"He wouldn't let me look at the body, either."
"Idiot."
"I told you not to take that kidney. Mark hates it."
"The detective inspector could have shown you!"
"You know he wouldn't."
"This would never have happened when Les-"
The missing syllable silenced them.
"He had a good long-"
"No. No aphorisms. There is no . . . It wouldn't matter if Detective Inspector Hosseini could think. He could think!"
"Greg would've been pleased to hear that."
"Anyway, it doesn't matter. I should be able to solve this without seeing the body. Think! Think! Why can't I think?!"
"I don't know," John lied.