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Only 9 quotes in goodreads, more here: The patrol officers had left the front door open. They thought they were doing her a favor, airing the place out. But that was a violation of crime scene protocol regarding evidence containment. Bugs could go in and out. Touch DNA could be disturbed by a breeze through the house. Odors were particulate. Airing out a crime scene meant losing part of that crime scene. === It was Monday morning , her first shift of a week running solo , and Ballard knew she would need to get at least one more wear out of her suit and possibly two . That meant not fouling it with the stink of decamp. === She thought she picked up the slight odor of decomposition and death but couldn’t be sure if it had permeated her clothes or was simply an olfactory memory. === The man who was checking the cabinets seemingly at random had gray hair and a mustache. === A runaway. Name was Daisy. She was fifteen and putting it out on the street. Sad case.