The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

by Agatha Christie

Keeping up appearances is a bit of a fag, I grant, but if a girl respects herself, it’s up to her not to let herself get slack.”

the rounded curves of her figure had all the grace of full maturity.

There was something almost exaggeratedly feminine about her, at once yielding and seductive. Though very well preserved, she was certainly no longer young, but her charm was of the quality which is independent of age.

The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.