“In a battle which might interest scholars of modern urban warfare, the Conduit Street Comanche whipped the tar out of an irregular band of crybaby destitutes who pledged allegiance to the Watson’s departed mucker-wallah.” — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Moriarty rarely smiled,and then usually to terrify some poor victim. The first time I heard him laugh, I thought he had been struck by… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“No crime too small’ was never exactly Moriarty’s slogan, but the criminal genius would apply himself to minor offences if an unusual challenge was… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Moriarty smiled his adder’s smile. And I relaxed. I knew . My destiny and his wound together. It was a sensation I’d never got… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Dullards would have you believe that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth... but to a mathematical… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“There will never be slaves in Britain,' Godalming continued, 'but those who stay warm will naturally serve us, as the excellent Bessie has just… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“The Firm would go to war! Not soon enough, said I. For I wasn’t content to be content, to grow plump and pampered in… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Power is based, at bottom, on the ability to kill; thus the means of killing have to be available, even if only to a… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Places, she told herself, were not evil: they were what people made of them.” — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“In a battle which might interest scholars of modern urban warfare, the Conduit Street Comanche whipped the tar out of an irregular band of… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“Writing. It's a trivial pursuit, hardly worth the effort, inconsequential on any cosmic level. It's just blood and sweat and guts and bone hauled… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“W ere you aware,’ began Lord Ruthven, ‘that there are people in these isles whose sole objection to the marriage of our dear Queen… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
