Christine’s Reviews > Corpora Delicti > Status Update

“Want me to read you the waiver again? Withholding treatment’s inside a level seven. Technically we’re not supposed to let it kill you, but Internal understands it’s an imprecise technique.”

“Toreth had been distracted but not irritable, which usually meant a case that was complicated and unclear, but with open avenues of inquiry. A sort of mental prowling around problems—Warrick imagined it as the investigative equivalent of a fox outside a hen house.
Over the past few months, Warrick had started cataloging shades of distraction; it was a new and interesting side of Toreth to observe”

“you told Justice you never socialized outside work?”
“Too right,” the man said emphatically. “Or inside work, either. Around here anything less than a ten-hour day, six days a week will get you a warning…”
“Equibon doesn’t approve of the traders socializing with the back office,” she said.
“Too easy for us to conspire to break the rules,” Cavendish interjected.
(Love worldbuilding always)

“ribs from a real pig were the most expensive, followed by vat-grown “replica” cuts, anatomically accurate with natural proportions of bone, muscle, and fat. After that were the generic ribs familiar from cheap restaurants and more expensive takeaways: oblong slabs with evenly sized bones. Finally Warrick had disdainfully produced entirely boneless rib strips, made from reconstituted vat-brewed protein”

“all high-level bank staff and some other key market-access corporate staff with certain risk assessments were required to undergo an integrity and loyalty assessment at random intervals of up to a few months. We used a neural scan-based system.”
“It included imaging, and basic reinforcement of loyalty to the Administration and the Central Bank’s standards of ethics.”

“It sounded plausible, but years of training and experience made Toreth question anything out of character. Of course, Sara made a terribly unreliable witness when it came to anything about her boyfriends—no distance at all from the suspects.” 😂

“that it had to be the right shape and solid enough to tie someone to and fuck him as hard—“
“You didn’t?”
Why not? It’s what it’s for. I’m paying enough, so she might as well get it right.”
“Yes, but the woman is...I mean, she makes bespoke furniture. For really posh people. She doesn’t even advertise anywhere—all word of mouth. It took me ages to find her, and I called her for you” 😂

I’ve been putting off finishing this series ever since the USA election, but I know I’ll love it. I’ve missed these morally gray trainwrecks

“Welcome to Political, good luck, don’t let that smooth bastard Toreth back in unless you want to come home and walk in on him fucking your wife.’” Toreth shook his head. “It wasn’t at home. He did a c&p on her and found the hotel, so it was his own fault.”