Crime on the Fens Quotes

“Given the circumstances, we do what we think is right at the time. That’s all we can do. The fact that we agonise and moralise over it afterwards at least means we have a conscience, and that separates us from the ones who don’t give a toss.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“that he was as camp as a row of tents,”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“She felt about as happy as a newly caged tiger.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“she’s a bit of a Billy No-Mates, too. She’s only here because no one else would have her. Her inability to get in on time doesn’t go down too well with most team leaders.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“Sadly, you will discover that you have come to work with the most dysfunctional bunch in the whole of the Fenland Constabulary.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“She had never set out to be the Fenland Constabulary’s number one harridan,”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“An estate agent would have called it minimalist, in fact, it was mind-numbingly Spartan.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“why?”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“a heart as cold as a gravedigger’s shovel.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“We all have our crosses to bear, ma’am, but it doesn’t stop us lending a hand to a friend, does it?”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“Very nice!’ said Nikki. ‘That really enabled you to indulge in your pastime on a grand scale, didn’t it?’ When Kris spoke, his voice was cold and his words clipped. ‘Oh sure, it’s very nice. But frankly, Inspector, I’d rather have my father back. Now, are we done?”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“If it’s any of your business, Inspector, that’s what happens when someone dies and leaves you twenty grand in their will.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“That’s how karma works. What goes round, comes round.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“For the first time in a very long while, DI Nikki Galena actually trusted someone.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“When she’d had attacks in the past, and there had been quite a few just after Emily’s death, they had always been immediately followed by a period of black depression. It didn’t last long, but during that time she felt unnaturally aggressive and was best left alone. Today was different. She just felt sick, tired and vulnerable.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“You can! Concentrate on me! Now, in, and out. Slowly, calmly, you can do it. In, and out.’ After a while, her desperate battle for breath began to ease, but she still couldn’t focus properly or talk to him.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“Those lightning fast moves were not right. And those later comments about being a squaddie? No squaddie she’d ever met had that kind of reflexes. And they were always proud of their regiment, far more so than their place in the police force. That was why they were often disliked, because their allegiance was always, first and foremost, the army. And Joseph wasn’t like that at all.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens

“really bad case of hyperthyroidism.”
― Joy Ellis, Crime on the Fens