Athabasca
“"One of those finely honed instincts that comes into operation about ten hours too late.""Meaning that Finlayson could have been saved if this instinct of yours had been operational ten hours ago?""Maybe -- but almost certainly not. John was murdered.""Shot? Knifed? What?""Nothing like that. I didn't examine him. I knew that Mr. Morrison and you wouldn't want me to touch him. I didn't have to examine him. He's outside, it's thirty below, and all he's wearing is a linen shirt and jeans. He's not... even got shoes on. That makes it murder."Dermott said nothing, so Houston continued. "Apart from the fact that he'd never have crossed the outside doorstep voluntarily without his Arctic clothing, he'd never have been permitted to do so anyway. There are always people in the reception area, besides a person who mans the central telephone full-time. By the same token, it would have been impossible for anyone to carry him out.""Lugging corpses is conspicuous. So?""He wouldn't even have had to be a corpse.MoreLess
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