Chapters Nine and Ten Summary

The weather turns again and it begins to snow so that the outlines of the graves across the street from Hank's office are obliterated. The snow acts as a sedative and he knows that it's only a matter of time before the plane is found, suspicions pass and he can leave with Sarah, Amanda and the money. Then Carl phones and asks Hank to come by his office. Hank does so and Carl introduces him to a man identified as Agent Neal Baxter of the FBI. Hank has the impression that Baxter reminds him of someone but the resemblance is so vague that Hank can't remember whom. Baxter says that he's searching for an airplane that might have gone down somewhere in the area and that Carl had recalled Jacob's story about hearing the plane. Baxter says...