Allison
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.
„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.
From the individual infantryman’s point of view there really is no such thing as too much personal firepower.
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.
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.
When dealing with the excessively rich and privileged, you’ve got your two basic approaches. One is to go in hard and deliberately working class. A regional accent is always a plus in this. Seawoll ha...
When I’m considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, Who knows why the fuck anything happens?
When I was a kid I used to drink from the tap all the time. I'd run back into the flat all hot and sweaty from playing and didn't even bother putting it in a glass, just turned the tap on and stuck my...
We can't have your people fighting each other, I said. The 'royal we' is very important in police work; it reminds the person you're talking to that behind you stands the mighty institution that is th...
Then you throw the bloody thing as far as you can, hopefully outside the area of immediate magical effect, where two minutes later it basically phones the Met control room and screams help, help, seri...
Then he smiled at me and for that moment, and just that moment, I forgave him everything—everything—because now I knew what joy looked like and I was part of it.
The very rich, having fundamentally missed the point of urban living, have long been frustrated by the fact that it’s impossible to squeeze the amenities of a country mansion—car showroom, swimming po...
The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I’ve got a big stick. ‘Is
The laws of thermodynamics were very clear on the subject – all debts must be paid in full.
The Fire Brigade recognise only two kinds of people at a fire, victims and obstacles, and if you don’t want to be either it’s best to stay back.
THE METROPOLITAN Police has a very straightforward approach to murder investigations. Not for them the detective’s gut instinct or the intricate logical deductions of the sleuth savant. No, what the M...
Sometimes I wonder whether, if I’d been the one that went for coffee and not Lesley May, my life would have been much less interesting and certainly much less dangerous. Could it have been anyone, or...
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.
Rule of policing number one – when something good falls into your lap, pass it up the chain of command as quickly as possible before something else bad can happen.