The October Man (Rivers of London, #7.5)

by Ben Aaronovitch

Like many, Frau Stracker had gone through a short rebellious phase when she was fourteen. “To be differentiated from my long rebellious phase, which started at university,” she said.

“Fuck me,” she said. “You’re the magic police.” “It’s not nearly as much fun as you think it is,” I said. But I could tell she didn’t believe me.

“Well, if you knew how it worked it wouldn’t be magic, would it?” said Vanessa. I squirrelled that one away to impress the Director with later.