“How's your career looking?' 'Well, I don't have an arse two inches in front of my nose, so my view beats yours.” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“... and Louisa watched another car arriving, this one as unmarked as the cop cars, but more so.” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“Fear lives in the guts. That’s where it makes its home. It moves in, shifts stuff around; empties a space for itself—it likes the… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“Like smokers unable to smell their habit on their clothes, drinkers always thought themselves unaffected.” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“And even if she does, she might end up with the life choices of a carrot.” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“Besides, leaked evidence would have resulted in a whitewash, or a Select Committee Inquiry as they were also known;” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“There is a topic being left unaddressed, and Belwether is starting to feel his way around its edges, like a man sizing up a… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“He has the people skills of a natterjack toad, but he knows his way round the ether.” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“Having a cat is one small step from having two cats, and to be a single woman within a syllable of fifty in possession… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“Those young-man dreams of living each day as if it were your last, they wore off; showed up, in the cold light of after-fifty,… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“Avril had the sense they say comes with your last moments; not so much that she saw her life flashing before her eyes, but… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“Because we both know the tide’s turning. The decent people in this country are sick to death of being held hostage by mad liberals… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
“The first half hour took a little less than twice that long, which was par for the course.” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
