Ken

“My death count’s rising faster than the PM’s dick at a convent school prize day.”
― Mick Herron, Slough House

“been over it with a toothcomb?”
― Priscilla Masters, The Complete Detective Joanna Piercy Mysteries Books 1–15

“through it with a fine-tooth comb,”
― M.W. Craven, Fearless

“He looked around him. The floor was a mess of broken glass, shards of china, pieces of plaster, and wood splinters. The wall above his head was pockmarked with bullet holes, and a dead man lay in a spreading stain of red. ‘You see?’ he said to Louis. ‘This is why we can’t have nice things.”
― John Connolly, A Game of Ghosts