Michael Leese > Quotes

“there will be plenty of people who would see it as a career opportunity, the chance to remove a few senior people; maybe even step up to our jobs. So, my advice; if you do find something smelly, don’t let your guard down for a moment.”
― Michael Leese, I Can See You

“I’m just surprised that people haven’t started calling us the ‘Odd Couple.’ The pause went on a moment too long. “We are being called the Odd Couple, aren’t we?”
― Michael Leese, I Can See You

“It was always tempting to look for reasons why crimes were committed. If you could find a reason then maybe you could stop something happening again.”
― Michael Leese, I Can See You

“You know those stories: everyone seems to have a ninety-year-old great aunt who smoked forty cigarettes a day and never had a cough, let alone cancer.”
― Michael Leese, The Case of the Headless Billionaire

“they stood”
― Michael Leese, The List

“He could never help wondering how his life might have turned out if he had been brought up in a family that took pride in quiet and normality.”
― Michael Leese, The Long Reach

“Social media has allowed anyone with an extreme view to find like-minded supporters.”
― Michael Leese, I Can See You

“Sometimes people overlooked how useful a cliché was. It got everyone thinking about things in the same sort of way, and that could be invaluable.”
― Michael Leese, I Can See You

“looking at their computer screens. People hated it,”
― Michael Leese, Going Underground

“you”
― Michael Leese, Detectives Roper & Hooley Books 1–4

“I was in the habit of assuming that using the Spectrum let me see the whole picture, and that is a big weakness.”
― Michael Leese, I Can See You

“Who watches the watchmen?’. My Latin may not be up to your level, but along with ‘Carpe Diem’, that is one phrase I do know, as should every policeman.”
― Michael Leese, I Can See You

“Mr. Ross was attempting to find sanctuary on the ceiling by climbing straight up the wall.”
― Michael Leese, Going Underground

“The last shipment had been here for a while now so would have been cleaned up nicely.”
― Michael Leese, Going Underground

“If I stop now I am making it about me, and that’s not what I want at all.”
― Michael Leese, Going Underground

“It also kept him apart from the colleagues with whom he could have difficult relationships with.”
― Michael Leese, The Long Reach