Chapters 9 through 11 Summary

Quickwater has found a third skeleton. Tempe sees evening approaching and knows that they do not have enough time to finish examining the site. She orders the remains sent to the lab and the site shut down for the night.

At home Tempe tries to call Ryan but receives no answer.

Overnight, word of the murder site has been leaked to the media, and reporters are on site when Tempe arrives. Tempe continues working both graves but finds no additional clues except that the second grave, the one Quickwater found, had no insect activity. This makes Tempe wonder if the remains had been buried long after the victim died.

When the excavation is complete and Tempe leaves the area, reporters try to talk to her, and Tempe responds with a tirade full of expletives. When Tempe gets home, Isabelle calls and...