Detective Novels Quotes

My feet crunched over dry hickory leaves. Wood rangers had stapled up Smokey Bear (“Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!”) signs along the state roads. One cigarette butt flicked out a passing car window and there’d be real hell to pay.

I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not business.