The Embassy Murders Quotes

“He didn’t give a damn for the defeatist Kennedy, or indeed for that stuffed-shirt Chamberlain, whom Hitler had comprehensively hoodwinked. Nothing should stand in the way of a murder investigation, however lowly the victim. No doubt Joan’s fate would seem unimportant in the greater scheme of things whenever the Luftwaffe got round to bombing London, but that was nothing to him. It was his job to seek out the truth behind her death, regardless.”
― Mark Ellis, Princes Gate

“I’m a policeman, he thought, not a moral judge, nor a Peeping Tom.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“He was probably wasting his time, but a capacity for idle curiosity was no handicap for a policeman.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“It was his job to seek out the truth behind her death, regardless.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“Looking for missing persons in London had become a nightmare since the war started.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“Sporadically cars drove past him, their drivers groping their way through the treacly darkness with blinkered headlights.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“Cary Grant or was it Errol Flynn – said – ‘A good martini is like a woman’s breast: one is too few and three are too many’.”
― Mark Ellis, Princes Gate

“A break from the task in hand and a cleared mind usually made him think better.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“Absolutely nothing should stand in the way of a murder investigation, however lowly the victim.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“Don’t think I don’t appreciate the sentiments but if I lose any more of my best officers, chaos will ensue – and chaos, Frank, is worth a hundred divisions to Herr Hitler.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“And, as he knew well, ordinary people continued to commit ordinary crimes, regardless of the latest news from Poland or France.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“A young life full of possibilities snuffed out meaninglessly.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“There was no room for any more self-pity.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders

“Suddenly out of the cold came a discordant burst of colour.”
― Mark Ellis, The Embassy Murders