dave was being careful and trying to cover all the details it was getting to be almost more than he could handle in his mind there were so many details to this case so many factions involved it was hard to imagine the entire scope of it all it reminded him of some thriller novel that was currently pushing to the top of the best seller list it had all the trappings of a mystery written to keep the reader on the edge of their seat only this one was real life and it involved real peoples lives he had picked up something to eat on his way back to the office and had almost finished pounding it down when the chief walked through the door .