Ed James > Quotes

“It's the hope that kills you, you know that? It lingers there every day. Makes you think she could just reappear.”
― Ed James, Worth Killing For

“knuckles”
― Ed James, Where the Bodies Lie

“Fenchurch checked his bonnet — just a slight prang by the passenger door. He got in and shut the door. Then winced as his foot pressed down the clutch. He tried to ease it out, twisting his shoe around. Bloody foot had locked. He reversed off the kerb and drove back towards Upper Street”
― Ed James, Worth Killing For

“They needed boots on the ground and people who told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, not people who kept things back. Who were looking out for themselves first and foremost. Problem was, in a world of sharing more with strangers online than in homelife, when privacy has become a rare commodity, people still felt reluctant to share the truth face-to-face”
― Ed James

“He's like napalm, Kay. Give him something to work on and watch it explode.”
― Ed James, Worth Killing For

“tomato ketchup”
― Ed James, Worth Killing For

“bhajis,”
― Ed James, What Doesn't Kill You

“steam”
― Ed James, Ghost in the Machine

“She traced her finger through the long loop round Invergowrie, south of the M90,”
― Ed James, Tooth and Claw

“The footage ran on and a man staggered onto the frame. Looked like he’d gone twenty rounds with George Best. He propped himself against a shopfront. Then struggled on.”
― Ed James, The Hope That Kills

“interested.  Besides, he'd get his nuts chewed over the cost he'd incurred for a dead end. He nibbled away at the end of his pen.  It was time to pay Charlie Kidd another visit.     twenty-five     Charlie Kidd was on the phone when Cullen got there.  Cullen sat on the edge of his desk.  Kidd looked away.  The office was pretty busy; Cullen wouldn't have put the techies down as early birds, but then they were answerable to animals like Bain. "Aye, go for it," said Kidd in an enthusiastic tone, earnestly nodding his head.  "I mean I'll have to clear it with the guys that pay the bills, ken, but it sounds like it could”
― Ed James, Ghost in the Machine

“you”
― Ed James, Worth Killing For

“you.’ Cullen leaned across the table. ‘The other three were bloody”
― Ed James, Cowboys and Indians

“underscored”
― Ed James, Fire in the Blood

“to”
― Ed James, Tooth and Claw

“was”
― Ed James, His Path of Darkness

“at”
― Ed James, Worth Killing For

“DI Simon Fenchurch pulled up at the side of the road, the November rain battering his windscreen. He killed the engine, the dead wipers leaving a blood-spatter pattern on the glass. Then a wall of water cleared it away. He glanced over at the passenger”
― Ed James, In for the Kill

“You know how many people die in suspicious circumstances at this time of year?’ ‘Enlighten me.’ ‘A shitload.’ ‘Is that a metric or imperial shitload?”
― Ed James, The Hope That Kills

“Oh, here we go.’ DI Simon Fenchurch pulled in on Upper Street, claiming the nearest space to Chilango. The raised-up pavement was busy with early evening diners and stressed commuters heading home. A couple were tucking into burritos outside the Day-Glo frontage, torn silver foil flashing in the setting sun. He glanced over to the passenger seat. ‘So, a chicken burrito, then, Mrs Fenchurch?”
― Ed James, Worth Killing For

“confident." Bain slowly nodded his head. "The Fiscal”
― Ed James, Ghost in the Machine