Helen Riley

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“You need a break, a complete rest, recharge your batteries.' Recharge your batteries. What the hell does that mean? Nelson prides himself on not needing batteries. He's an old-fashioned, wind-up model.”
― Elly Griffiths, A Dying Fall

tags: crime, dying-fall, elly-griffiths, harry-nelson, ruth-galloway

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“Grey’s OK on a man,’ says Mary-Anne. ‘Silver fox and all that.’ Ruth notices that Frank doesn’t seem to mind this description. She also muses that there isn’t a female equivalent to ‘silver fox’. ‘Grey-haired old bat’ doesn’t cover it somehow.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Outcast Dead

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“Maybe humans need animals to help them understand the world. Certainly it’s hard to see what else cats do for humans, aside from looking cute and killing the odd mouse.”
― Elly Griffiths, A Dying Fall

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“I know you've all got it in for me," says Bob. "You fitted me up for one crime, why not pin every child murder in the last twenty years on me?" His voice rises hysterically.

"That seems rather an extreme reaction," says Tim. "I just asked what you were doing yesterday afternoon.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Outcast Dead

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“There's a pleasure being mad that only the madman knows.”
― Elly Griffiths, The House at Sea's End

tags: madness

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