Chapter 1 Summary

Will Graham and Jack Crawford sit at a picnic table between the house and the beach, talking about two criminal cases that have been in the news. Graham is not interested, despite Crawford's opinion that he should be. Crawford is in law enforcement, and he is trying to get Graham to help him with these cases. Crawford shows Graham pictures of two families, and Graham becomes distracted by his own family, his wife and eleven-year-old son, who are playing on the beach.

After Crawford leaves, Graham walks on the beach with his wife, Molly. Molly knows why Crawford was there, as she spoke to him before Graham. However, Molly does not want Graham involved in Crawford's case. Graham was severely injured while working a case, a case in which he caught Hannibal Lecter, a year before they met. Graham had been with the...