"Stopped? There is usually some time between deaths. It hasn't been long."

"There are indications the killings were the work of a group operating across the country. You've said so yourself. Some deaths occurred in different jurisdictions virtually simultaneously. They've stopped."

"All of them?" Joe leaned back to think. "If we could find out if the killers were being manipulated to some end, I'm sure they could draw the same conclusions. I would very much doubt a rebellion ...