The Murder Game Quotes

“Nowhere feels safe to me, but fear seems the least important of the emotions that are battling for supremacy”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“I sometimes wonder if before getting married everyone should have a duty to reveal the very worst of themselves, so there’s never anything that can come back to bite them. But if we did that I suspect there would be considerably fewer marriages.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“so she took one of her herbal remedies. It turns out it contains atropine – belladonna to you and me. That would account for the dilated pupils.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“I thought he was a good man – kind, even-tempered, generous. The best of all of them in so many ways. But now when he enters a room, waves of fury explode around him and bounce off the walls.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“obduracy”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“bonhomie”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“kind”
― Rachel Abbott, The Murder Game

“There’s nowt so queer as folk.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Murder Game

“have fought so hard to beat the depression that’s haunted me for all these years, because God knows I don’t want to go back into that dark dungeon of despair, but I can feel myself falling.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Murder Game

“People need to accept that to suffer is the nature of life.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“anger is burning in him so brightly that it’s distorting the person he’s always been.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“So why let her blackmail you then?’ He raises his eyes to mine for the first time and his voice shakes with his words. ‘Because I’m so ashamed. I wouldn’t have been able to lie to you if she’d presented the evidence. And God knows what Lucas will do to me. His respect means so much to me. It’s hard to explain, but he rescued me from a difficult time, and this is how I repaid him! I couldn’t bear the thought of either of you knowing. I would lose both my best friend and my wife – although I suspect that ship has already sailed.’ He gives a bitter laugh and I feel sorry but wonder if he’s right. Not just because of this, but because of how he’s behaved – building barriers between us to protect himself should I, in the end, choose to reject him. I understand it now, but I’m not sure it matters.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation

“Detective Sergeant Stephanie King.’ Nina’s puffy eyes opened a little wider.”
― Rachel Abbott, The Invitation