Chapters 22 and 23 Summary

Tempe awakes and finds clutter throughout her home that has been left by Kit, and she thinks that is the natural way of a teenager. When she arrives at work she learns that LaManche is stable but still in a coma. Tempe shares her impression of the Desjardins murder scene with Ronald Gilbert. She says that it looked too sloppy, too chaotic to have been done by professional bikers, and she wants Gilbert's opinion. Gilbert gives a lengthy verbal description of the work he does with blood-spatter analysis. He explains that by examining the pattern of blood on walls, ceilings, and any place else it lands, experts can tell a great deal about a murder scene.

To further show Tempe what he does with blood-spatter analysis, Gilbert takes Tempe to his lab where he experiments with beef blood. He uses various...