A Body at a Boarding School Quotes

“his mind was a place to marvel at, but never visit.”
― Benedict Brown, A Body at a Boarding School

“Well, that’s more like it – though not the lack of ventilation. It’s becoming increasingly likely that we can exclude any stray students or wandering parents from our possible culprits and focus on four key suspects. The sooner we can speak to them, the more chance we have of finding the guilty party. I’d like to keep ahead of Blunt as much as possible. He can tie himself up interviewing the wrong man while we get to the killer.” His enthusiasm was infectious, and I found myself grinning as I counted off the suspects in my head. “So you’re confident it wasn’t Herbie then. That’s wonderful. With whom should we start?” “Who had the most to gain?” I had to think for a bit, but after some quick calculations, I went with, “Well, his wife. Celia Hardcastle would have inherited whatever money her husband”
― Benedict Brown, A Body at a Boarding School