Funny guy

Rico says he's started reading The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. He's a good actor and comedian, and now a writer of spy novels.
When a writer has a memorable line in the first few pages, you know you're onto a good thing, and Laurie supplied it on page eight:

"Because even in my frightened, wounded state, I was ready to stake my life on the fact that Nina Ricci's Fleur de Fleurs is not a fighting scent."