"Have you ever read Sherlock Holmes?" McFarlane asked with a smile of his own.
Amira rolled her eyes. "You're not going to quote that old saw about how once you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth - are you?"

Второй фрагмент куда больше веселит с учётом контекста, но его слишком долго объяснять
"Take the Eiffel tower, for instance," Glinn said.
"I wouldn't want to. Ugly as hell."

Вот поэтому я и люблю Престона и Чайлда, несмотря на штамповку и "заимствования" - они понимают