Blackstone’s Police Operational Handbook recommends the ABC of serious investigation: Assume nothing, Believe nothing, and Check everything. - Ben Aaronovitch

“Shouldn’t I know about these things?” I said.
“The list of things you need to know about, Peter, is extraordinarily long,” said Nightingale.

Lives to act, poor thing, it's all he ever wanted out of life."
"Except he's dead," I said.
"I know," said Mr. Punch. "Isn't the universe wonderful.

As property prices started rising, developers snatched up bomb sites and derelict buildings and erected the shapeless concrete lumps that have made the ’70s the shining beacon of architectural splendor that it is.