Dean says, why do policemen like donuts? I wrote it down, and I hit pure gold: the Miami police chief answered the question. He said, you know, you're in the car, you got your donuts and coffee. The call comes in over the radio, you toss 'em out the window and go, [because] you can always get more. There's coffee and donuts everywhere. Simple as that.
Justin de Quincy is a crimesolver. But he has none of the usual forensic tools we've come to regard as typical, ordinary, or standard, because Justin lives in 12th century England. He's the hero of Sharon Kay Penman's medieval mystery.