Quotes About Suspense

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One wants to know," said Miss Marple, "what really happened." "She was killed." "Yes, but who killed her, and why, and what happened to her body? Where is it now?" "That's the business of the police to find out.

Poirot laughed. "The moral of that is, always look under the mats!

Who is Mr. Radnor?

After this conversation, Monsieur Poirot, I shall wonder that there is anyone left alive!

Ach! That." Race

I admit that the second murder in the book often cheers things up.

I thought the Chief Constable was going to have apoplexy.

Agatha Christie

Death in the Clouds

My dear Aunt," said Raymond West with some amusement, "I didn't mean that sort of village incident. I was thinking of murders and disappearances—the kind of thing that Sir Henry could tell us about by the hour if he liked.

I held my breath for a moment or two, and then I let myself rip.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

The shrill note of a bell made them both jump. "That's the front door," said Giles. "Enter - a murderer," he added facetiously.

Ulick Norman Owen.

I think it was just before half past ten.

There was a little pause—and in it a wave of horror seemed to float round the room. I think it was at that moment that I first believed Dr. Reilly's theory to be right. I felt that the murderer was in the room. Sitting with us—listening. One of us . .

She sipped once more.

Softly unbolting the door, he stuck the cat's head round the edge and ejaculated a piercing "Miaow." The Scotland Yard inspector, who was standing outside with another man, jumped in spite of himself.

Soldier Island, eh? There's a fly in the ointment.

Say what you like, it's not natural for five or six people to be on the spot when B is murdered and all to have a motive for killing B – unless, that is, B is absolutely madly unpleasant and in that case nobody will mind whether he's been killed or not, and doesn't care in the least who's done it.

Poirot spoke again, still in the same calm, measured voice.

Julius tapped his revolver.