Talking of which, I came across another crime scene yesterday. I don’t know if it was the mask and anonymity it affords, but I was feeling bold, and so I grabbed some pictures of the body for you. I must have got there only moments after the police—they hadn’t even got the crime scene tape up. Anyway, the victim seems to have been partially disemboweled. All that dark area is blood. I imagine it took him a few minutes to die, and judging by the smearing in the blood, he struggled. I know you don’t generally write such graphic scenes, but this novel might call for a little extra realism…and
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