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“Soapy Sam looked as though he had just sat down on a favourite armchair which had gone missing.”
― John Mortimer, Rumpole à la Carte

“Over the river and through the wood
To grandfather's house we go”
― Lydia Maria Francis Child

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“Isabel and Alma Trumbo are the sisters who reside in the brick rambler on Church Street. They are a bit, uh, different and unorthodox. Borderline eccentric, some of the townies say, especially Alma.”
“What do the borderline eccentric sisters Isabel and Alma know about solving a murder case?”
Dwight gave it a moment’s reflection. “They could probably write a book about it.”
― Ed Lynskey, Fowl Play