"A bored murderer?" Alys said.  "Just what we need.  Someone who kills people because he doesn't have anything better to do with his time."  She sighed.  "That will only lead to more killings, I think.  Best if we stop him quickly."

Finny brought up a possible connection between phases of the moon and the murders themselves, and Alyssana gave the idea due consideration.  "I suppose it's possible," she said at last.  "Do we have a timeline of the various murders and an almanac?  We could compare the two sets of data."