The police arrived at the house after receiving a call.
When the senior detective arrived, his subordinate officer was already there. He was shown into the lounge. The junior detective stood back. It was well known that his superior was a stickler for detail. He was known for taking detailed notes based on his observations. Notebook in hand the senior officer began walking around the room. As he approached the bookcase he noticed that one of the spines protruded, he read the title, a book on propagating seedlings, it may be significant, he wasn’t sure. He made a note, anyway. He noticed a pair of trainers under a chair, with only one sock draped across them. He made a note. He crouched down looking at what appeared to be a small fragment of wood. It was probably something that came in on somebody’s shoe, he thought. Using tweezers, he dropped it into a small evidence bag, and made a note. This went on for several minutes, with him finding several more things of interest and making the appropriate notes.
Finally, he left the room reading his notes, while the other paused to take a final look around the room, then followed. When the junior officer stepped back out into the hallway, he found the senior detective tapping the barometer.
“Didn’t you think it was unusual, the way the body was slumped across the armchair like that?” he said.
The senior man raised his eyebrows. “Body?”