The bathroom was no better. “At least they didn’t dump everything out on the floor,” Steve commented at one point.
Back in the living room, he kept his gaze averted from the spot where Loman’s body had been as he studied the bookshelves. “He looked behind the books. I’m surprised he didn’t open all of them in case one of them was hollowed out.” He rolled his eyes. Going to the desk in the corner, he looked in the already open drawers, shaking his head, and closed them. “Nothing is missing that I can tell,” he told Eldon.
“Figured as much. This obviously wasn’t a crime of convenience even though you were at work when it happened. I think the victim, I’ll go with ‘Loman’ for now, was caught by surprise by his killer, either tried to fight back or run, and was shot.”
“We think so, too,” on
