Cheri Struzik

“Mary continued. “Irina flying, Mr. Dee, takes us to meeting you over Swan Lake at Greenwich. You were to act the sorcerer, the man magicking girls into swans. You are a sorcerer, you say. Did you turn Irina Prince into a swan? Did you make her believe she could fly?”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

“I know more than you think about Billy Dee. The bastard claims descent from Dr John Dee of Queen Elizabeth’s Court.”
“You mean Elizabeth 1st, not our late queen?” Caroline had to shout over the rising waves.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

“Irina wants to fly into the storm,” the gel hissed. “Told us she would. I sent for help. She made a weird sort of scream. Like an animal or a great bird.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

“I saw a man on Westminster bridge,” she yelled through chattering teeth. “He had a rope and untied the last knot, looking straight at us. You never undo the last knot of three. Weather magic,” she added, with a glance at the skeptical Mr. Jeffreys. He put his head in his hands.
“A terrible thing,” continued Caroline, yelling at Mary. “At Holywell they are doing reverse spells – trying to drain the energy from that hurricane in the Atlantic.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders