Nine Dragons
Michael Connelly
Top 10 Best Quotes
“All his life Harry Bosch believed he had a mission. And to carry out that mission he needed to be bulletproof. He needed to build himself and his life so that he was invulnerable, so that nothing and no one could ever get to him. All of that changed on the day he was introduced to the daughter he didn’t know he had. In that moment he knew he was both saved and lost. He would be forever connected to the world in the way only a father knew.- "Nine Dragons" by
“within reach, especially if the shooter had to lean over or go around the counter to grab bullet casings. Why not take”
“triad?” “No,” Tao said indignantly. “We noted his tattoo and the ownership of”
“elite squad that went after the tough cases with the relentless skill of a boar rooting in the mud for a truffle.”
“back.” “Did you talk to somebody?” “Uh, no, I left a message with my guy over there.”
“anticipated doing, anyway. But for now he was”
“The weapon was a showpiece with a blade that was only five inches long and a handle made of carved bone. The carving was a depiction of a one-sided battle in which men with knives and arrows and axes slaughtered unarmed men who appeared to be praying instead of fighting. Bosch assumed this was the massacre of the Shaolin monks that Chu had told him was the origin of the triads. The shape of the knife was very much like the shape of the tattoo on the inside of Chang's arm.”
“The creation of the triads goes back to the seven teenth century in China. There were one hundred thirteen monks in the Shaolin monastery, Buddhist monks, Manchu invaders attacked and killed all but five of the monks. Those remaining five monks created the secret societies with the goal of overthrowing the invaders. The triads were born. But over the centuries, they changed. They dropped politics and patriotism and became criminal organizations. Much like the Italian and Russian mafias, they engage in extortion and protection rackets. To honor the ghosts of the slaughtered monks, the extortion amounts are usually a multiple of one hundred eight.”
“She watched the clock like the owner of a candy store watches the fat kids.”
“I’m going to go have a talk with Detective Chu.” “You think he held something back on us?” “That’s what I’m going to find out.”
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Book Keywords:
children, love, triad, joy, ancient-china, vulnerability, triads, fear, gang, china
