The Murder Mystery Quotes

“Once life had revolved around tiny communities. where everyone had known each other's business. Now, no one had any idea who their neighbours were - unless they decided to delve. The internet was the modern village well. With a few persistent dips, and a lot of cross-referencing to make sure, you could find out anything about anybody”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Yes, but don't you see? The police always suspect the person who found the body. Half the time, they're right to. Because the only reason someone finds the body is because they've just killed it...”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Now, if we could just go over one or two points again, if you're feeling up to it?" He was looking at her as though, like a Victorian heroine, she might need to avail herself of a chaise longue and some smelling salts at any moment”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“History is written by the victors,”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“point about getting the kids interested”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“a few hellos and was fobbing off a well-meant enquiry about the recent half-term break – no, they hadn’t spent it whizzing down a Swiss mountain, like everyone else – when, with relief, she saw her friend Katie Green waving. Katie was normal. Yes, she did have a lovely husband with a good job (Michael was something important in publishing),”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“She said a few hellos and was fobbing off a well-meant enquiry about the recent half-term break – no, they hadn’t spent it whizzing down a Swiss mountain, like everyone else – when, with relief, she saw her friend Katie Green waving. Katie was normal. Yes, she did have a lovely husband with a good job (Michael was something important in publishing), and she did only work part-time, but she was passionate about her job as a yoga teacher. She also managed not to nag Beth about her own lack of fitness regime, and she had a lovely normal son, too, who was Jake’s greatest friend. The two women kissed on”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“She said a few hellos and was fobbing off a well-meant enquiry about the recent half-term break – no, they hadn’t spent it whizzing down a Swiss mountain, like everyone else – when, with relief, she saw her friend Katie Green waving. Katie was normal. Yes, she did have a lovely husband with a good job (Michael was something important in publishing), and she did only work part-time, but she was passionate about her job as a yoga teacher. She also managed not to nag Beth about her own lack of fitness regime, and she had a lovely”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“He was a pragmatist, and a policeman. He had to work within the constraints of the system. She, on the other hand, was consumed by curiosity, and more than capable (or so she felt, after this afternoon's revelation) of finding out all she needed to know on her own”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Skirting around unpleasantness, Beth realised, was something that was always highly tempting for any red-blooded Englishman. And the past, being past is very easy to forget”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Already, a few petals had fallen, heavy and waxen, to the pavement after a windy night. The air was fresh but not too cold. A night's buffeting had left the new day feeling rumpled but clean, like a fresh sheet on the bed”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“She let the silence lengthen, allowing Janice to make up her own mind about what she would and wouldn't say. It was an old journalistic trick. some people found silence so uncomfortable that they would rush to fill it - saying more than they had bargained for”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“The headmaster's sleek silver Volvo was in its usual reserved spot, right by the door. It was the perfect choice for Dr Grover. Outwardly discreet and reliable, it was also eye-wateringly expensive and luxurious - like his ties - and it cunningly referenced those wonderful Scandiwegian detective drama series that Dulwich parents tended to get addicted to. All too appropriate at the moment”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery

“Beth Haldane peered anxiously into the hall mirror, on tiptoes as usual. She wasn't after perfection. There was no time for anything fancier than the speediest swipe of make-up. She had to get her son Jake off to school, and then get herself - yikes - to her first day in her new job”
― Alice Castle, The Murder Mystery