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Her former boss, mentor and personal friend „Colonel“ Tom Rockwell, asks her to investigate the apparent suicide of his daughter Jennifer who, as a beautiful, intelligent, cheerful, popular woman, had no obvious reason for taking her own life. Rockwell suspects Jennifer’s lover Trader Faulkner, a distinguished academic, of murdering Jennifer. Hoolihan attempts to pressure Faulkner into confessing, but fails. She discovers that Jennifer was taking lithium, met a philandering salesman in the bar of a local hotel, and made uncharacteristic mistakes at work shortly before her death. Hoolihan then deduces that these factors are merely „blinds“ – or clues – deliberately planted by Jennifer for the benefit of an investigation at the behest of her father. Hoolihan concludes that these blinds are meant either to provide the less astute investigator with a sense of „closure“, or to indicate a greater bleakness, or nihilism. After breaking down while attempting to communicate her findings to Rockwell – who immediately expresses his concern – Hoolihan heads for the nearest bar, knowing that the alcohol will kill her.