Independence had brought freedom to the country, but with it had come opportunists settling into the vacuum left by the departing British.
“Sunday. Ah, Sunday. What would life be without Sundays? That melancholy day that seems to stretch out forever and yet still seems to be over too soon.”
― In the Market for Murder
― In the Market for Murder
“If anything happened to me she’d have to go and live with her dad, who, as I think we’ve already established, is a total waste of space, oxygen, and the Earth’s natural resources.”
― Murder on the Menu
― Murder on the Menu
“Revenge is a dish best served cold, my lady, but that would be cold and starting to grow mould.”
― In the Market for Murder
― In the Market for Murder
“If you want it, dear,’ she continued, ‘you should do it. I’ve never let the fear of people thinking me a ninny stop me from doing anything.”
― Death Around the Bend
― Death Around the Bend
“His Majesty’s army is keen on murder and theft only in the name of colonial expansion.”
― A Quiet Life in the Country
― A Quiet Life in the Country
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