Quotes from Michael Connelly

military service was one of them. She knew he had served but he had never

But Bosch knew nothing premiered in this part of town except thirteen-year-old hookers.

punji traps. They were dead. Eleanor

Charles Mingus at Carnegie Hall

this kid his asshole, then that's the cost. But

Gentlemen," the waiter said. "It looks like we are in need of more essential vitamins." Haller picked up his empty glass and offered it. "We definitely are," he said. "We definitely are.

he had come to believe that parents see their children not only as they are but

Somebody once said that a person's favorite restaurant is where they know you. That might be true. They knew me at Dan Tana's and I knew them: Christian at the door, Arturo at the table, Mike behind the bar. But that didn't obscure the fact that the kitschy Italian joint with checkered tablecloths served up the best New York strip in the city. I liked the place because they knew me, but I liked the steak even better.

morning when I left. I checked my car for a GPS tag and yet somehow Creighton's following me up Laurel Canyon Boulevard." "Maybe it

If 68 was a supporter of the president, it was likely she was a law-and-order hard-liner—not good for a guy accused of murder. That this person would continue to support the president after the media had documented his many, many untruths was a factor as well. It was blind loyalty to a cause, and an indicator that truthfulness was not an important part of her framework.

had going on it.' Lindell laughed as though I had suggested something absurd.

executive assistant. "Mrs. Albrecht, how are you today?" "Very well. I just got here and thought maybe I had missed you." "Nope. I just got here too." "Come in, please." The house had a two-story entry area

can't put the gun in

You can come in and you can lose the mask. I haven't got the vax yet but I'll risk it. And

Innocence is not a legal term. No one is ever found innocent in a court of law. No one is ever exonerated by the verdict of a jury. The justice system can only deliver a verdict of guilty or not guilty. Nothing else, nothing more.

y el cuello y derribándolo antes de que pudiese

Florida? I'd never been there and all my life I've liked orange juice.

You people, Bosch thought. It was always said like that, as if the police were another species. The blue species which carried armor that the horrors of the world could not pierce. "When

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Some people cashed in their dreams a dime on the dollar and some kept them close and as sacred as the night. I wasn't sure if I even had a dream left. I felt like I only had sins to confess.

Uno de los casos que Harry aún no había logrado resolver era el de una persona cuyo cadáver había aparecido en seis pedazos: uno en cada descanso de la escalera de incendios de un hotel de Gower Street. Aquel crimen atroz no había escandalizado a nadie en la oficina. Incluso corría el chiste de que por suerte la víctima no se había alojado en el Holiday Inn, que tenía quince plantas.

It was every detective's nightmare. The worst-case scenario. A lead ignored or bungled, allowing something awful to be loose in the world. Something dark and evil, destroying life after life as it moved through the shadows. It was true that all detectives made mistakes and had to live with the regrets. But Bosch instinctively knew that this one was malignant. It would grow and grow inside until it darkened everything and he became the last victim, the last life destroyed.

Bosch knew that department policy held that deadly force was justified if it was used to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to an officer or a citizen. Mendenhall was not required to identify herself or give Ellis the opportunity to drop his weapon.

Knowing that the instrument could produce a sound that echoed all the sadness and hope of humanity gave him pause.