already." "Sorry." She didn't sound so sorry to
Crozier's ears. "Anyway, what about that discussion we were having a couple of days ago that you promised to
finish yesterday but didn't?" "Which one was that again?" "Famous detective strategies. You are supposed to be
teaching me, right?" "Yeah, right. Where did we leave off?" "You were telling me about some of your favorite
novels." "Yeah, now I remember. We left off at MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, by Agatha Christie. In this
novel, Hercule Poirot is trying to solve a case of murder on board a train. He quickly discovered that everyone had a
motive, the means, and an opportunity, or some combination of the three. Therefore, not a person on the train stood
out as a suspect. Further, they also all had an alibi that was confirmed by another suspect-hardly a great basis for
belief in the alibi. So what was the only answer?" Lois thought about it for a few seconds, and then gave up. &
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