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The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29) QUOTES

The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29) QUOTES

21 " Who’s your training officer?” “Officer Smith, ma’am.” “I’m not your mother. Don’t call me ma’am.” “Sorry, ma’am. I mean—” “You’re in good hands with Smitty. He’s cool. You guys get an ID on the vic?” “No, there was no purse or anything but we were trying to talk to her while we were waiting on the paramedics. She was in and out, not making a lot of sense. Sounded like she said her name was Ramona.” “She say anything else?” “Yeah, she said ‘the upside-down house.’” “‘ The upside-down house’?” “That’s what she said. Officer Smith asked if she knew her attacker and she said no. He asked where she was attacked and she said ‘the upside-down house.’ Like I said, she wasn’t making a lot of sense. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

22 " Because Nettles was on parole for a felony conviction, Ballard did not need to jump through most of the constitutional hoops that protected citizens from unlawful search and seizure. By legal definition, being on parole from prison meant Nettles was still in the custody of the state. By accepting parole he had given up his protections. His parole agent was allowed to access his home, vehicle, and workplace without so much as a nod from a judge. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

23 " Look, Lieutenant, it was the best way to take the guy down. Even now, if I had it to do again, I would do the exact same thing—draw him out of the room. Only I’d put on a vest and a raid jacket just so Smitty wouldn’t get so fucking confused.” “Take it easy, Ballard. Sometimes you’re like a feral fucking cat. Smitty wasn’t confused, okay? He just wanted his boot to know how it should be done.” “Whatever. You said you weren’t writing me up.” “And I’m not. I told Smitty I’d talk to you, and I have. That’s it. Learn from it, Ballard. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

24 " There is no need for this ‘fluid situation,’ as you say,” he said. “The system only works if we catch the guy,” Ballard said. “Don’t you see? Stopping the card from being used is only part of it. That protects your corporate client. It doesn’t protect Mrs. Lantana, who had someone inside her house.” “I am sorry,” the supervisor said. “I cannot help you without documentation from the courts. It is our protocol.” “What is your name?” “My name is Irfan.” “Where are you, Irfan?” “How do you mean?” “Are you in Mumbai? Delhi? Where?” “I am in Mumbai, yes.” “And that’s why you don’t give a shit. Because this guy’s never going to come into your house and steal your wallet in Mumbai. Thanks very much.” She stepped back into the kitchen and hung up the phone before the useless supervisor could respond. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

25 " It was clear that the RVs, no matter how decrepit and despairing, were the choice habitats in the community. A cottage industry had recently arisen in which old inoperable campers were pulled out of junkyards and backyards, towed to street parking locations under freeways or in industrial areas, and sold cheap or even rented to homeless people. They were passed from hand to hand and were often the subject of ownership fights and unlawful evictions. The department was in the process of putting together a task force to deal with this and the many other issues of the city’s growing homeless population—the largest west of New York City. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

26 " Ballard. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

27 " Is somebody in there now?” “Yeah, a guy. Stormy Monday took it.” “That’s the name he uses?” “Yeah. People ’round here use a lot of different names, you know? They’ve left their other names behind.” “Got it. Let’s go talk to Stormy. I’ve got to look inside.” “He’s not a happy guy when you wake him up. They call him Stormy Monday but he’s kind of a dick every single day. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

28 " KMA—I’m heading to scene. KMA was an old LAPD designation used at the end of a radio call. Some said it stood for Keep Me Apprised but in use it was the equivalent of over and out. Over time it had evolved to mean end of watch or, in this case, the victim’s death. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

29 " DSS—didn’t see shit. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

30 " Something else?” she asked. “Uh, yeah,” he said. “You know, Renée, I’m really sorry about how everything worked out back then.” Ballard looked at him for a moment before answering. “It took you two years to say that?” she finally said. He shrugged. “I guess so. Yeah.” “You’re totally forgetting something you told me back then.” “What are you talking about?” “I’m talking about when you told me to back off the complaint. About how you said Olivas was going through a bad divorce and losing half his pension and not acting right and all of that bullshit—as if it made what he did to me okay.” “I don’t understand what that has to do with—” “You didn’t even keep my number in your phone, Kenny. You washed your hands of the whole thing. You’re not sorry about anything. You saw an opportunity back then and you took it. You had to throw me under the bus but you didn’t hesitate. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)