The Birthday Quotes

“Natalie gave him a smile and lifted the mug to her lips. The tea was just right. ‘Who’s the FLO on this?’ Murray asked, referring to the family liaison officer who’d be with the officer breaking the news to Ava’s parents. ‘Tanya Granger. I told her we’d go over later to talk to them. Give them a chance for the news to sink in first.’ Natalie brushed to one side the printed articles they’d retrieved from the Internet, and spoke again. ‘DI Howard Franks led the original investigation. He had to retire from the force soon afterwards on account of his wife’s health. She’s sadly passed away since. He’ll be in any minute to take us through it. Has to drop off his daughters at school first.’ On cue, the ex-detective arrived, dressed in jeans, a sweatshirt and a light-coloured bomber jacket.”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“stuck with the birthday party on her day off. He’d messed up the work rota and 25-year-old Donna, who should have been in charge today, had managed to get time off to visit her sick gran. Elsa snorted. Sick gran. She wasn’t born yesterday. Single Donna and the very much married Alistair Fulcher were obviously having an affair. She’d spotted the secretive looks between them in the office. Why else had Alistair suddenly announced he had to go to Nottingham, leaving Elsa in charge of everything that day?”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“I wanted tranquillity and to be cut off from the world.”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“All the problems followed us home and we never switched off. It drove a wedge between us.”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“It’s tough being an adult but we cope with that. You’re not getting cold feet, are you?”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“She’d spent much of her younger life fielding jibes and taunts, and learning to make quick retorts.”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“The frustration was mounting and she hated it when she couldn’t come up trumps.”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“She had to delegate tasks even though the desire to follow up everything herself was overpowering.”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“What time you get home?”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“They were now no more than work colleagues who rubbed along okay together.”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday

“his long,”
― Carol Wyer, The Birthday