument?"
"Soon," I said.”
― Chris Dolley, The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall