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Human evolution SF short-story story, investigation about shoplifting reveals both investigator and thief can go unnoticed by Homo sapiens

Looking for a short-story story about a man who is investigating a spate of shoplifting in a small town. The local business people are close to panic as merchandise seems to vanish without a clue. 

Eventually the investigator catches the perpetrator who turns out to be a disturbed young woman. We find that the investigator and the shoplifter are part of the next stage of human evolution and—alongand — along with others of their kind—havekind — have developed a protective ability that allows them to go unnoticed amongst homo sapiensHomo sapiens. This ability had allowed the shoplifting woman to steal completely unobserved. 

Part of aa short-story story collection, can’t remember when I read it.

Human evolution SF short-story

Looking for a short-story about a man who is investigating a spate of shoplifting in a small town. The local business people are close to panic as merchandise seems to vanish without a clue. Eventually the investigator catches the perpetrator who turns out to be a disturbed young woman. We find that the investigator and the shoplifter are part of the next stage of human evolution and—along with others of their kind—have developed a protective ability that allows them to go unnoticed amongst homo sapiens. This ability had allowed the shoplifting woman to steal completely unobserved. Part of a short-story collection, can’t remember when I read it.

Human evolution SF short story, investigation about shoplifting reveals both investigator and thief can go unnoticed by Homo sapiens

Looking for a short story about a man who is investigating a spate of shoplifting in a small town. The local business people are close to panic as merchandise seems to vanish without a clue. 

Eventually the investigator catches the perpetrator who turns out to be a disturbed young woman. We find that the investigator and the shoplifter are part of the next stage of human evolution and — along with others of their kind — have developed a protective ability that allows them to go unnoticed amongst Homo sapiens. This ability had allowed the shoplifting woman to steal completely unobserved. 

Part of a short story collection, can’t remember when I read it.

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Human evolution SF short-story

Looking for a short-story about a man who is investigating a spate of shoplifting in a small town. The local business people are close to panic as merchandise seems to vanish without a clue. Eventually the investigator catches the perpetrator who turns out to be a disturbed young woman. We find that the investigator and the shoplifter are part of the next stage of human evolution and—along with others of their kind—have developed a protective ability that allows them to go unnoticed amongst homo sapiens. This ability had allowed the shoplifting woman to steal completely unobserved. Part of a short-story collection, can’t remember when I read it.