Philadelphia - June 26, 2009

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"Fall," by Colin McAdam

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Files
Lead Investigator: Sgt. Richard D’Arcy

Procedure: Examination of the pages of Colin McAdam’s intense new novel, “Fall,” which explores the fixations and actions of young prep school students.

Initial Incident: December 10. Fallon “Fall” Fitzgerald DeStindt (considered by her peers the most popular female in St. Ebury’s senior class) reported missing.

Suspects:
- Victim’s boyfriend, Julius. Campus golden boy. Son of a U.S. ambassador. Athletic, uncomplicated, sloppy. Loves to booze, smoke, and party with prankster-loving friends. Known for staccato bursts of thought re: sex, love, and id-driven pleasures.

- Victim’s boyfriend’s roommate, Noel. Of superior intelligence. Brief history of violence (see: grade 9, biting). Swears to close friendships with both victim and victim’s boyfriend. Potentially delusional. Obsessed with victim. Known for eloquent, internal rants.

Case status: Impossible to put down.

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