Chapter 10A Time of Rituals The two detectives spent a quiet evening in Tamayo's apartment. They ate TV dinners, and tried to relax in front of the television screen that showed a constant stream of old black-and white Hollywood movies. Though Morales remained technically on vacation, the events of the last three days had been anything but relaxing. If pressed on the point however, Juan Morales would probably have confessed that there was nothing he enjoyed more than doing his job, and he felt grateful that his old friend FranciscoTamayo had given him the opportunity to become involved in this gruesome though professionally intriguing case. There were many parallels between this set of killings and those that had occurred some years before in Parral, and with which Morales had been so tra

