Alejandro was reading over the Guerro files while keeping an eye on the local news when the newscaster reported that a body was discovered in a dumpster behind the strip club Girls, Girls, Girls. He sputtered his coffee, almost spewing it across the files.

Apparently, a coyote or other wild animal had eaten half the body inside the dumpster and dragged the other half out leaving a horrific mess and alerting a nearby vagrant who’d immediately called the police.

His grip ...