A young woman named Lucy Ferry attends a modeling interview, trying to ignore her discomfort with the noise of New York City after a lifetime in rural Texas. Betsy Bronte, the head of the modeling agency, refers Lucy to a cosmetic dentist and hairdresser, saying that she has “real potential” but will “have to put in the work” (101), pleasing Lucy.

Holmes, Poe, and Marple study a file on Eton Charles, which shows “an upstanding citizen […] at least on the surface” (103). He married single mother Addilyn 10 years prior.

As their phones ring incessantly, Poe wonders if they “overdid the publicity” (105). Grey calls with another case: Numerous human skeletons have been found.

In the abandoned subway tunnel where the bodies were found, Poe teases Grey with the possibility that he really is descended from Edgar Allan Poe.

Grey reports that during a soil inspection, a human kneecap was unearthed in the tunnel. More bones have been found, though no remnants of flesh or fabric cover them. Holmes demands to see a skull, which, like the others, has no teeth. He determines that the bodies are evidence of multiple murders.