Murder by Candlelight Quotes

“Ah, Val, you’re just the ticket,’ Arbie said gratefully. Val put one sturdy foot on the ground to balance herself and looked at him suspiciously. ‘Oh?’ This was not the sort of greeting she’d been expecting. In her experience, Arbie Swift usually lived up to his name whenever he saw her, and swiftly made excuses to depart.”
― Faith Martin, Murder by Candlelight

“If only she could get a paying job, she might have money to spend for herself – but of course, that was out of the question. Even if she could take typing lessons and find a job as a typist in some respectable office, her mother would still have a fit of the vapours, and her dear papa would receive a very stiff note from his Bishop.”
― Faith Martin, Murder by Candlelight

“and head”
― Faith Martin, Murder by Candlelight