A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

You killed Barney.’

Oh, but . . . what are people going to think if they see you going into Ravi Singh’s house?’

‘It’s sausage to me.’

Real men wear floral when trespassing

Andrea Bell, 17, was reported missing from her home in Little Kilton, Buckinghamshire, last Friday

An innocent life was taken and everyone in this town turned it ugly in their mouths, turned him into a villain. But if a villain can be made, then they can be unmade.

Or it could be someone we haven’t found yet, someone waiting in the wings, preparing for their starring role in this project.

‘You know you use humour as a defence mechanism when you’re rattled?’ Pip smiled at him, letting him through the hedge gap ahead of her.
‘Yeah, and you get bossy and posh.’

‘You know, I’ve never said this to a girl before, but . . . I’m glad you came knocking on my door out of the blue.’
‘I distinctly remember you telling me to go away,’ she said.
‘Well, it appears you’re hard to get rid of.’
‘That I am.’

Darkness was the easiest of disguises; it made the familiar unknown and strange.

The lying gets easier the more I have to do it.