50 POINTS, ON TIMER NO LINKS HELP PLEASE , Detective Allen Sliver squinted through his taped-up glasses at the forensic evidence from the heist, and agreed it seemed to be an open-and-shut case. The bank manager's shifty son's fingerprints were all over the safe, and his night-at-the-symphony alibi wasn't checking out. Sliver knocked a stack of papers onto the floor as he leaned over the desk, drawing stares from the nattily dressed bank employees. Sliver loved uncomplicated cases, but as for those that were too easy . . . they gave him indigestion. Sliver plucked an antacid pill from his overcoat pocket, scratched his rumpled hair, and failed to suppress a burp, drawing more stares. The rumpled detective pondered what his gut was trying to tell him. What aspect of this passage is common to much crime/detective fiction? A number of potential suspects are alluded to who will be further developed later on. 2 The use of dark imagery paints a sense of imminent danger around the detective. It presents an unlikely main character who appears to be clumsy and unqualified.​