"I'm a consulting detective," he said. "When the police are unable to solve difficult crimes--which is lamentably often--they call me in to solve them." He looked upward as if just remembering something. "Or I should say, they called me in, past tense. The end of the world put a slight crimp in my doing my work for the Yard, and even before that, I was made to look like a fraud and fake to the general public by an enemy."
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"I'm a consulting detective," he said. "When the police are unable to solve difficult crimes--which is lamentably often--they call me in to solve them." He looked upward as if just remembering something. "Or I should say, they called me in, past tense. The end of the world put a slight crimp in my doing my work for the Yard, and even before that, I was made to look like a fraud and fake to the general public by an enemy."