The Birthday Mystery Quotes

“Martha had never trusted skinny cooks.”
― Faith Martin, The Birthday Mystery

“that”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“If there was one thing Jenny Starling hated, it was working for snobs. Those, and militant vegetarians.”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“prawns magenta.”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“dudgeon”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“variegated”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“Jenny knew it was no use trying to force a memory. She would simply have to wait until her subconscious chose to spit it out”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“Jenny watched a scarecrow lookalike carry a red and black electric guitar across the lawn and enter the ballroom”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“the outfit served only to make him look like a giant meringue.”
― Joyce Cato, The Birthday Mystery

“possible.”
― Faith Martin, The Birthday Mystery

“pear and Camembert tarts,”
― Faith Martin, The Birthday Mystery

“There’s bound to be a job for a good cook somewhere. There aren’t that many of us about, you know,’ she informed them seriously.”
― Faith Martin, The Birthday Mystery

“Aware that she was being less than tactful, she stopped talking. ‘Oh dear,’ she said. They really were still in the dark.”
― Faith Martin, The Birthday Mystery

“both with a mixture of relief and apprehension. Jenny could well imagine”
― Faith Martin, The Birthday Mystery