Captain Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was enjoying his last cup of coffee for the day. It was also his first. But then again, it was 10 a.m. He had learned, sadly, over the years, he and coffee were not the best of friends. On weekdays. On normal weeks. On Naugahyde Nights, however, the two were the best of friends. He only drank coffee after 10 a.m. when he was forced to suffer a Naugahyde Night, a night when he was sitting at a desk waiting for a lab test to conclude, a call from a far-off police station, fingerprints to match or a DNA smudge to find a parent. If there was no Naugahyde Night in his immediate future, he poured his last cup of Java at around 10 in the morning so he could be asleep by 10 in the evening. He was enjoying…
