Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood (A Phryne Fisher Mystery)
"'--enough opiates to knock out a smallish rhinoceros. In fact, enough to kill him, which makes the added sheet music supererogatory. Baroque, verging on rococo. A flamboyant murderer, Jack dear, with a point to prove.'" -- page 3
"The choir didn't exactly fall silent, as any choir has been yelled at by experts" -- page 13
"'The very intelligent quite often have no manners. And no tact.'" -- page 36
"'It's better than London', said John. 'Rain, cold, more rain, occasional bursts of spring so beautiful that is breaks the heart, and then--for a change--rain.'" -- page 50
"Phryne had sung with conductors who waved their arms around as though they were flinging away armloads of rotten fish. She had sung with ones whose delicacy and economy of movement had been called 'mouse-milking'. Both were equally hard to follow and both would scream at the choir for not following the unfollowable." -- page 122
"Sorrow is not reasonable." -- page 166
"The thing about pain...is that it makes you feel rather lonely." -- page 272
"But he couldn't leave music...You can never leave music behind." -- page 306
"The choir didn't exactly fall silent, as any choir has been yelled at by experts" -- page 13
"'The very intelligent quite often have no manners. And no tact.'" -- page 36
"'It's better than London', said John. 'Rain, cold, more rain, occasional bursts of spring so beautiful that is breaks the heart, and then--for a change--rain.'" -- page 50
"Phryne had sung with conductors who waved their arms around as though they were flinging away armloads of rotten fish. She had sung with ones whose delicacy and economy of movement had been called 'mouse-milking'. Both were equally hard to follow and both would scream at the choir for not following the unfollowable." -- page 122
"Sorrow is not reasonable." -- page 166
"The thing about pain...is that it makes you feel rather lonely." -- page 272
"But he couldn't leave music...You can never leave music behind." -- page 306