"How do the policía know he killed himself? Maybe someone else did it and made it look like he committed suicide." Despite myself, I was hooked. Suicide and murder had been my business back when I worked with the Star. There were any number of indicators to tell the difference between the two. Hesitation marks—lesser cuts made while the victim is working up his nerve, the loosening or removal of clothing over the area where the bullet or knife is going to impact, whether the angle and depth of the wound itself corresponds with the handedness of the victim .. .