Murder at the Priory Hotel Quotes

“When he'd called Flora impossible, he hadn't been wrong. Once she got an idea into her head, it stuck. She was like a terrier digging for a rabbit, and it was tough luck on anyone who got in the way”
― Merryn Allingham, Murder at the Priory Hotel

“Don’t mock, Jolyon. I may not always think in a straight line, but I usually get there.”
― Merryn Allingham, Murder at the Priory Hotel

“But Jack yearned for real progress, hating the feeling of being stuck, of drowning in the stodge of a puzzle that became more unfathomable by the day”
― Merryn Allingham, Murder at the Priory Hotel

“Two separate deliveries from the warehouse arrived early, filling what little empty space the shop possessed and needed to be unpacked as soon as possible. Scissoring open the first box, she breathed in the bookishness of its contents. This was a moment she always savoured: the touch of smooth covers, the smell of print, the solidity of pages beneath her hand”
― Merryn Allingham, Murder at the Priory Hotel

“Six years ago he'd begun to make a happier life for himself, had believed wholeheartedly that he'd found where he belonged. But when failure came knocking at his door, his certainty as a novelist fizzled, and the struggle to regain a lost confidence had been painful. It was only gradually that he'd summoned up the belief to begin again”
― Merryn Allingham, Murder at the Priory Hotel

“It happens, boys get led along the wrong path and before you know it, the police are involved. But Shane has turned his life around so one must be generous”
― Merryn Allingham, Murder at the Priory Hotel