“ I wouldn't like to find out my GP was messing about with black magic. It would be like discovering that your bank manager was also a stand-up comic. Christopher Fowler
“ His new life required no great change in the patterns of his behaviour. It was merely an adjustment. He had always known how to make himself invisible. Christopher Fowler
“ Yes, he wanted to do the right thing, but perhaps this time the right thing was something different. Christopher Fowler
“ His unique skill had always been to absorb the talents and knowledge of others, use what he needed and discard the rest. He never allowed anyone to get to close. He kept the world at arm's length in o… Christopher Fowler
“ My father Bill had a problem with Christmas. Although he appears in old photographs to possess a whippy, muscular frame, he was actually a frail man and usually managed to cause some kind of drama jus… Christopher Fowler
“ Tremble had a secret. Underneath his dreary exterior, he was quite interesting. When his penchant for investigating the area's past was indulged, a light shown in his eyes and he became almost passion… Christopher Fowler
“ Bryant wanted to be outside digging up corpses and chasing (as much as his bad leg would allow) unscrupulous but fiendishly brilliant villains through the back alleys of the city. Instead he was meeti… Christopher Fowler
“ Artifice and reality, he thought, examining the photographs and drawings, they combine more easily than we realise. TV shows pretend to offer realism but they hide as much as they show. Fiction, on th… Christopher Fowler
“ The city survived in fragments, as though it had been painted on glass and the glass had shattered. He Christopher Fowler
“ Oh, I’m losing my marbles,’ said Bryant cheerfully. ‘I’ve gone totally East Ham. One stop short of Barking. Christopher Fowler
“ Like all dancers, so much of her body fat had been converted to muscle that she needed to eat regularly. Christopher Fowler
“ Life is a very beautiful dream, he thought. I'm so glad I chose not to wake up from it just yet. Christopher Fowler
“ If any lesson from war is to be learned, John, it must be always to prepare for the unexpected and face the unthinkable. Christopher Fowler
