Chapters 51 - 55 Summary

Chapter 51: At his office in Quantico, Crawford's boss asks about the funeral arrangements. Crawford makes it clear that he wants to distract himself with work. Dr. Danielson from Johns Hopkins calls him with a name: John Grant. Grant's psychological tests fit the profile which Lecter gave Starling. Grant applied for gender-altering surgery but had lied about his criminal background, and became violent with one of the doctors. Grant's real name is Jame Gumb.

Chapter 52: Mr. Bimmel escorts Starling upstairs to Frederica's room. The house is filled with junk and the smell of mouse urine. Starling wonders if Frederica had a friend good enough to risk bringing through this mess. Frederica's room is different, well-decorated with inexpensive items and hand-sewn curtains. Starling looks through her high school yearbook and tries to get a sense of the girl's dreams. Starling opens the closet...