The serial killer claims another victim and the police officers are at the donut shop stuffing their faces with crullers.
Another person, the 7th, is killed in the small town of Knosting. A young woman, poisoned with a concoction that stiffened her muscles and in effect suffocated her.
Andrew takes a trip to Victoria to visit a friend, and to get away from murders for a while.
Andrew has a meal with Tony to try to figure her out -- and then is interrogated by the hapless police.
Andrew, unable to get to sleep, ponders why he is writing this book—and reflects back on sadder times in academia.
Another dead body, a woman thrown from a high-rise. A demonstration in the street. Andrew and the raver ...
Another victim: beaten and thrown into a ravine. Andrew visits the site and then the home of the disgraced former police chief.
Andrew visits his landlady, and then Rachel at the public library.
Andrew has lunch with Wilson, the "raver," who has a theory about who the killer might be.
The third victim is killed in a grisly manner. Andrew talks to Tony at the coffee shop.