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With a Vengeance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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Part 11-EpilogueChapter Summaries & Analyses

Content Warning: This section of the guide features discussions and depictions of graphic violence, death and death by suicide.

Part 11: “5 a.m.: Three Hours to Chicago” - Part 13: “7 a.m.: One Hour to Chicago”

Part 11, Chapter 39 Summary

Anna and Dante are in disbelief at Judd’s body. Anna checks his pulse and confirms that he’s dead. She finds white powder in his watch, demonstrating that he faked his earlier poisoning. Anna also finds Saran wrap in his teeth, indicating Judd fashioned his own fake blood capsule to create the bloody foam in his mouth during his supposed poisoning. Anna notices bruising on Judd’s neck that indicates that he was strangled. She doesn’t know why Judd faked his death, nor does she know what his plans were. She can picture Judd killing Edith, but she can’t picture him killing Herb, especially given there’s no blood spatter on Judd. Anna realizes someone must be in on it with Judd, so there’s a second killer aboard the train.

Part 11, Chapter 40 Summary

Anna goes to find Sal and Jack, as one of them must be the second killer. Anna decides to confront Jack on her own with Reggie’s gun. Meanwhile, Seamus and Dante try to move Judd’s body. As they move through the observation car, the snow reminds Seamus of the time he got lost in a blizzard as a child. He was saved by his brother, Sean, and without Sean, he feels lost. Seamus’s hands are shaking badly, so he attempts to take a pill from his pillbox, but he hears Anna calling him.

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