“What was really unfair about the whole thing was that Oma Kristel hadn't so much exploded as spontaneously combusted. But Gossip is Baron Münchhausen's little sister, and never lets the truth get in the way of a good story.” — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“Pluto was a well-known fixture in Bad Münstereifel, at least among those who lived in the old part of town. A large, foul-tempered, and unsterilized inky-black tomcat, he had once made it onto the front page of the local free paper (admittedly during a quiet week as regards other news) after a resident of the town accused him of making… — Helen Grant Copy Share
“Herr Schiller? Are there really any such things as ghosts?' The old man did not even show surprise at the question. He heaved a… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“She slid open the box, extracted a match, and struck it with a flourish. The flame flared up in the gloom of the unlit room, a tiny golden beacon. For a moment, Oma Kristel held it aloft, then the unthinkable happened. The match slipped out of her fingers and fell straight onto her pink mohair bosom. With a whooomph! like… — Helen Grant Copy Share
“What was really unfair about the whole thing was that Oma Kristel hadn't so much exploded as spontaneously combusted. But Gossip is Baron Münchhausen's… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“My life might have been so different, had I not been known as the girl whose grandmother exploded. And had I not been born… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“My life might have been so different, had I not been known as the girl whose grandmother exploded.” — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“At school, the news that Pia Kolvenbach was moving to England and that her parents were divorcing had circulated with lightening speed. Suddenly I… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“Adults: they were so unpredictable that nothing they did should have been able to surprise me anymore.” — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“A ghost mill, they called it, infested with all sorts of witches, phantoms, and monsters. It was as though the very timbers of the… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“It would have been good to be the girl who helped solved the Katharina Linden case, instead of the girl whose grandmother had exploded… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“Nobody cared about Oma Kristel, about the way she had tried to keep herself attractive long after Youth had packed its bags and moved… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
