“That was the whole trouble with police work. You come plunging in. a jagged Stone Age knife, to probe the delicate tissues of people's relationships, and of course you destroy far more than you discover. And even what you discover… — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The ketch belonged to an angry millionaire, who hadn't been willing to lend it until he received a personal telephone call from the President… — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
“That was the whole trouble with police work. You come plunging in. a jagged Stone Age knife, to probe the delicate tissues of people's… — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
“She left them before Bagwy Llydiart, in midsentence. Geoffery and Sally got the subject and verb, and the girl who opened the farm door… — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
“They had fallen into that instant, easy friendship which feels as though it had begun before any of your memories and will last until… — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The General was using the telephone, forcing his fierce personality along the wires to bully disbelieving clerks at the far end.” — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
“When the weatherman spoke he did so in smooth, rolling clauses, full of long words such as schoolmasters use when they are teasing a… — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
“...otherwise it was barren as a desert, just long dunes of brick and cement and slate and asphalt.” — Peter Dickinson Copy Share Image
