And this meant that this assignment was going to be motherfuckingly difficult if not downright impossible — the make or break case of his own law enforcement career.

I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.

The drug-taking he's writing about is less hippie than punk: it's about speed and smack and pills as much as hallucinogens and weed, about compulsion as well as escape.

The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom.