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1. What does Scarpetta explain in chapter one that she suspects about the killer, Mr. Nobody, that they are looking for?

She says that he is most likely very ordinary. She says that it is likely he hadn't been in the city for very long but had done these same crimes somewhere else before. Scarpetta says that he is organized and not crazy and probably has been in prison or a forensic unit.

2. What does Scarpetta say has happened in the city since the newspaper reporters began covering the murders?

The sale of dead bolts and hand guns went up fifty percent. The women in the city that live alone are very scared. The SPCA ran out of dogs.

3. Describe the scene in chapter one after Mr. Peterson says he doesn't want everyone looking at his wife in the bedroom?

Marino tells the man that he understands and will make sure that she is respected. Scarpetta knows that this is a lie. She knows that because the murders are so public that everyone will be looking at naked pictures of this woman and making sick jokes and looking at her life as if she is to blame.

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