Prologue—Perfect Crimes—The Gentleman Caller Summary

This killer prides himself on being a perfect gentleman. It is May of 1981 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He stalks a couple who sneak onto University Lake in a "borrowed" row boat for some late night escapades. He is the quarterback of the Duke football team; she is the Azalea Queen of the University of North Carolina. The killer swims out in pursuit of the rowboat. Mid-act, he snatches the quarterback from the boat and pulls him into the water, slashing his throat. The killer climbs into the rowboat and tells her that he has been watching her for two years, and proceeds to kill her.

Prologue—Perfect Crimes—The Gentleman Caller Analysis

The Gentleman Caller is similar to, but very different from, Casanova. They are both...