Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none of the stupidity and bombast and rubber-hose techniques that Los Angeles crime fiction writers had led me to expect. I'd gotten the impression that unless a gifted amateur in love with the lady got himself almost beaten to a pulp and practically inside the lethal gas chamber before he unmasked the venal and brutalized constabulary, any innocent bystander they could get their hands on was a gone duck.
It is only fair to admit, however, that my batting average in the crystal ball league is point, zero, zero, zero. - Leslie Ford
It is only fair to admit, however, that my batting average in the crystal ball league is point, zero, zero, zero.
- Leslie Ford
...he had a fascinating technique of gnawing his cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, as if his teeth were equipped with trolley tracks, … - Leslie Ford
...he had a fascinating technique of gnawing his cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, as if his teeth were equipped with trolley tracks, …
Do you have to do murder? Do we have to do murder? Sure we have to do murder. There are only two subjects--a woman's chastity, and murder. Nobody's i… - Leslie Ford
Do you have to do murder? Do we have to do murder? Sure we have to do murder. There are only two subjects--a woman's chastity, and murder. Nobody's i…
More people have been ruined by their upright friends than ever have been by their enemies! - Leslie Ford
More people have been ruined by their upright friends than ever have been by their enemies!
The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet. - Leslie Ford
The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet.
Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none of the stupidity and bombast and … - Leslie Ford
Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none of the stupidity and bombast and …
Men ruin cars. That's one of the things every woman knows. - Leslie Ford
Men ruin cars. That's one of the things every woman knows.
bitterness hardly cares what food it eats. - Leslie Ford
bitterness hardly cares what food it eats.
A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept. - Leslie Ford
A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.
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