I LOVE IT!

«“What can I do for you, Mr. Sounder?”

I play dull on instinct.

“There’s been a problem in the building, the official police are investigating, but they’ve asked me to step in and advise on some technical issues. I need to ask you a few background questions.”

“What kind of a problem?”

“I’m a specialist in socio-medical criminal investigations.”

Which sounds very white-collar, pushes everyone to think of liability and doctors making side money selling oxy, and they get happy and forthcoming. That is not what happens if you say there is a corpse on the other side of the hall.»

Titanium Noir Nicholas Cornwell https://bookshop.org/p/books/titanium-noir-a-novel-nick-harkaway/0a5cf3e6736c92a3?ean=9780593535370&next=t