“Old women are the best. They know everything about everyone, so you can’t get one up on them. They don’t care what you think about what they’re wearing or how they look. And they’ve outlived all the men they grew up with who gave them shit along the way.”
―
Dervla McTiernan,
The Good Turn
“What comes next? Her cold house. Their bedroom, with all Jack’s clothes in the wardrobe, his toothbrush on the sink. Just this morning she’d found a print-off he’d left for her, stuck to the fridge.” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Ruin
“Australia HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty. Ltd. Level” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Murder Rule
“from the canteen. She pushed them deep into her pockets” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Ruin
“conscious of time slipping by. She took control of the case room quickly,” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Scholar
“cold settled about her like a cloak,” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Ruin
“What comes next? Her cold house. Their bedroom, with all Jack’s clothes in the wardrobe, his toothbrush on the sink. Just this morning she’d found a print-off he’d left for her, stuck to the fridge.” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Ruin
“Australia HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty. Ltd. Level” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Murder Rule
“from the canteen. She pushed them deep into her pockets” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Ruin
“conscious of time slipping by. She took control of the case room quickly,” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Scholar
“cold settled about her like a cloak,” ― Dervla McTiernan, The Ruin








