Deadly Terror Quotes

“She’s no innocent victim, Zoe. She kept those women and kids locked up. She coordinated their movements, worked with the men to take them to locations around the city where they would meet customers.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“She couldn’t believe that by investigating her suspicions about colleagues, she’d brought herself into the line of fire.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“She was the one who took up with Trevor Hamm. She’s partly liable”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Ian had lied to them all. To her, and to Carl. He’d made them think he was working for Professional Standards, when in reality he was still working for organised crime.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Boss, I was knackered.” He lowered his voice. “Alison laid into me when I got home, I missed a special dinner for the kids. I was distracted”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Don’t you say another word. I would never take dirty money, Jim. If you don’t know that about me, you know nothing. Have you told Nicholas you think I might be capable of this kind of thing?”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“I’m sorry, but you know this is tricky for me. I’ve already had to talk to Detective Superintendent Rogers about a possible conflict of interest.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Randle sighed. “I need you all to do better than this. This is the highest profile case we’ve had for a decade. If we don’t make progress soon, it’ll be taken off us.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“He was surprised when I didn’t mollycoddle the guy’s wife. What am I supposed to do? Her husband detonated a bomb and killed eighty-six people.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“And any pretence she made now at remorse wasn’t good enough.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“A dad who didn’t want to know him, an alcoholic grandmother. Zoe’s dad, the only person who might have provided stability, had died while she was pregnant. She sniffed back a tear.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Mo nodded, not looking forward to threading his way through the inevitable maze of bureaucracy.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Oh, I know the Terrorism Act, Inspector. You don’t spend nine years representing Muslims in this city without knowing how the police like to use it to persecute the community and insinuate that activities”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“It’s an option, yes,” said Silton. “But in every incident involving one of those groups, there’s been a declaration by the perpetrator. They like to shout out their beliefs for everyone to hear. All this woman said was run.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“The problem was that this man looked like a million other lowlifes. He had a shaved head and a squat, dumpy body that spoke of too much time on his backside.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“You let me be the judge of what keeps David Randle happy, eh? You’re an experienced copper, you can handle this case alone.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Gran is important.” “Yes, love. But she’s predictable. If there’s a problem with your gran, then it’s nothing new for me to worry about.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“So you went gallivanting off to the hospital when you should have been here doing your job, and you didn’t even get to see her?”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“He’s eighteen, love. It’s perfectly legal.” “Drinking with his alcoholic grandmother isn’t how I want my son spending his time when he’s got A levels to prepare for.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“A bent copper is a bent copper, no matter what his family situation.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Of course. The first thing to happen after a major incident was that everybody in the vicinity hammered their phones.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“It can wait till morning, surely,” Nicholas said. “I’m just glad it wasn’t you.” She smiled. “Thanks, love. I appreciate you saying that.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Sir. I’m not happy about the—” Randle raised a hand. “You got your answer, DI Finch. Just shut up and do as you’re told, eh?”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Zoe had her own ideas about why Randle was interested in her sergeant. She turned back to the screen, where people were running past the reporter.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“He was argumentative and borderline lazy, and he rubbed the constables up the wrong way.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“imagine you’re missing Mo.” “That’s not relevant, sir,” she said. “DS Osman’s an experienced detective. I’m glad to have him on the team.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror

“Zoe cringed. Her last big case had led them to a man who was attacking gay men and leaving them behind or inside pubs in Digbeth’s gay village. Alive or dead. “I thought we weren’t calling him that.”
― Rachel McLean, Deadly Terror