The Fatal Flying Affair (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #7)

by T.E. Kinsey

Beat about the bush and all you’ll get is a nervous bush. Shrubs are wary of being beaten.’

‘If the good Lord had meant us to fly He’d have made falling to the ground a great deal less deadly, dear.’

Asking lacks urgency and gives the mistaken impression that compliance with the request might be optional.’

‘A conversation with you is just a box of parts we have to assemble for ourselves, isn’t it?’