Are you smarter than me?" "I'll answer that when you give me a working definition of intelligence. - Ben Aaronovitch

You're probably wondering why I decided to grace you with my presence," he said.
Which was true, since DCIs spend most of their life in their offices or, worse, in other people's offices and conference rooms. "Playing," Seawoll once said, "pin the fucking buzzword on the sodding flow chart.

Five hundred years ago the notoriously savvy Henry VIII discovered an elegant way to solve both his theological problems and his personal liquidity crisis—he dissolved the monasteries and nicked all their land. Since the principle of any rich person who wants to stay rich is, never give anything away unless you absolutely have to, the land has stayed with Crown ever since.

Keeping a secret always makes the police suspicious. And while we’re willing to believe in the possibility of a totally innocent explanation, we never think that’s the way to bet.