It seemed, pondered the inspector, that no sooner did you give a man a car than he wanted to drive somewhere and do something. - Shamini Flint

I thought you didn't approve of my job." "Different when it's family."
"Most murder victims have families."
She nodded once. "So you better hurry up and find this killer instead of hiding here smoking cigarettes.

The inspector sighed, a gentle rolling sound. He should have insisted all those years ago that the matchmakers found him a wife with a fondness for cricket. On the other hand, Mrs. Singh was already a formidable creature – was placing a heavy willow bat in her hands really a good idea? Singh, chewing on his bottom lip, decided that he preferred a wife who could cook over one who could bat.

Singh stared down at the empty clear-plastic slots and felt a profound sense of loss. These pages would remain forever empty now. No happy family, no children. Was that a bit sexist? No Nobel Prize for Chemistry, he amended.