Anya Lipska > Quotes

“Where the devil can’t go, he sends a woman.”
― Anya Lipska, Where the Devil Can't Go

“She’d never thought about it before, but now it struck her how different the world might look, depending on the time and place you viewed it from.”
― Anya Lipska, Death Can't Take a Joke

“around at the sound of the flat Cockney vowels. The sight of the girl detective bearing down on him was about as welcome as a Russian son-in-law.”
― Anya Lipska, Where the Devil Can't Go

“He checked his watch. “Make it quick, I’ve got a pressing appointment at the Drunken Monkey at two o’clock. Crucial meeting with a CHIS.” CHIS? It took her a moment to translate. Covert Human Intelligence Source – aka, criminal informer. Yeah, right, she thought, more like three pints and a dodgy pie with your dinosaur mates. All the same, she was beginning to realise she could learn a lot from an old-school throwback like Streaky. The other Detective Sergeants at Newham nick were younger, and mostly of the new breed. Smartly dressed and professional, they wouldn’t dream of drinking while on duty, but they seemed to her more like bank managers than real cops. So what if Streaky liked a few jars at lunchtime? Everyone knew he had a better clear-up rate than any of them. Which was probably why he hadn’t been shuffled off with a full pension years ago.”
― Anya Lipska, Where the Devil Can't Go

“Janusz tried to round up his thoughts, which were running around like a bunch of startled chickens.”
― Anya Lipska, Where the Devil Can't Go