The Lady Upstairs
Halley Sutton
"So: the dirty stinking truth."
"So: the dirty stinking truth."
"Crystal confetti showered on the city, a final celebration of a winter that, on this twenty-fourth day of March, lingered past its official expiration date."
"If memory served, Toshie was around ten years Tomoko’s senior, which would put her in her early fifties."
"Detective Inspector Roger Crawford sat at his desk in his office at Scotland Yard, checking off the appointments he had kept that day."
"The Polydorus is a charming family-run hotel, located a short walk away from the lively town of Agios Nikolaos, one hour from Heraklion."
"Nina sat on the edge of a stiff vinyl chair in the waiting area outside Special Agent in Charge Tom Ingersoll’s office."
"And so, from the four corners of the empire surged the destitute hordes."
"Danny Doherty called me, said he had news."
"Save for a thin skein of mist that curled its way around the dome of the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute on the far side of the Grand Canal, it was a bright, crisp, clear morning in Venice."
"After Priscilla died, Carson’s only hope was that he’d be haunted."
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