Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.

Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.

He was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn't know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.

Conflict resolution,' said Nightingale. 'Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?' 'Yes, sir,' I said. 'But don't worry, they also teach us how to beat people with phone books and the ten best ways to plant evidence.

...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.

My dad once told me that the secret to a happy life was never to start something with a girl unless you were willing to follow wherever it led. It's the best piece of advice he has ever given me, and probably the reason I was born.

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.