Red Dragon Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 2 Summary

Chapter 2 Summary

Graham arrives in Atlanta and goes to the Leeds's home, the sight of their murders. Graham has come alone to avoid the distraction other people might create, and because it has been a long time since he has done this sort of thing. He is not sure how he will react. Graham walks around to the back of the house and finds the entry place of the killer, a circle cut into a glass door. Graham enters the house and turns on a light over the vent hood, since it had been on the night of the murders. Graham wants the house to look exactly like it did that night.

Graham goes upstairs and stands in the doorway to the master bedroom. The father is the first to be attacked, slashed across the throat. The mother then is shot in the abdomen. Graham studies the blood splatter, curious about irregularities...
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