Death of a Maid Quotes

“She turned out to be one of those irritating people who get up to leave and then stand in the doorway chattering away.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“Spring came reluctantly to the Highlands, crawling in on sleety gusts of wind. Then one day, the sun shone down from a cloudless sky.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“A Sutherland gale was blowing and whipping spray from the white crests of the waves into his eyes.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“Yes, I did, but you’re never going to prove it because you aren’t going to walk out of here alive.” She shot Hamish Macbeth full in the chest and watched with satisfaction as he keeled over on the floor.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“Once more he took the road to Braikie under the chill light of a small yellow sun, rising above the mountains.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“out in the Atlantic, huge waves lit by flashes of lightning were rearing up. It seemed like the end of the world, as though the sea were coming back to claim its own,”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“The very mountains in the distance were blue, as if taking their colour from the cloudless sky above.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“and thick flowing hair. She looked like the figurehead on an old sailing ship.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“Miss Creedy was very thin. She was wearing two sweaters and a tweed skirt.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“he saw that the heaving Atlantic had turned a dirty grey-black in colour, although the sky above was still blue. “Storm coming,” he muttered to himself.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid

“The great thing about the peace of Lochdubh, thought Hamish dreamily, was that it acted like a balm on the soul. The guilt and worry about that letter from Elspeth faded away.”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Maid