Nightshade

Stilwell visits Daniel Easterbrook, a Black Marlin Club member whose card was found in Moss’s possession. Easterbrook confirms that he was having an affair with Moss and that he left his family to be with her. He claims that he last saw Moss on Saturday the 17th (likely the day she was murdered) and that she planned to quit her job permanently and sail with him to Tahiti. Easterbrook provides an alibi for the rest of the day.

That night, while unable to sleep, Stilwell begins reviewing cases in his head. He resents the fact that Sampedro and Ahearn will take over the Moss investigation but believes that Easterbrook will ultimately be cleared. His thoughts turn to his own suspension, and he wonders how Spivak and Terranova knew that the bloody saw handle was still on the island and not in custody on the mainland. He realizes that they must have a source inside the department. The next morning, he drives to Long Beach to confront Monika Juarez.

Stilwell gets Juarez to confess that she leaked information about the buffalo-mutilation investigation to Terranova, whom she knew from their childhood in Bakersfield, California. She reveals that he has compromising photos of her and that he blackmailed and physically threatened her.