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All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell

Chapter 1 – The Jeep

1)Where was the car found? Be specific – what kind of location, what direction was the road, was it in plain sight…

2)Who does the car belong to? Who else was probably in the car?

3)How many couples had disappeared and been found dead?

4)When did the murders begin?

5)Where are they located, generally?

6)Who is Deborah’s mother? Why is she famous?

7)Who are Salty and Neptune? Why are they important?

8)Why did they not open the car until Salty and Neptune arrived?

9)Who was probably the last person to drive? Who was in the passenger seat?

10)What was Neptune’s reaction from smelling the passenger seat?

Chapter 2 – Pat Harvey’s

1)Follow Salty scent trail from the Jeep.

2)Why may have Neptune reacted the way it did to Deborah’s scent?

3)Complete the chart about the other murders

Names / Date disappeared / Date discovered / Any additional info

4)What was similar about the MO (mode of operation or modus operandi) for every car scene?

5)What physical characteristic about Deborah was Pat able to give Dr. Scarpetta that may help with identification of the body?

6)Why would this be more helpful than jewelry and clothing?

Chapter 3 – Hilda, Abby, and the Tampax

1)Who is Hilda Ozimek and who brought her from South Carolina?

2)Who else has used her services?

3)Where was the receipt in the car from? What had been purchased?

4)Where had the clerk told Deborah and Fred to go to use the products?

5)All bodies so far had been too badly decomposed to determine cause of death (COD). What are some possibilities whose evidence would have disappeared with the decomposition?

6)Who is Abby Turnbull and what is her occupation?

7)Why did she move to DC?

8)She is extremely paranoid after her investigations of the killings. What are examples of what she thinks is being done to her?

9)What may have started all of this? Who came to talk to her?

10)What information does she know about that was not released to the reporters about the murders?

11)Where are they off to together?

Chapter 4 – 7-Eleven and the Rest Stop

1)Who is Ellen Jordan?

2)Where did she direct Deborah and Fred to use the bathroom (be specific)?

3)Ellen remembers two people, and boy playing video games and another man. When did he enter and leave the 7-Eleven in relation to Deborah and Fred?

4)What did he look like? What was he wearing?

5)Why did Ellen never see his car?

6)Why is it unlikely the killer drove and parked his car in the parking lot?

7)When Abby and Scarpetta left 7-Eleven, Abby told Ellen to check the Post for the story. When did it run?

8)What did Scarpetta find out about Abby in October?

9)What did Scarpetta find out about Abby in January from Mark?