The Killings at Badger's Drift Quotes

“One would have thought that not even Joyce could have maltreated a salad to the point where it became inedible, but one would have been wrong. Abustle with wild life, it was also soaked in a vinegary dressing. Barnaby lifted a soggy lettuce leaf. A small insect emerged, valiantly swimming against the tide.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings At Badger's Drift

“The garden settled round him as gardens will. Indifferent and harmonious; consolingly beautiful.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“you want”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“And even, come to that, for the repellent Mr Rainbird.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“Mrs Rainbird obviously had the eye of an eagle and, almost as important, an eagle’s Olympian lack of interest in the welfare of its prey.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“oleaginous”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“All human life seemed to be out there. And it was not a pretty sight.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“In a community as small as Badger’s Drift, everyone will know what you’re about. Someone who has killed once and who thinks he can protect himself by killing a second time will not hesitate to do so. And don’t forget’—he turned and they walked together towards the exit—‘that if Miss Simpson knew the murderer very well, so do you.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“In his experience people (hardened criminals apart) who had something to hide and people who had nothing to hide had one thing in common. Faced by a policeman asking questions, they could never remain silent for long.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“A stranger in a small community is always an object of keen interest and he had seen more than one curtain twitch as he passed by.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“anodyne”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“a trouble shared is a trouble halved’.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger's Drift

“Til the Dawn Breaks and Shadows Flee Away.”
― Caroline Graham, The Killings At Badger's Drift