Chapter 16 Summary

Kinsey returns to the Hacienda in Los Angeles and gets her messages from Arlette, with three out of four from Charlie Scorsoni. Arlette says he called once from Denver, then Tucson, then Santa Teresa. Kinsey returns Charlie's calls but has to leave a message with Ruth that she's back in Los Angeles. The other caller is Garry Steinberg, the accountant who is willing to meet Kinsey on Friday. Then Kinsey makes an appointment with Mrs. Glass to see Libby's things.

The tough call is to her friend in Las Vegas who had found Sharon Napier for her. He is understandably upset and Kinsey tries to appease him by denying any proof that Sharon was killed because of Kinsey's investigation. He is not appeased. Kinsey is suffused with guilt, but even more, she is upset at the loss of a witness. She knows that...