The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co, #1)
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Lockwood tossed the folder aside. “Well, that was useful.” “Really?” “No. I’m being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember.” “Irony’s cleverer, so you’re probably being sarcastic.
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“Got to be a reason for a Type Two, though. George says Type Two always means someone’s done something to somebody.”
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was one of those moments when a great Don’t Care wave hits you, and you float off on it, head back, looking at the sky.
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Take his appearance. There was something about it that acted as a trigger to one’s worst instincts.
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His face was uniquely slappable—a nun would have ached to punch him—while his backside
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“Well, when you’re being held at gunpoint by a geriatric madman in a metal skirt, you’ve kind of hit rock bottom anyway,” George said. “It can’t really get much worse.”
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Lucy, you’ll never be able to turn the tide—” Maybe not, but I could sure as hell turn the tap.