Chapter 17 Summary

They briefly fill Scimeca in on the murder details. She leads then to the washing machine box in the basement.

The box contains the same paint cans. Scimeca says it was delivered roughly two months ago. She assumed it was her roommates that moved out two weeks ago. Harper and Reacher fly back to Quantico, where Blake says that the research they've done suggests that Reacher's theory still holds.

Chapter 17 Analysis

Reacher's assessment of the list stands true. Even though Scimeca had a roommate, the killer would not have been able to tell this by the list he was reviewing, which is the same list Reacher assessed as well. It seems as if the killer is starting to make mistakes that he didn't make with the previous three women. For one, he left the box for the paint cans unsealed, so he didn't have Alison reseal the...