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Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1) QUOTES

Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1) QUOTES

1 " I wanted to add a photo of where Bruce Beckham's Inspector Skelgill likes to fish but I couldn't figure how to do it. "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

2 " Frowning, Skelgill must be reminded that one can never cease to be amazed by the amount of blood that fits inside one person. "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

3 " chipolatas. "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

4 " It is rather like taking pot luck with the map of the London Underground, randomly hopping off at a station, and hoping there is somebody hanging around with nothing better to do than provide useful directions. "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

5 " Skelgill – a man who watches precious little television and who associates the commercial break with putting on the kettle – seems thoroughly unimpressed "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

6 " However, Skelgill’s time is precious, and if he is not to become the second casualty of the day, bored to an early death, he must regain the initiative. "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

7 " Skelgill shrugs, as though perhaps there is no news as such, and now he "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

8 " As such, they are welcomed at the force’s Edinburgh HQ, Fettes Avenue. (Skelgill’s little joke is that this surely ought to be renamed Letsby Avenue.) "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

9 " Edinburgh motorists are polite but stubborn (it is a Scottish trait, and good reason never to invade). "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)

10 " and there are one-bedroom flats to rent at weekly rates you wouldn’t even pay for a month back up north. "

― Bruce Beckham , Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)