Eight Perfect Murders

Malcolm opens the bookstore and decides to call his shadow by the name Charlie. His quest to figure out who arranged the murder of Norman leads him to think about Marty Kingship, a former police officer. Marty and Malcolm met at the bookstore and became drinking pals. After a while, Malcolm walled himself off emotionally and only met up with Marty once a year or so. Malcolm calls Marty, tells him half truths about the FBI investigation, and asks him to look into the murder of Norman. After Malcolm’s phone call, Emily arrives at work. They talk about the movie Under the Skin.

Malcolm leaves work around 1:30 to meet Gwen, who is driving them to Rockland. They stop for food and Gwen admits that the murderer sent bird feathers to police stations after murdering the people who had bird names. She believes Charlie, their suspect, is close to Malcolm.

Gwen and Malcolm meet a detective, Laura Cifelli, who lets them into Elaine’s house. Laura mentions that a neighbor was the one who noticed her mail piling up, but was never questioned since her death was considered natural. After Laura leaves, Malcolm looks through Elaine’s