Shadows of Doubt is Deus Ex for incorrigible snoops, and you should drop what you're doing and play the demo right now

As I reach the end of the 90-minute timed demo of Shadows of Doubt, I still haven't solved my first homicide case. Honestly, though, I've only got myself to blame. The problem with being a rule-bending cyber-noir PI with total freedom to snoop, it seems, is that when you're scouring a suspect's apartment for clues or browsing through their hard drive, it's easy to get distracted by the mundane details of their lives.

At one point, I break into the staffroom of a diner—apparently the last...