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Nightingale says that conspiracies of silence are the only kind of conspiracies that stand the test of time.
Foxglove Summer (2014)
The media always calls this sort of thing senseless, but the motive made sense—it was just stupid, is what it was.
The Hanging Tree (2016)
God, I thought, Mum’s going to be upset if the rapture arrives and Jesus looks like Robin Williams.
False Value (2020)
I wasn’t ready to believe in ghosts, but that’s the thing about empirical experience: it’s the real thing.
Rivers of London (2011)
The first rule of Big Brother is that Big Brother is never watching when you want him to.
False Value (2020)
It was a good plan, and like all plans since the dawn of time, this would fail to survive contact with real life.
Whispers Under Ground (2012)
Sometimes when someone tells you not to go somewhere, it’s better not to go there.
Rivers of London (2011)
First law of gossip—there’s no point knowing something if somebody else doesn’t know you know it.
Moon Over Soho (2011)
I am a goddess, Peter, a creature of temperament and whimsy. I’m supposed to be arbitrary and mercurial—it’s practically my job description.
Foxglove Summer (2014)
From a policing point of view, 3-D printers were your classic new technology. Everybody knew they were going to be used by criminals for something, but nobody was sure what.
False Value (2020)
“Come on then,” yelled Beverley, for whom de-escalation was something that happened to other people.
Foxglove Summer (2014)
Inside he had the soul of an accountant, but alas none of the facility with numbers.
Tales from the Folly (2020)
I’m an old-fashioned copper–I don’t believe in breaking the laws of thermodynamics.
Moon Over Soho (2011)
But this was the eighteenth century, when life was cheap and ambition unlimited.
Amongst our Weapons (2022)
“The scope of your ignorance, Peter,” said Seawoll, “is truly frightening.”
Whispers Under Ground (2012)
“Is that your professional opinion?”
“Yes.”
“Which as usual,” said Seawoll, “is as about as useful as a chocolate teapot.”
Whispers Under Ground (2012)
“A romantic,” said Nightingale. “The most dangerous people on earth.”
Lies Sleeping (2018)
You don’t actually know enough about me to insult me properly.
Whispers Under Ground (2012)
All diplomatic cars have distinctive plates that indicate status and nationality, for the ease and convenience of terrorists and potential kidnappers.
Whispers Under Ground (2012)
I pointed out that, according to Bev, half the ecological disasters in the world occurred when people removed “pests” or predators without thinking through the consequences.
Lies Sleeping (2018)