Stephen Keep Mills: Tom Shanley

Quotes 

• Spenser : You said you didn't know what my ambitions are. They're very simple. A 40-foot sloop off the coast of Bora Bora. Enough cash to, uh, keep me in shorts and sun tan oil for a year or two. I could be sending postcards back to the first female governor of the Commonwealth.

  Tom Shanley : We don't even know you've found the woman.

  Spenser : I'll bring her to you. But I won't pull the trigger. He's gotta do that. It's either that or I turn her over to Quirk. To march her into that hearing tomorrow.

  Meghan Farrell : What about your friend?

  Spenser : Hawk? He's a professional. He'll be reasonable. It's Marty Quirk you can't buy. And if Marty gets hurt... you're gonna find out just how good a department you're running. Marty's got a lot of friends.

• Spenser : You already have a deposition. All the connections, names, numbers you want the public to have. You don't want Angela Zemeckis in that grand jury session.

  Meghan Farrell : And why is that?

  Spenser : Because if she goes in... the defense can tear down what you wanna build up. You want the statehouse. You want City Hall. You run on law and order. Point the finger at people in power, scare tactics. Backed up with a dead woman's deposition. You present the perfect evidence. Evidence that people can deny but can't disprove because they can't cross-examine. You get elected. You run on her coattails. Everybody remembers how tough you were in going after organized crime. Nobody remembers about an unsolved hit on a witness. Or the death of an ex-cop you tag as irresponsible. So you tell Marty Quirk that somebody wants to kill her, and you contract for a murder.

  Meghan Farrell : You have a vivid imagination, Mr. Spenser. What about hard evidence?

  Spenser : I've got Angela Zemeckis. Imagine her telling the people of Massachusetts you were the only ones who knew where she was supposed to be.

  Tom Shanley : That doesn't prove anything.

  Spenser : I'm just taking a leaf out of Ms. Farrell's book. You don't have to prove anything. You just point your finger and bring in the press. Oh, you might not fall. But you both can forget about climbing any higher.

• Spenser : You said protect her. I didn't know it had to be from you.

  Tom Shanley : You're out of line, Spenser.

  Spenser : That's why I never fit into your department, remember?

  Tom Shanley : I'll have your tail for kidnapping.

  Spenser : I'll watch you sweat attempted murder.

  Tom Shanley : With what for evidence?

  Spenser : You have a prosecutor in the room. Why don't I try my case on her?