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  1. Martha Grimes _ The Lamorna Wink

    Melrose sipped his tea and ate his bun in perfect peace. How wonderful! Solitude even at Ardry End was hard to come by. Perhaps he was fit for the life of a hermit. Give up all of his worldly possessions and go live in a hut on a shelf of rock and watch the sunrise every morning. Up before the sun! What a dreadful idea; he shuddered.
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  2. Martha Grimes _ The Horse You Came in On

    And how did he ever think he'd get away with murdering me?" Her tone implied she must surely belong to that rare breed of mortals who must go unmurdered.
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  3. Martha Grimes _ The Knowledge: A Richard Jury

    Find her a good home, someone to take care of her. She's a little girl, Melrose. She shouldn't be spending her days at Heathrow, scanning for villains. She should be safe." The other members who were awake turned wide-eyed stares at Melrose, who was laughing so hard he was doubled up in his chair. "Just what the hell is so funny?" "Take care of her. This is Patty Haigh you're talking about. The same Patty Haigh who got through Heathrow security on a pinched boarding pass; who wangled her way into B.B.'s good graces and flew to Dubai; who outwitted police in London, Dubai and Nairobi; who carries in her backpack a full selection of costumes and wigs to meet any eventuality; who requisitioned strangers to be her aunts, uncles, parents; who roamed around that godless slum, Kibera, on her own; who got into the Hemingways Hotel without paying a penny; who crossed the dark veldt between Kibera and Mbosi Camp protected only by her wits. This is the person we should keep safe!
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  4. Martha Grimes _ The Knowledge: A Richard Jury

    It's just," Bobbi whispered, "not many women your age-" "Oh. I get it. It's because I'm an old woman." Etta had raised her voice at this so that the comment sailed up and down the table, earning Bobbi North looks that implied she had just disemboweled a baby monkey on her dinner plate. She quickly turned to the old geezer on her right, realized that was not the best choice and that she was pretty much stuck with the monkey on the plate. She asked the waiter for wine.
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  5. Martha Grimes _ The Knowledge: A Richard Jury

    It was either Kenya or staying with my nincompoop grandchildren. Ha! Leopards I'd sooner." Melrose waited for her to complete the sentence, but she was done with it.
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  6. Martha Grimes _ The Knowledge: A Richard Jury

    To his horror, Melrose saw that these were name tags she was now pinning to the Attaboys' clothing and that the other guests were wearing them. To his double horror, he saw her hand closing on his lapel. He shoved it away. Her smile-mask cracked. "But everyone's wearing them just to make it easier." "I'd much rather make it harder." He walked off toward the drinks.
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  7. Martha Grimes _ Jerusalem Inn

    He felt the loss of something irreplacable, as if a thief had come out of the night, velvet-gloved and softly shod, and taken whatever it was away without Jury's ever having known, and slipped through the square,
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  8. Martha Grimes _ The Knowledge: A Richard Jury

    Before Ernest could start walking back the cat, Melrose put in, "But isn't it rather we who have come here, Mrs. Attaboy?" At her uncomprehending look, he plowed on. "It is their country." "What? Africa?" "If Africa were a country, the answer would be yes.
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  9. Martha Grimes _ The Knowledge: A Richard Jury

    Melrose winced. He lived in a world of dried-up pheasant and one-liners.
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  10. Martha Grimes _ The Knowledge: A Richard Jury

    Jury paused. "This is a onetime offer. It won't come again. Choose." Melrose prepared to laugh like hell, but managed only a bark. "Onetime offer? You mean if I don't take you up on either of these jobs here and now, you'l I never ask me again?" "That is correct." "Is this the most ridiculous conversation we've ever had?" "No, we've had more ridiculous.
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  11. Martha Grimes _ Jerusalem Inn

    It was the sort of room that made you want to stand around in it and read for the rest of your life
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  12. Martha Grimes _ Jerusalem Inn

    Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust, Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
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