Toward the back were two weapons-storage lockers and a two-ton Cincinnati safe for storing evidence.

Connelly, Michael. The Black Ice

In fact, people ’round here call him ‘Alvin Karpis,’ you know, after that killer with the machine gun in the thirties?

Connelly, Michael. The Black Ice

He found it in the second book he read. Harry Haller was a character in it. A disillusioned loner, a man of no

Connelly, Michael. The Black Ice:

The entire left side of the poster was a reproduction of a painting of a matador turning with a charging bull, leading the horns away with the flowing red cape. The caption inscribed below the painting said “El Arte de la Muleta.”

Connelly, Michael, The Black Ice:

I read in the paper that Frank Morgan’s playing at the Catalina.”

Connelly, Michael. The Black Ice

GET OFF YOUR ASS AND KNOCK ON SOME DOORS