"Well, it's a start."

A golden needle this perpetual haystack, more like.

"We'll have to put in an inquiry with regards to another case. I can have Shaz do that, easily enough. No one ever need know which phone number we're looking for. A separate inquiry to determine which rooms he was staying in, and we should have something to go on."

She tips her head back, staring at the ceiling, echoing his thoughts back to him.

"It's a long shot, but it's something."