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Chapter Eleven

For some reason it feels unexpected that Carter is sharing (at least some of) his surveillance activities with Ethan. But it’s good he isn’t in complete solitude while sidelined by injury—that kind of isolation can really get in your head, and feeling cut off can turn dark fast. Especially when something feels “off,” like seeing impossible creatures in your little hometown, it’s important to have a friend’s perspective (even if the friend thinks you’re going crazy).

I’ve picked up a couple times in SNOOP that more seems to be happening off-page than I remember from other GRK novels. Like, we didn’t stay up with Carter as he blew past his bedtime; we learned later that he has been burning the midnight oil. In this chapter, we don’t read along as Carter sees a miniature ape—we find out about it after the fact as he ponders how much to share with Ethan.

Kudos to Carter for continuing to raise the alarm despite the police brush-off.