I doubt he’d give me the smell from his farts—no, tell a lie: in that one respect he’s being more than generous.
He’s a piece of the jigsaw.’ ‘Maybe so, John, but if he is, he’s a bit of sky or cloud – I can see the picture clearly enough without him.
The online world could stuff that in its pipe and vape it.
The mistrust and resentment they brought with them, the way tribes feared anything new, anything from outside the camp’s tight confines.
Rain wasn’t quite falling yet, but it had scheduled an appointment.
View, returning from the corner shop. He hadn’t shaved or combed his hair. His shirt wasn’t tucked in. He carried
Rather than hanging around like a fart under a duvet.
One was very
Woodwork creaks and out come the freaks, eh?
Semper Vigilo – that’s our motto,’ Rebus said,
Rebus remembered that the premature withdrawal of the penis during intercourse for contraceptive reasons was often referred to as ‘getting off at Haymarket.
I'm caught, he thought, between a cushion and a soft place
Shi-vawn.
No sooner had he finished with a case than another two or three appeared in its place. What was the name of that creature? The Hydra, was it? That was what he was fighting. Every time he cut off a hea...
I’m game if you are.
If it were a peg, you couldn’t hang a fucking hankie on it, never mind your coat.
He felt his arms ache and, looking down, saw that the girl had stopped struggling. There came that point, that sudden, blissful point, when it was useless to go on living, and when the mind and body c...
Down Where the Drunkards Roll. How
As usual, Vanderhyde’s memory was sharp enough when it suited him. ‘That’s true. All the same, you were there.’ ‘Yes, I was. But I left several hours before the fire started. Not guilty, your honour.’...
In Scotland. There was no need: the Scots had bigotry instead.