A)ny working hypothesis was probably going to involve quantum theory at some point—the part of physics that made my brains trickle out of my ears.
When the government decided that in the light of an increased security threat what London really needed was a smaller police force.
Zach looked at Carey in consternation, obviously wondering if we were using the rare good cop/loony cop interrogation technique.
What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway up a mountain, must have developed a magic kata, a physical expression o...
We'd considered wearing uniform but Lesley said, what with her mask and everything, she'd look like a plastic cop monster from Doctor Who. I managed to restrain myself from telling her their real name...
Was it better to die in the illusion of sunshine and warmth or face death in a cold darkness of reality? Was it better to die in happy ignorance or terrified knowledge? The answer, if you're a Londone...
Urban Outfitters, eh, said Beverley. That explains the Dr Denim shirt.My mum bought me that, I said.And you think that's less embarrassing?
This is why you have procedure, training and drill, so that you do things when your brain is too shocked to think for itself—ask any soldier.
There’s more to life than just London,’ said Nightingale. ‘People keep saying that,’ I said. ‘But I’ve never actually seen any proof.
There’s a goddess of the river, I said. Yes—Mother Thames, he said patiently. And there’s a god of the river—Father Thames. Are they related? No, he said. And that’s part of the problem. Are they real...
There was a list, Kimberley imagined, and in an obscure subsection of that list, a section that had not been properly updated since George Bush was President,
The narrow hallway was lined with framed photographs while the far end was dominated by a faux movie poster for Gone with the Wind starring Ronald Reagan sweeping Margaret Thatcher off her feet while...
The mark was from the glue that once held a folder into which a library card would have fitted back in the day when dinosaurs roamed the earth and computers were the size of washing machines.
The laws of thermodynamics were very clear on the subject – all debts must be paid in full.
That’s the nature of the beast, said Zach. We are what we are.
Taking a statement from anyone can be a long process on account of the fact that your average member of the public wouldn’t know the truth if it donned a pink tutu and danced in front of them singing...
Surely we need to at least identify who they are? I’d asked the Director the same thing once. To what end? she’d asked me, and now I asked Vanessa the same. In case they’re a problem, she said, which...
So magic is real, I said. Which makes you a … what? A wizard. Like Harry Potter? Nightingale sighed. No, he said. Not like Harry Potter. In what way? I’m not a fictional character, said Nightingale.
So etwas wie ein ständiges Spurensicherungsteam gibt es übrigens nicht. da die Spurensicherung so teuer ist, bestellt man sie beim Innenministerium immer nur häppchenweise wie beim chinesischen Liefer...
Seen something? asked Nightingale, making me jump. Jesus Christ, I said. Not on this river, said Nightingale. Not even Blake thought that was possible. We