Kerry Greenwood

“He could pass off the inferior bottles on tables seven and four. Table seven knew nothing of wine, sending back a bottle…

— Kerry Greenwood

“Phyrne leaned on the ship's rail, listening to the sea-gulls announcing that land was near, and waited for the first hint of…

— Kerry Greenwood

“Pity he had few brains and very little style. She was wondering why no scientist had yet invented social skills in an…

— Kerry Greenwood

“What an unprepossessing thing, she thought, to see the up-jumped social-climbing middle class in terror of its position.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“moments of perfect peace are rare and to be relished. We sat and savoured. The purring of the cat, th”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Padre always told me me language was sulphurous.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“The only way to win this cat-and-mouse game, as the Cat said in Red Dwarf, was not to be the mouse.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“She smiled brightly on Mrs. West. "Who's your dressmaker, Mrs. West?" she asked, with a view to avoiding the woman all costs.…

— Kerry Greenwood

“Phryne was getting out of the car. Dot closed her eyes. Miss Fisher was about to happen to someone again.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Another object lesson of why humans should have stayed in trees, where they could not behave in such an idiotic way. Or…

— Kerry Greenwood

“ONE As from the pow’r of Sacred Lays The Spheres began to move; And sung the great Creator’s praise”

— Kerry Greenwood

“1/2 cup plain flour 1 cup caster sugar 3/4 cup desiccated coconut 4 eggs vanilla 125 g butter, melted 1/2 cup flaked…

— Kerry Greenwood

“When you see a rich man’s wife shaking her head over the thriftlessness of the poor because they do not save, pity…

— Kerry Greenwood

“I want to find the murderer too. I don’t like having my journeys interrupted by chloroform.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Ice cream was reliable. Young men were not.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“She restored herself with a cocktail and an excellent lobster mayonnaise. Phryne was devoted to lobster mayonnaise, with cucumbers.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“If you repose your trust in anything, Mr. Collins, you can rely on her. She may whisk you in the night as…

— Kerry Greenwood

“His voice was heavy with Slavic fatalism.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Robinson had long mastered the art of coming instantly awake, a skill which had proved invaluable when his children were young. He…

— Kerry Greenwood

“My own view is that everyone works too hard and too long and they ought to get out more. There isn’t time…

— Kerry Greenwood

There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months…

— Kerry Greenwood

“You know how I feel about pretty boys—there aren’t enough of them in the world as it is—we can’t have people wantonly…

— kerry greenwood

“Come to the jacaranda tree at seven o'clock and you will hear something to your advantage. Destroy this note.' No signature, no…

— Kerry Greenwood

“And enthusiasm should not be quashed,’ Daniel told me, returning the kiss with compound interest.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“I made a jelly with gelatine, ginger syrup and pineapple juice. I made a crème anglaise with three eggs. I whipped a…

— Kerry Greenwood