Working a case for a shy client required a different methodology. For a corporate client, Angel used aggression—tracking credit card receipts, hacking metadata, tailing cars. For the timid, she had to use empathy. She had to blend into the background, becoming part of the scenery, observing without disturbing.

: Show the "investigator's desk"—magnifying glasses, old case files, and a coffee mug with the logo Enquêtes Très Privées .

"You are not le client timide right now, Henri," Angel said, her voice firm. "You are a piano tuner. She is a woman with a broken instrument. Go and fix it."