Talk:Veil of Secrets/@comment-34296592-20180816083912/@comment-3452092-20180816150124

At the beginning Agent Kim said there were four murders (or was it at least four murders). That means before he arrives, there must be four people who are believed dead no matter what. Tanner is dead, no questions there. We think Bryce is dead. He may or may not be, but as long as we think he is at the time of Agent Kim's arrival even if he's alive, it works. That, however, is it, since we have the ability to save Nikolai's life. Also, technically speaking, since he was shot by a police officer, unless it's ruled that he was trying to kill Nikolai, it's not murder either. I'm inclined to believe that for those of us who couldn't or wouldn't save Nikolai, Duffy did murder him, but I doubt that is the prevailing thought.

What all that means is that we are still short two murders, so unless two people end up dead in the next chapter of believed murders. . . we aren't finishing up in chapter 14. We can't, because there is no way they can kill off one or two people (if no one is killed in chapter 13) in chapter 14, get the attention of the FBI (Agent Kim does work for the FBI, right?), have Agent Kim arrive, find out what really happened to Kate, contact Agent Kim ourselves, and get him convinced that everything we are saying is either right or wrong.

My guess is that at the very most Chapter 14 ends with the arrival of Agent Kim, at the very most. That might be pushing it, too, but that's the most I can see happening by then. Then, Chapter 15 starts in real time with Agent Kim saying something like, "And that's everything that happened before I arrived?"

If Chapter 15 is the last chapter we are definitely getting a book 2, because there is no way the whole story is wrapped up by the end of Chapter 15, let alone 14, but there could be enough by the end of Chapter 15 to either convict Kate (if she actually had something to do with it, which I'm skeptical of) of set her free. And then book 2 Kate would be free (or in prison if convicted) and uncovering the city's secrets would be what happens in book 2, probably catching the real killer (because it's impossible that Kate killed Bryce and implausible that she killed Tanner and unless she escapes from jail there's no way she can kill two more people).