I took the swab using the collection kit that I’d borrowed from Dominic who, I realized, had left the Boy Scout scale behind and was now verging on Batman levels of crazy preparedness.
I sighed and went back to my book, in which Morgoth nicked the eponymous jewels and had away with them back to Angbad. Sorry mate, I thought, not my jurisdiction. Did you have them insured? Whereupon...
I listened to make sure she wasn’t coming up the stairs and had a poke through the underwear drawers but got nothing except a vague sense of being really unprofessional.
I don’t like my bacon sandwich to be curiously snuffling at my fingers. But sometimes being police means holding your breath and fondling a pig.
Given that all three of us were Londoners, we paused a moment to carry out the ritual of the valuation of the property. I guessed that, given the area, it was at least a million and change. Million an...
Ever since mankind stopped wandering around aimlessly and started cultivating its own food, society has been growing more complex. As soon as we stopped sleeping with our cousins and built walls, temp...
Dedication This book is dedicated to Sir Terry Pratchett OBE who has stood like a wossname upon the rocky shores of our imaginations – the better to guide us safely into harbour.
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As Martin noted, to the detectives conducting his interview, it was a good thing he'd been inebriated, because otherwise he would have wasted time screaming and running about - especially once he real...
As Martin noted, to the detective conducting his interview, it was a good thing he'd been inebriated, because otherwise he would have wasted time screaming and running about- especially once he realiz...
Are they really gods?I never worry about theological questions, said Nightingale. They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace - that makes them a police matter.
Sudden attack of culture snobbery is a common affliction among policemen of a certain rank and age; it’s like a normal midlife crisis only with more chandeliers and foreign languages.
„Dacă ți se pare că acum ești în conflict cu tine însăți, am spus, gândește-te cum o să fie după ce Nightingale o să afle că m-ai păpat la cină.
Which artfully combines a complete lack of aesthetic quality with a total disregard for the utilitarian function for which it is built.
Says: it only becomes a social problem when the working man joins in.
You'll need lots of chips to go with that lot.And salt too, ha ha.Ha ha.We aren't going around to other shops buying up all their vinegar, are we?No, now we need some plastic buckets.
You can’t die of jazz, said Dr. Walid. Can you? I thought of Fats Navarro, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker who, when he died, was mistaken by a coroner for a man twice his real age. You know, I sai...
With a grunt he levered himself to his feet, causing the chair to bang against the bookcase behind him and set the various objet d’bollocks rattling.
Why would a young man like you be interested in history?
Who made the 999 call?Dunno, said Purdy. Mobile, probably.It's officers like Purdy that give the Metropolitan Police its sterling reputation for customer service that makes us the envy of the civilise...