So, actions were still being actioned and me and Guleed were actioning them, and the wheels of justice ground on. Albeit in first gear. So
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 Nigh...
She had the startled-rabbit look that civilians get after five minutes of helping the police with their inquiries. If they stay calm for too long it’s a sign that they’re professional villains or fore...
One thing for certain, Abigail who lived up the road was going on my watch list. In fact I was going to create a watch list just so I could put Abigail at the top of it.
Officially she was there to liaise with me on the case, but really she was there for the wide-screen TV, takeaways and the unresolved sexual tension.
Like a lot of London, Richmond town centre had been laid out back when town planning was something that happened to other people.
I’d found a seventeenth-century map of the rivers of London.
It was chintz but not the cat-lady chintz I was used to. Perhaps it was Mrs. Bellrush’s manner or steely blue eyes but I got the distinct impression that this was aggressive chintz, warrior chintz, th...
I saw a dark void under the platform and had just enough time to think: Fuck me he's a earthbender.
Even in the 1980s your average young archaeologist would have had difficulty raising capital for a house. I knew this because it’s one of the things archaeologists will tell you about, at length, at t...
Do you know what happened to the last police officer who made a joke about DS Stephanopoulos? No, what did happen to him? Nobody else knows either
Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.
Because were were both probationary constables, an experienced PC had been left to supervise us - a responsibility he diligently pursued from an all-night cafe on St. Martin's Close.
„- Ați pus o vrajă pe câine, am spus după ce am plecat.– Doar una mică, a zis Nightingale.– Deci magia e reală, am zis. Ceea ce vă face să fiți…ce, mai exact?– Un vrăjitor.– Ca Harry Potter?Nightingal...
Five story Georgian terrace whose elegant proportions would have caused the most hardened Canadian property developer’s soul to weep to see such beauty—just prior to having the place gutted and filled...
You know there's always things in life that you have to do despite the fact that you know for certain the outcome is going to be messy, painful, humiliating, or all three.
What are my options? she asked as I climbed into the driver’s seat. Meaningless euphemisms at one end and your full-on Unseen University at the other, I said. The Unseen University is a bit like Hogwa...
We were suffering a standard gray London drizzle, the sort that makes it clear that it can keep it up all day if needs be.
We should tell forensics that the murder weapon may be archaeological, I said.Archaeological? asked Seawoll.Could be, I said.Is that your professional opinion?Yes.
This is where the whole ape-descended thing reveals its worth, I thought madly, sucks to be you, quadruped.