Police Procedural Quotes
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“…but his problem was infinity; his problem was time running along the x-axis versus stress running along the y-axis, and there never seemed to be time without stress. Stress was a constant.”
― The Third Rule - The Complete Story
― The Third Rule - The Complete Story
“A Spanish poet, Antonio Machado, once said: ‘Dijiste media verdad. Dirán que mientes dos veces si dices la otra mitad.’”
“Translated means…”
“You told a half-truth. They’ll say you lie twice when you tell the other half.”
― Teamwork
“Translated means…”
“You told a half-truth. They’ll say you lie twice when you tell the other half.”
― Teamwork
“You know that when a police officer refuses to produce formal identification on request, they are probably engaging in some form of corruption.”
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“The Democratic Party would like to be re-elected so that they can continue to uphold almost no Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) whistle-blower complaints, enforce hardly any police internal affairs allegations, and corrupt corporations with lobbyists can continue operating outside of the law.”
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“If you have bought the law enforcement department, then you have done nothing wrong when you willfully break multiple laws.”
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“When you realize that incompetent police officers are harassing you, you need to call 911 and demand that a police supervisor be immediately dispatched to the scene. In the mean time you need to be video recording everything, as police officers are known for their blatant lies and fabrications.”
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“Great detectives are extremely rare. I believe they are the products of thousands of years of evolution. Their abilities to perceive and understand cannot be learned or taught. We can only wait for them to appear. It is unfortunate they are so few, and even more tragic that fewer still ever find their way into police work.”
― Gambrelli and the Prosecutor
― Gambrelli and the Prosecutor
“Police not enforcing laws results in a high crime rate that is formally reported as a low crime rate in police statistics.”
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“The writing gets easy once your characters trust that you will not only report what they say but convey what they mean and feel.
~ Michael Kent”
― Twice Dead: A Lieutenant Beaudry Novel
~ Michael Kent”
― Twice Dead: A Lieutenant Beaudry Novel
“If you have dealt with liars, even pathological ones who pass polygraph tests, you know the signs to look for. The liar blinks just before the end of the lie, or he keeps his eyelids stitched to his brow. He folds his arms on his chest, subconsciously concealing his deception. The voice becomes warm, a bit saccharine; sometimes there's an ethereal glow in the face. He repeats his statements unnecessarily and peppers his speech with adverbs and hyperbole. The first-person pronouns 'I,' 'me,' 'mine,' and 'myself' dominate his rhetoric.
Conversely, the truth teller is laconic and seems bored with the discussion, not caring whether you get it right or not.”
― Robicheaux
Conversely, the truth teller is laconic and seems bored with the discussion, not caring whether you get it right or not.”
― Robicheaux
“You came to France to find out about our methods, and you will have observed that we don't have any.”
― My Friend Maigret
― My Friend Maigret
“That part of her life she kept locked up in a dark closet at the back of her mind and, the truth was, she didn't want to ever have to open it up.”
― Unbound Ties
― Unbound Ties
“She had a face that had had lived a thousand stories and none with a happy ending.”
― A Death in Winter: 1963
― A Death in Winter: 1963
“The boy loved his parents more than anything on this Earth. And so he had to kill them.”
― The Two O'Clock Boy
― The Two O'Clock Boy
“There’s a storm brewing - I can feel it - but it’s got nothing to do with the weather.’ - The Nor'easter - Shaun Young, Book #2”
― The Nor'easter
― The Nor'easter
“Well, he'd gone this far, animated by nothing more noble than curiosity, he told himself as he studied the face of the man in the mirror, pushing his collar down over his neatly knotted tie. The man's mind slipped into English: The cat's got your tongue. Curiosity killed the cat. To stay in vein, the man in the mirror gave a Cheshire smile, and Brunetti left the house.”
― The Golden Egg
― The Golden Egg
“Parrott, hate to disturb you on your day off. Need you to check out a death at the Campbell farm. Lots of important people at a weekend party. Looks like natural causes, but--"
“Okay, Chief. I’m on it.” Parrott shut down his computer and put on his heavy coat. He glanced back at Tonya’s picture before he stepped out and closed the door.”
― Murder in the One Percent
“Okay, Chief. I’m on it.” Parrott shut down his computer and put on his heavy coat. He glanced back at Tonya’s picture before he stepped out and closed the door.”
― Murder in the One Percent
“The two bodies lay in plain sight of the shuttered Salt Bingo Casino, though there are no witnesses other than a coyote and its jackrabbit prey. The two bodies lay still until the sun-cracked it is light over the Arizona desert like a sky egg.”
― The Poison of War
― The Poison of War
“Bosch let her go. For a long time, he didn't move. Her words had gone through him like the sounds of a roller coaster. Low rumbling and high shrieks.”
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“The ritual had been far harder than he'd ever imagined, and the moment of death was almost a relief.”
― Revenge
― Revenge
“Debra Bokur has written an immersive, thoroughly researched tale of mystery and mythology that will enlighten as well as entertain. It’s honestly been a while since I’ve wanted to be able to physically join the cast of a novel I’m reading, but The Fire Thief had me longing to solve mysteries with Kali and crew in the flesh. Kali herself is a terrific addition to the world of police procedurals, an original and unconventional heroine who is easy to root for. I can’t wait to read more about her!”
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“I feel death and pain like a tickling pleasure caressing my cheek with a loving, outstretched finger. The sane are troubled by this. The insane thrive on its liberation.”
― A String of Eagles
― A String of Eagles
“(No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall, for fuck's sake.)”
― Fugitive Telemetry
― Fugitive Telemetry
“...I didn't feel overly safe and secure in the hotel, even with cops in the kitchen and cops in the dining room and cops in the alley out back. Hell's bells, I was a cop, and I sure wouldn't have depended on me for anything more than a neatly written parking ticket.”
― Maggody in Manhattan
― Maggody in Manhattan
“Skin color matters,” Deputy Chief Oliver Gosden said from the passenger seat.
“Yeah,” Chief Ron Ketchum agreed. “Mostly because people won’t let it alone.”
“Some people can’t let it alone.”
― Nailed
“Yeah,” Chief Ron Ketchum agreed. “Mostly because people won’t let it alone.”
“Some people can’t let it alone.”
― Nailed
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