Well, there's always a second murder. Someone who knows something is bumped off before they can reveal what they know.
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A little man, Mr. Hayward, who cast a large shadow. A very large and rather crooked shadow.
The murderer is never the one you initially suspect.
They do share one or two traits. Vanity. A distorted morality. A lack of empathy. And murderers tend to feel that they are above the rules and laws that govern ordinary mortals.