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* Sold by Hallerstein's Timepieces, Manhattan.

* Poem left by perp at both scenes.

* Computer printer, generic paper, HP LaserJet ink.

* Text:

The full Cold Moon is in the sky,

shining on the corpse of earth,

signifying the hour to die

and end the journey begun at birth.

--The Watchmaker

* Not in any poetry databases; probably his own.

* Cold Moon is lunar month, the month of death.

* $60 in pocket, no serial number leads; prints negative.

* Fine sand used as "obscuring agent." Sand was generic. Because he's returning to the scene?

* Metal bar, 81 pounds, is needle-eye span. Not being used in construction across from the alleyway. No other source found.

* Duct tape, generic, but cut precisely, unusual. Exactly the same lengths.

* Thallium sulfate (rodent poison) found in sand.

* Soil containing fish protein--from perp, not victim.

* Very little trace found.

* Brown fibers, probably automotive carpeting.

Other:

* Vehicle.

* Probably Ford Explorer, about three years old. Brown carpet.

* Review of license tags of cars in area Tuesday morning reveals no warrants. No tickets issued Monday night.

* Checking with Vice about prostitutes, re: witness.

* No leads.

INTERVIEW WITH HALLERSTEIN

Perp:

* EFIT composite picture of the Watchmaker--late forties, early fifties, round face, double chin, thick nose, unusually light blue eyes. Over 6 feet tall, lean, hair black, medium length, no jewelry, dark clothes. No name.

* Knows great deal about clocks and watches and which timepieces had been sold at recent auctions and were at current horologic exhibits in the city.

* Threatened dealer to keep quiet.


Tags: Jeffery Deaver Lincoln Rhyme Mystery