For A Homicide Cop, Murder Often Started The Day. For The Mixed-Race Female Sloppily Wrapped In A Tarp And Stuffed In A Construction Site Dumpster, It Had Surely Ended Herslt. Eve Dallas Hasn'T Even Arrived At Work When Her First Call Of The Day Comes In. Alva Quirk - Forty-Six Years Old, Sidewalk Sleeper - Was Beaten To Death With A Crowbar. Known To The Local Cops For Handing Out Origami Flowers To Anyone Who Gives Her Change, Alva Was Well-Liked But With No Fixed Address, No Job And No Family, There'S Noone To Remember Her.