Crooked House quotes

The murderer is never the one you initially suspect.

Josephine Leonides

Chief Inspector Taverner : Charles, you have to understand, I'm under a lot of pressure here. There's politics involved here. It's sensitive. And with your past...
Charles Hayward : I'm sorry? My past? In Cairo. I was a diplomat.
Chief Inspector Taverner : Of course. And I am a duchess.

Charles Hayward

She doesn't like me calling her Mommy. She says it ages her.

Josephine Leonides