Saints of the shadow bible. Page 39.

'You know he's the son of a prominent (very well known) politician?'

     'Is he?'

'You pretended earlier you barely (by a very little) knew his name, but you seem the meticulous (very careful and with great attention) type to me - and you obviously dote on (to love someone and believe they are perfect) your daughter.

Is this you telling me to let it drop (to stop doing something)?

This elicited (to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction) the thinnest of smiles before Traynor turned and walked back into the hospital building. Rebus's phone was vibrating: a message from Siobhan. He opened the text.

Check out (to examine) Owen Traynor's bio (biography)!

He tapped in Clark's number but she wasn't answering, so he wandered (to walk around slowly in a relaxed way) outside, spat the chewing gum onto the roadway and lifted a cigarette from its packet.