Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

For a moment you forget how much the loss hurts. Then you remember and it buries you.

Mediocre people are the most dangerous people in the world.

"Should we tamper with nature?" is no longer a question - we've tampered with nature on the whole face of the Earth.

Commitment is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.

If I could edit Google Images, then I wouldn't be as scared of the Internet.

If Beethoven is a prodigy of man, Bach is a miracle of God.

In the service of the Lord it is not where but how you serve.

Science always interested me, and science, real science, was more science fiction than science fiction.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.

An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done.