Maybe he could see what she was feeling, because an expression flickered across his face that she couldn’t reconcile with the officer she knew. It looked like self-doubt or indecision. “Carter,” he sighed, “this whole situation sucks.”
“I’ve quite taken against the woman,’ she said. ‘I could easily be persuaded that she would kill three people just to get a decent cup of tea.”
― A Picture of Murder
― A Picture of Murder
“If I could tell you only one thing,
My message would be this:
The world would be a lonely place
If you did not exist.”
―
My message would be this:
The world would be a lonely place
If you did not exist.”
―
“Even without Lady Hardcastle’s scientific education I knew that being suspended by the neck on a length of sturdy rope wasn’t conducive to long life.”
― A Quiet Life in the Country
― A Quiet Life in the Country
“What would I do without you?’ I thought for a moment. ‘Starve to death, my lady. In the dark.”
― A Quiet Life in the Country
― A Quiet Life in the Country
“She was utterly devoted to the world’s most preposterous dog.”
― A Picture of Murder
― A Picture of Murder
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