Sara Sheridan, British Bulldog
13 quotes
"He tasted of whisky and his skin was rough where he hadn’t shaved, but Mirabelle kissed him back."
"Didn’t young people care what the generation before them had achieved? And if not, why had everyone gone through those grim difficult wartime years?"
"It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh."
"Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another."
"The good thing about the aristocracy – German or English – was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought."
"Mirabelle was always an enigma, and he had the sense that if he pushed her, she’d bolt."
"Food in wartime Britain, she had to admit, was hardly inspiring."
"If there’s one shade a woman of colour can’t wear it’s got to be the one everyone expects, hasn’t it?"
"Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French."
"Parisians were not easy to engage in conversation. Perhaps that was why the Resistance had been so successful."
"She picked up the stout and took a sip. It slid down her throat like silk."
"Afternoon drinkers shifted in the gloom as if they sensed new blood."
"Escapers were the cream of the crop."