The Puppet Show (Washington Poe, #1)

by M.W. Craven

the art of management was all about avoiding pointless battles.

He remembered the good old days when having strong opinions about issues you knew nothing about was considered a negative thing. Facts no longer mattered. Populism and fake news had seemingly turned half the population into mindless trolls.

there was no such thing as bad weather, only bad choices of clothing.

eating oysters was one step away from eating salty phlegm,

percontation point.

Nothing binds people together like a shared atrocity.’

‘He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself.’

‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’.