“What condition?’ ‘He's got a bad heart as well as the leg injuries he got in the war which put him in his wheelchair.’ ‘Ah.’ If there was one thing which every policeman knew it was that families were bad for every medical condition, but especially for heart ones. Legs were less important.” HeartHumorFamilyPropertyGreed Book:Stiff News Source: Stiff News
“Since the coat has absolutely no intrinsic value, Inspector, I must regretfully conclude that the choice lies between an outbreak of gesture politics or the damage being the work of a mind deranged.’ Sloan tried another tack. ‘And which would you think the more likely?’ ‘Malice or madness? I’ve no idea at all, Inspector.” CrimeMaliceMisdemeanor Book:Stiff News Source: Stiff News