Murder in the Crypt (Redmond and Haze Mysteries, #1)

by Irina Shapiro

“Slavery has no place in the modern world,” Jason replied patiently before his mind returned to the murder.

by a woman whose frothy gray hair fought valiantly to escape from its pins.

So, you see, I do good works to make myself feel better. Is that not selfish?”

I realize killing in battle is not the same as killing a man in cold blood, but the result is still the same.”

“I ’ave one of them cushions,” she argued, seeming disappointed. “I just know it.” “I don’t believe you have a concussion, Mrs. Harris.”

“One can never fully recover from losing a child, but it will get easier in time,

especially if you share your feelings with each other and don’t close yourselves off in your grief.”

He almost had a mind to thank Lucinda Chadwick for bashing his head in. She’d unwittingly saved his marriage.