“Back to your house?” asked Miles hopefully.
“Yes, let’s shore up with some more coffee and maybe take a few minutes to think and plan our next move. What did you make of all that, Miles?”
Miles said, “That Cash and Palmer weren’t very nice people.”
“No, they certainly weren’t. Still, there are ways of handling people that aren’t very nice. One could upbraid them at book club or demote them at work. One could simply cross to the other side of the street when spotting them. Murdering them seems unnecessary. Plus, they were young people. Perhaps they might have improved with age like a fine wine.”
“Not everything improves with age,” noted Miles.
“Agreed. Still, I think we can both agree that, on principle, Palmer and Cash shouldn’t have endured violent deaths at the hands of some ghas
