An architect and aspiring crime writer fascinated by a local murder. He visits the victim's husband at his bookstore. His troubled marriage ends when his wife dies of an apparent suicide, though he may have psychologically manipulated her. He is suspected by police, flees, and is cornered by Kimmel and officers in a nightclub passage.
Walter engages in a secret romantic affair with Ellie, which fuels his psychological turmoil.
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