Death of a Mermaid Quotes

“Success breeds expectation”
― Lesley Thomson, Death of a Mermaid

“The Mermaids were three women who'd chosen different seas”
― Lesley Thomson, Death of a Mermaid

“Obviously, he was innocent, but almost because of that, he was wide open to looking as guilty as hell. Malcolm had said everything you did was out of character until you did it. Murder was no exception”
― Lesley Thomson, Death of a Mermaid

“Many settled for a compromise that lowered the tidemark of happiness but was better than nothing”
― Lesley Thomson, Death of a Mermaid

“Long ago I learnt if you don't rely on others, they can't let you down”
― Lesley Thomson, Death of a Mermaid

“Sometimes it was the open and shut cases that were hard to close”
― Lesley Thomson, Death of a Mermaid

“Recently, with Ricky away more frequently and in a bad mood when he was on shore, Toni had begun to question the wisdom of her move to the coast. She valued London's anonymity over the seaside town of best-forgotten faces. The answer lay in the darkness beyond the beach. As the crews worked on in comparative silence, Toni caught the hush and push of the tide. She smelled seaweed on the swift breeze. She'd been lured by another kind of siren to the blues and twos. The sea had called her home”
― Lesley Thomson, Death of a Mermaid