Paranoid theorizing was too easy, too emotionally satisfying.

“In the darkest corner of a darkened room, all Sherlock Homes stories begin. In …”

“Harold had become, over the past week, a connoisseur of silences. He was an exp…”

“On Westminster Bridge, Arthur was struck by the brightness of the streetlamps r…”

“A mystifying sensation of loneliness shook him. Arthur had been alone before, t…”