- DCI Tom Barnaby: How old do you think I am?
- DS Ben Jones: I don't know. I've done speed-dating, not carbon dating.
- [Gary and Finola have just made love]
- Gary Cooper: So, OK, was it?
- Finola Harcourt: Gary, an English gentleman never asks if it was OK. He assumes his mere presence in the bed is enough to satisfy any wife, servant or Labrador.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Jones, this is Detective Inspector Jenkins. I was to him what you are to me.
- D.I. Owen Jenkins: Bloody useless.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: [to Gary] Could I speak to you alone, please?
- James Hobson: Mr Cooper prefers me to be present.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Let me rephrase that. Could I speak to you alone, please? Either here or at the station; I'm not fussed.
- D.I. Owen Jenkins: Nowadays all I think about is cricket, and death. As one prepares you for the other.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Another thing Owen told me: never expose yourself until you've confirmed the relative positions of your arse and your elbow.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: He wants control. Create enough fear and offer salvation and you have the soul of your man in the palm of your hand, don't you?
- DCI Tom Barnaby: I used to be in a group.
- Jack 'Axeman' McKinley: There's always someone in every pub who used to be in a group.
- Desmond Harcourt: Well, very tragic, anyone's death, but well, you know, you reap as you sow.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: You mean if you're a musician, you should be murdered?
- DCI Tom Barnaby: And I presume you have other similarly covered pillows, do you?
- Gary Cooper: Yeah, all over the house in case I go walkabout in the night.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Why would you do that?
- Gary Cooper: Because I can.
- [first lines]
- James Hobson: Should have used the Red Tag.
- Gary Cooper: No, no, trust me, the Killer Bug is right for the flow.
- [last lines]
- Jack 'Axeman' McKinley: They don't even care. Like you don't care. Morality, redemption, nah. Not on your beat, huh? Not on your beat.
- DCI Tom Barnaby: Shall we go?