Hardboiled Quote # 19

It was the shrug that told her her was going to kill her. Well, maybe that and the gun in his right hand. Plus the silencer screwed onto the muzzle of the gun. And their history. She knew he was not one to forget their history.

Hark, A Novel of the 87th Precinct, Ed McBain.

The opening chapter of this book is great. I keep coming back to it over and over.