Nineteen.

`Mornin’ guys.’ Their exchange was interrupted by Jimmy Cole throwing another piece of paper onto the crowded desk.`Something diferent for your zoo today. He stopped on his way past and looked at the gut on McGuire `peanuts are fattening you know, Skinny?’ he grinned a friendly laugh which shone in his mahogany face and took his wiry frame off through the squad room. His fitness level was as hallowed as his bravery - he was a guy everyone seemed to remember saving their lives at some point.

Ross flipped the man’s departing back the bird but patted his stomach protectively and sat up in his chair, stretching for the piece of paper he’d delivered.

It was a summary of a recent case just across the river in New Jersey. The remains of a woman’s body had been discovered by her four year-old son in their backyard. The twenty-seven year old appeared to have been largely eaten by some animal. The range of blood spattered around the site indicated a savage attack. None of her limbs remained attached but despite the dismembered state of her body it was noted that the womans breasts and pelvis had been untouched - in fact, remained basically clothed.

`Yeah - I remember reading about this in the News last week’ commented Rathbone, taking the paper from the other cop’s hand. `Weird, huh? A wolf they said! Like one of those movies - what was that one with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer in a couple of years ago?’he thought to himself, `”Wolf” - that’s it. Yeah,’ his eyes glazed as he remembered his favourite actress (one of many) for a second, `that film was a trip.’

`C’mon shithead’ said Ross as he stood and grabbed his jacket, he called him shithead solely because Joe kept calling him Jack `they want you to contact them if you snatch any perpetrators whose eyebrows meet…’

`Hell, I believe in ‘em’ the younger detective said to no-one in particular `makes a lot more sense than the crap we see in here most days’ and he followed his partner to their pool car. Another day of fun in the sun awaited them.