When the officer turned to face her, Veronica blinked. - Rob Thomas

Excuse me for troubling your capraesque lives with this first-ever note of moral unclarity.

His image shifted jerkily once, twice. She caught the sound of his voice deconstructed into halting and meaningless syllables. And then the window went dark.

Oh, I guess you wouldn’t know, since you left the actual investigating for me to do. Well, buckle up, my friend, because I’m about to hand you actual clues to an actual crime, wrapped in a bow.