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[He] locked his office, switched off the lights and came tumbling down the stairs like a sack of coals.
— Anthony Gilbert, The Cases of Arthur Crook and Other Mysteries

"[I]f she is a person of methodical habits she must feel it an incriminating point, for she certainly disguises it very well."
— Anthony Berkeley, The Poisoned Chocolates Case

As we neared Beacon Heath the dread hand of the progressive builder became clearer and clearer.
— Anthony Gilbert, The Voice

“You go on having ideas,” Crook encouraged me. “You can’t ever have too many."
Ibid

"Two heads are better than one, and, by the look of things, I should say that ours will be the only ones with any sense in them."
— R Austin Freeman, The Singing Bone

"Upon my Sam, it’s lucky for you you’re a family business, or you’d be singing outside the pubs for your supper."
— Anthony Gilbert, Riddle of A Lady