snapped Captain Rodríguez. “I released them this morning, sir.” The lieutenant was “ impassive. “We had no further cause to hold them.” “You don’t call murder ‘further cause’?” The captain spoke with what was intended as blistering sarcasm. “We have no evidence that any of them are involved in Arroyo’s death,” Tejada pointed out. “We haven’t even positively identifed the body found in the warehouse.” “Observe the facts, Lieutenant.” Captain Rodríguez spoke with the false sweetness that some men feel obliged to use with children and idiots. “Manuel Arroyo Díaz disappears. The Guardia Civil spend a week apparently doing nothing to try to find him. A body appears with a wallet containing calling cards with Arroyo’s name on them. The body is found in a location with ties to a known Red, who is also known to have ties to Arroyo. The Red and his associates are brought in for questioning. Then they are released. Where is the flaw in logic here, Tejada?”
