Even so, Charlie wasn't that unreasonable.

He knew that while the police wouldn't even need a week to finish a criminal investigation committed by an idiot, that was really not the case for individuals or small groups with an iota of intelligence.

Solving a case is never a simple matter, often taking months if not years.

He wanted to ask Vera for another divination again, but soon decided that it was inappropriate.

He was supposed to show a little stoicism as a man. And here he was, about t