Back of the house, beyond the pool. Like the rest of the grounds,

But the real star of the show is the stripper. Yeah.

that it's part of the mob's execution ritual to shoot their victims in the back of the head.

who still feel loyal to the former lady of the house.

Unless the killer took something else of value out of this room.

Hey, did you know I was offered the lead in the film version of one of your books?

First of all, I can make a pretty good assumption of how the killer got into the house.

That goes for you and everyone who was in the house the night of the murder.

Taking care of business.

a one-way airline ticket out of the country.

but mystery writers are addicted to the use of silencers.

- Those are the tapes of Daddy's TV shows. - And these?

That reminds me of a story.

That's one of the puzzles. Here's another. Nobody heard a shot.

but I have absolutely no intention of...

He's an entrepreneur of certain illegal activities.

I overheard part of a telephone conversation.

- As a trophy of your victory? - No.

He played enough of the first tape to see that it wasn't the one he was after.

He was sitting in his favorite chair. The killer came in behind him and shot him in the back of the head.