Deadly Quest Quotes

“The stink from the Thames was particularly bad on the morning air. It had been foul the night before as he wandered through the corridors of parliament. The stench seemed to cast a dreadful miasma across so much of London, and not just on warmer days.”
― John Bainbridge, Deadly Quest

“As often as possible, Mrs Smythe would occupy a pew in the parish church and nod approvingly as the vicar sermonised on the evils of the world. From time to time he would catch her eye and beam a smile. He approved of her doings, being quite a champion of such Muscular Christianity.”
― John Bainbridge, Deadly Quest

“the Home Secretary, Lord Palmerston, that wriggling mongoose of British politics.”
― John Bainbridge, Deadly Quest

“There are devils in hell waiting to plunge red-hot pitchforks into your guts, Sergeant Berry.’ ‘No doubt, but until I get there I’ve a job to do.”
― John Bainbridge, Deadly Quest