I have the feeling Manitius was killed 11 months ago, & the writer thought it would be a clever or amusing plot twist to have the body hidden in a trunk for 11 months & nobody missing him because he was an “eccentric”, without fully realizing all the narrative issues it would cause.
I have no problem with the police procedural nature of the story … many of Chester Gould’s stories were somewhat procedural in nature, even if some of the equipment & technology he used was literally out of this world or ahead of its time. But pacing is a key element of good story telling. We’re over 3 months into this story now, & Tracy seems no closer to solving this case than he was when it started.
Interesting. Recently the police on Long Island solved a cold case going back over a decade or so regarding the murders of young professional escorts. Among the clues were determining a vehicle spotted near several of the murders belonged to one individual & using a slice off pizza tossed into the trash to gather DNA evidence.
Maybe Sam should have taken that coffee break. He’s starting to talk to himself, a sign his heavy workload is causing exhaustion & maybe a mental breakdown. Or maybe somebody should have clued the writer in that there are such things as thought balloons in comic strips.
I guess Libris is starting to learn her limitations.