How to Solve Your Own Murder Quotes

“if TV has taught us anything, it’s that the murder rate in small villages is disproportionately high.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“I want to lean out the window to breathe in the green of the leafy tunnels above our heads. I resist, however, because I’m not a golden retriever.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“Your future contains dry bones. Your slow demise begins right when you hold the queen in the palm of one hand. Beware the bird, for it will betray you. And from that, there’s no coming back. But daughters are the key to justice, find the right one and keep her close. All signs point toward your murder.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’

- Rutherford Gravesdown”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“The cooker’s so old you’ve got to lean all the way inside and light it with an actual flame, risking certain death in the process. I know better than to bring up replacing it, because it’s a discussion we’ve had too many times over the years. Mum thinks it’s retro and cool. I, on the other hand, work hard not to think of Sylvia Plath every time I look at it.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“In her I saw someone who was so self-aware it was catastrophic, a tendency I share.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“see that my own story is a living thing. It unfolds and turns and folds itself over again. When you write it all down, you can go back and find meaning you’d never noticed was there all along.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“Uh-huh. Because it totally makes sense to play fair with the relative from London you’ve never met, who stands to take away your childhood home,” Jenny deadpans.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“She takes in every word as if it’s gospel. And with each new line of her fortune, her expression tightens just a bit. Like hot water teasing out its boiling point, giving off steam but not yet ready to erupt.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“I looked at everything in this house as clues to her life, as much as her death. I hadn't known at the time, but I don't think it was the mystery of Emily Sparrow that sucked me in, or the task of finding out what happened to Great Aunt Frances. I was drawn in by the mystery of Great Aunt Frances herself - her life, her loves, and her many obsessions. In her I saw someone who was so self-aware it was catastrophic, a tendency I share”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a box and send them to your loved ones. I'll take everything you ever wanted before I come for you.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“But if there's one thing I have learned about my great aunt in my brief time in Castle Knoll, it's that she'd be outraged at being murdered.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“I just got so excited!” I wheeze, letting a laugh escape. “I did a thing, you know? I wrote many words, and they all culminated with THE END.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“You know when a toddler randomly walks up to you, and the kid’s mum is beaming at it and assuming you’ll find it just as cute as she does? But the toddler’s got a gooey nose and old food stuck to its clothes?” “Ugh, yeah.” “I’m that kid’s mum, and I’ve just sent it out into the world with a gooey nose, thinking people will see it the same way I do.” “So wipe its face. Introduce it to people when it’s cleaner.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’
‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten minutes after meeting someone for the first time.”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder