“Flexible,” I said. “Meaning we’re making it up as we go along.” — Ben Aaronovitch

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

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

And having made sure my attention was focused in one direction the universe, which likes a good laugh, smacked me in the face from the other side.