4. What does Cindy tell Lindsay in chapter seven when she says that Mercer is telling the world that Lindsay is going to solve the case before it happens again?

5. What does the M.E. tell Lindsay when she says it is amazing that one of the bullets found its way into Tasha when there had been so many fired at the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation that Cindy and Aaron Winslow have in chapter twenty-two.

2. Describe the conversation that Claire and Lindsay have in chapter twenty-three.

3. What file does Lindsay take note of in chapter twenty-four while going through the files that have been given her in relation to the hate crimes?

4. What does Lindsay explain about her parents?

5. What happens when Lindsay is told they found the van?

6. What is the killer doing in chapter twenty-five?

7. Describe the scene in chapter fifteen when Lindsay meets the girls at the bar.

8. What does Lindsay discover when she goes to the morgue to talk to Claire in chapter eleven?

9. What is Lindsay told when she asks if anyone saw anything in chapter four?

10. What does Lindsay learn when she goes to look at the case file for Estelle Chipman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What role does Lindsay's father play in the story for Lindsay?

2) What is significant about her father showing up when he did?

3) Do you believe that she will see her father again? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

1) Do you believe that the new police chief new that Lindsay was withholding something after he explained about the ninth bullet that was found in Frank Coombs? Why or why not?

2) Compare the relationship that Lindsay has with the new police chief as apposed to the relationship that she had with Mercer.

3) How has Lindsay changed over the course of the story?