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Oh please tell me we're not doing the Poirot thing again – the suspects in the library with the candlestick or whatever'. Max looked at him [DCI Cotton]. 'Fruitcake in this case. And what would you prefer? A car chase? It’s the most efficient way to flush out a killer, as Dame Agatha Christie well knew.G.M. Malliet
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...every year for decades there had been great excitement over the Largest Vegetable competition ("That would be my husband", was the standard comment).G.M. Malliet
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Vanity might be a "sin" according to some lights, but he thought in measured doses it was one of life's allowable simple pleasures. It helped everyone get through their days.G.M. Malliet