- [to herself, as she is examining the scene of the first murder]
- Fleur Perkins: Who in their right mind chooses to be surrounded by death?
- Eddie Rowbotham: I have heard that some people pay for advance knowledge of the questions.
- Birgitte Poulsen: Who did you hear this from?
- Eddie Rowbotham: Mostly people who didn't get in.
- Eddie Rowbotham: I really need to shine tomorrow. Although math has never been my strong suit. Well, and neither is lateral thinking. I mean, how are you supposed to prepare for that?
- Birgitte Poulsen: Practice.
- DCI John Barnaby: People respond to grief in different ways, Winter.
- DS Jamie Winter: Celebration not normally being one of them.
- [Eddie Rowbotham makes it clear that his surname is not pronounced Rowbottom]
- DCI John Barnaby: [to Winter] Perhaps you'd like to have a word with Mr...
- Eddie Rowbotham: ...Rowbotham - with a "th".
- DCI John Barnaby: I thought your Miss Kingdom wasn't a fan of Circulus.
- DS Jamie Winter: She's not... mine or a fan.
- DCI John Barnaby: My wife was here on her own?
- Celeste Palmerston: Yes. Why?
- [gasps]
- Celeste Palmerston: Do you think she did it?
- DCI John Barnaby: No, I don't.