“Peter,” said Tyburn. “I need you to stop just pretending to be clever and actually be clever.” — 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.

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