We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

by Richard Osman

It was almost certainly nothing, but almost everything was almost certainly nothing, wasn’t it?

Twenty-five years in the police force had taught him to always think the worst of everyone, and everything. Always expect the worst, and you’ll always be prepared.

You can’t have the thrills of life without the pain of life, so Steve has decided to go without the thrills.

If you have any sort of personality, someone will eventually want to kill you.

Why punch bags when you can punch other people, and stop them from punching you back?

Drug dealers, like celebrities, will pay a great deal of money for privacy. And often for the same reasons.

He doesn’t get casinos or infidelity. Why earn money, just to lose it, and why look for love, just to betray it?

It’s funny, across a lifetime, the people you pick up. It’s often the most unexpected ones who stick around. There are friendships forged in fire, which end up disappearing like smoke, and other casual, nodding friendships, which will stay with you for the rest of your life.

We live our lives forward, not backward. So always make the best of what’s in front of you.