Arsenic in the Azaleas Quotes

“house of an older person who had lived in it for the last forty-odd years. The living room and dining room overflowed with furniture, all covered in brightly colored afghans. The walls were full of mementos, the shelves full of knickknacks. Decades of items that added joy to Nan’s life.”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“She returned to her car.”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“kerfuffles”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“After her ex-husband leaves her high and dry, former socialite”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“claustrophobic with all the large dark furniture crammed into the front two rooms. She walked through to the kitchen and stopped. It was cute, quaint and old. Still, if it functioned, it was more than she had otherwise. She opened the back door and stepped out onto the porch that ran along the back of the house. Outside she found the rear garden, rioting in color and completely overwhelmed with knee-high weeds and out-of-control bushes. As her gaze wandered the length of the gardens she gasped in delight. “Oh, boy, Mugs,” she said. “We have our work cut out for us here.” Yet the gardens thrilled her. Gardening was her thing. During her former”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“Mugs, is that what you smelled out back? Was it the cat?” She walked to the back door again and opened it. “Hey, kitty, kitty. This is your home, kitty, but Mugs lives here now too.” Mugs growled. Then came a howl and a hiss, before a screaming cat ripped inside the house between Doreen and Mugs. Instantly the dog barked and gave chase. Standing with her back to the rear doorway,”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“interior to make sure she hadn’t left anything behind. She locked the car, walked inside, and shut the front door. She leaned against it and studied her new home. Nan had said”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“And the card presented him as Corporal Moreau of the Kelowna RCMP Serious Crime Unit. So at least he was who he said he was. If that made any difference. “Why are you here, and do I need to get a lawyer of my own choosing?” Yet, she had absolutely zero trust in them at this point in her life.”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“Only, shortly after signing all those papers, Doreen had found out that her divorce lawyer was her husband’s lover… Yeah, life’s a bitch.”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“Behind her was a muffled bark. She spun around to see Mugs underneath a large boardroom table, but with all the chairs pulled up around it, she couldn’t see him there. She pulled out a couple chairs to find Mugs lying on his belly, panting. A mess of papers was on the floor in front of him. She grabbed his leash and tugged, but he wouldn’t move. He stretched his neck forward and barked at the papers.”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“As part of Nan’s decision to live at Rosemoor, she had also decided to give the house to Doreen, Nan’s only living relative, so she’d always have a home to live in. And Doreen was incredibly grateful to have it. She walked to the nearest window in the living room and pushed it wide open, letting in some springtime air, then went to the next room, the formal dining room. It had been a long time since she’d been in the house, and her present reality warred with her past memories. There was just something”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“Her gaze roamed the small space, made even smaller by the clutter. In the ensuing weeks Nan had been gone a fine layer of dust had settled over every surface… It would take hours to clean all this…”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas

“bejesus”
― Dale Mayer, Arsenic in the Azaleas