Summary

In Chapter 30, Martti admits that he had buried the notebook in oilcloth in his backyard. Martti falls asleep and Ella can't help thinking about the buried notebook but she is afraid to go outside because it is so dark and cold. Ella takes down one of Martti's books and signs the name of the dead boy, Oskar Sodergran, inside. Ella then makes her way through the pack of dogs gathered outside, gets in her car and drives away. Ella can't help but think that Martti and the other members are frauds because they have taken the ideas for all their books from the dead boy's notebook. She knows that this revelation alters the scope of her research project too. Ella then considers the fact that Oskar Sodergran could have been murdered and wonders who would have been capable of that.

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