“Life is actually a series of encounters in which one event may change those that follow in a wholly unpredictable, even devastating way.”
― Jurassic Park
― Jurassic Park
“He and Henrietta had been away on holiday when she had died.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“And there they were, just lying there in the middle of all his papers. How long had she been in the room? Had she seen them?”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“Don’t you worry, Dr Redwing,’ Mary had said. ‘You leave it with me for a day or two. As a matter of fact, I may have one or two ideas . . .’ That was what she had said. At the same time there had been a look on her face which wasn’t exactly sly but which was knowing, as if she had seen something and had been waiting to be consulted on this very matter. And now she was dead.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“She remembered the conversation she’d had with Mary Blakiston just two days before Brent had called her to the house. Dr Redwing had discovered something. It was quite serious, and she’d been about to go and find Arthur to ask his advice when the housekeeper had suddenly appeared as if summoned by a malignant spirit. And so she had told her instead. Somehow, during the course of a busy day, a bottle had gone missing from the surgery. The contents, in the wrong hands, could be highly dangerous and it was clear that somebody must have taken it.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
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