The Hit Quotes

“She raised her glass and thought of what Frankie had said that first night she met him and fell for him. ‘Not bad for a wee tart from the Gorbals.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“The kid looked up, her bright blue eyes a little picture of health. So innocent and trusting, Rosie thought. The look we all had before life comes crashing in and sweeps it all away.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“As soon as the pub opens, I’m going straight there to drink four pints in a row.’ ‘I’ll try to join you once I’ve seen McGuire. That’s if he lets me out again.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“They’d jumped into his car and sped off onto the motorway, heading in the wrong direction for ten minutes before they even noticed.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“Memories, light the corners of my mind, Misty water-coloured memories, of the way we were . . .’ Indeed, Rosie thought”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“King of the road. Aye right, Rosie thought. Depends on how long you’ve been in the pub and how many drinks”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“The old guy on the karaoke microphone was belting out the Sixties classic ‘King of the Road’. ‘Trailers for sale or rent, Rooms to let . . . fifty cents . . . I’m a man of means by no means . . . King of the road . . .”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“Hard to hide a weapon after you’ve shot yourself in the head.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“Deep down she approved of his kind of ‘an eye for an eye’ justice.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees was the inscription on the base.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“This is where I come from. And it’s where you come from. You’ll never get away from that, and don’t you forget it.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“They had to get him out of here, whatever the cost to the newspaper. She checked her phone again – it was only five thirty back in Glasgow. But she had to make the call now before her battery died.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“Darkness was already coming down like a cloak on the deserted streets,”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“Rosie knew that she could promise no more than what she had, but she resolved there and then that if she did nothing else in her life, she would find out what had happened to that baby and where she was now.”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“their drinks and headed for the back room. It stank of beer and cigarettes. But at least it was empty, apart from the pool table and a few old-fashioned wooden chairs and three tables next to some wall seating. ‘That’s better.’ Rosie plonked herself on a chair, and they sat with their backs to the wall. She leaned across the table, looking from one to the other. ‘So. You were saying”
― Anna Smith, The Hit

“started here. Helen walked back to her hotel slowly, enjoying the cool of the night and the beauty of Paris. The streets were busy, and even in the side street where she crossed to her hotel there were people in the pavement cafés. She toyed with the idea of having one for the road, but decided to call it a night. She had a flight to Grand”
― Anna Smith, The Hit