“Falconers,” she continued, sternly. “Pull yourselves together. People are dying. The police don’t have the family history to solve murders forty years… — Susan Rowland Danger Copy Share Image
“Bring me Mother Julian’s Scroll within two weeks, or I’ll get that guttersnipe Leni prosecuted for attempted murder. She won’t survive long… — Susan Rowland Action Copy Share Image
“She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it.” — Susan Rowland Betrayal Copy Share Image
“The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,” he said. “It plants words as I plant stones. The Scroll-maker is my brother. He… — Susan Rowland Action Copy Share Image
“There was no going back now. Rubber and metal could only take so much. The car could shatter and send its passengers… — Susan Rowland Action Copy Share Image
“Mary stared at the dreamlike happenings on the page. Human figures faced each other; the man’s head was a golden ball with… — Susan Rowland Dreamlike Copy Share Image
“Mary’s hands clenched. She’d been through fire, what with a murder, and white supremacists. And what about Caroline, who had gone undercover… — Susan Rowland Action Copy Share Image
“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know… — Susan Rowland Betrayal Copy Share Image
“Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,” she directed at the Falconers, “Sir Viktor’s holding a house party… — Susan Rowland Drama Copy Share Image
“ Mary fought a savage impulse to slam the door on the couple. But they were too interesting to ignore in the… — Susan Rowland Drama Copy Share Image
“The girl flinched, even lying down. Mary continued through gritted teeth. “Murder can’t be walked away from. Just like you can’t walk… — Susan Rowland Action Copy Share Image
“Mary dashed the rain from her eyes with a frozen hand. Was that a knife buried in the man’s chest with the… — Susan Rowland Action Copy Share Image
“For once he looked at her as if he saw her – an older woman unafraid of blustering men, too assured to… — Susan Rowland Character-insight Copy Share Image
“He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt.” “Mr. McCarthy, you’d better explain.” “Patrick, please.… — Susan Rowland Betrayal Copy Share Image
“Waiting for the correct time to descend for cocktails, Mary sat on her bed and reviewed her impressions of the house party… — Susan Rowland Action Copy Share Image
“George’s utterance of the nest and the trap belonged to a bigger mystery she did not yet understand. One day I will,… — Susan Rowland Betrayal Copy Share Image
