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“decent bloke wanting a job done. ‘It will be expensive,’ she warned, rat-a-tatting the page with her ballpoint. Were Jackie here she would suggest Stella talk up the benefits of Clean Slate so when she priced the work the client was primed to think it worth every penny. She had killed the job. Barlow nodded. ‘I want it sorted.’ He repeated, more to himself, ‘I will pay.’ Reprieve. Stella flipped open her Filofax. They decided on two sessions a week. She scratched out a recruitment meeting with Jackie that clashed with one day. Standing in a shaft of sunlight from the conservatory, Barlow enquired: ‘Who will be coming?’ Stella looked out at a green lawn so neat it”
― Lesley Thomson, Ghost Girl

“have got a murder to investigate.”
― Damien Boyd, Swansong

“man had heard all he needed to. It was time”
― David Baldacci, Hour Game

“Yours and everybody else’s,” the guard said”
― David Baldacci, The Collectors