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Book cover for The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope #11)

The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope #11) by Ann Cleeves

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Vera knew what it felt like to be unloved, but she’d grown up in the hills, with space and clean air, and couldn’t remember ever feeling unsafe.

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“Whoever has the world’s plenty and sees a brother in need but shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how can the love of God be within him?’ translated Vermeer, fairly loosely. ‘Indeed, Father.”
― Graham Brack, Death in Delft

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“The grace of God is not endangered by the follies or the wickedness of men.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

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“What is this?" Logan shrugged. So, that's how she wanted to play it. "This? This is where Mairi was murdered," Logan”
― J.D. Kirk, Thicker than Water

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“Properly cared for, a Savile Row suit can be handed down the generations—like gout.”
― Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs

tags: gout, humor, savile-row, tailoring

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“I swear it only hit me then, with full conscious force, who the real villains of this piece had been from start to finish…those lying, cancerous dogs of the mainstream media!”
― Paul Christensen

tags: journalism, media, rebellion

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