# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, The Hanging Tree

> “Peter,” said Tyburn. “I need you to stop just pretending to be clever and actually be clever.”

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [The Hanging Tree](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-hanging-tree.md)
- Page: 288
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch#The_Hanging_Tree_(2016)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-hanging-tree/peter-said-tyburn

## More from this book

> For police officers, “close relative” frequently rhymes with “prime suspect.”

p. 34 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-hanging-tree/for-police-officers.md)

> The media always calls this sort of thing senseless, but the motive made sense—it was just stupid, is what it was.

p. 112 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-hanging-tree/the-media-always.md)

> The main purpose of an administrative meeting is to establish collective guilt for whatever fuck-up arises out of its decisions.

p. 150 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-hanging-tree/the-main-purpose.md)