The Retribution Quotes

“You've always been handy with a knife, Mother”
― Val McDermid, The Retribution

“Look at you. Finally, you look upset. Is that what's bothering you now?' She stepped close to him and pushed him hard in the chest, making him stumble backwards. 'The fact that you didn't predict this? Didn't work it out? That you're not as smart as you thought you were? the great Tony Hill fucked up and now my brother's dead?' She pushed him again and he had to twist away to avoid falling down the stairs.”
― Val McDermid, The Retribution

“I told her you were probably here'. 'Thanks,' Tony said. 'Did I mention she thinks her brother's murder is my fault?”
― Val McDermid, The Retribution

“Why are you only coming home just after three? Do you want a drink? I'm wide awake now.'
He could be so like a small child, she thought. Out of nowhere, all eagerness and curiosity.”
― Val McDermid, The Retribution

“The only common touch he’d wanted was the one where he got to slap them senseless.”
― Val McDermid, The Retribution

“Edwardian house in Worcester”
― Val McDermid, The Retribution