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But none of those are actually evidence. The last time we see the redcap she had thrown it back to Tate. We don't even know how she got it back and like they said, the fibers could have been on him from any time. The necklace only would have been evidence if it had been found, the lack of necklace points at her but doesn't prove anything. Whether she said she was innocent or not isn't evidence, that is why she was in court.

The biggest ones for me are the timing and the bus. If she was on the bus and the bus was late how was she able to get the murder done in the time frame. If she wasn't on the bus, how did she get back? If she had stashed a car somewhere, now you are adding things that weren't in the book.

I'm fine with her having done the murder, it's the means part that bothers me and leaves it feeling a bit lame at the end. I just think there should have actually been an opportunity for means in the book. If she was the disguised person on the bus, then I guess that gets her the closest to having the means. Otherwise, I don't see how she could have done it.

In addition to the bus logistics, how did she get Chase to the fire tower?

Elena — the book mentions that a skilled sailor could have cut across the water quickly, using the rips.

Jeanene — I think Kya lured Tate to the fire tower with the promise of sex. The book doesn't spell out exactly how and when she contacted him, but the murder was carefully planned out, and he was egotistical enough to think that she would want to have sex with him, even after he assaulted her.

Of course she was luring him with sex, it certainly was to trade recipes. The top of that tower doesn’t seem like a good place to get it on. She would also have to guarantee that he didn’t tell anyone that he was meeting someone or bragging about it to a buddy. If the bus was 20 minutes late dont you think he is so egotistical that he would have left? I don’t see Chase waiting around for her and there appointment. Plus, they said she could shave off some time, but not the considerable amount she would have needed to get the job done. Plus you only get the benefit of the tide one direction. Wouldn’t that work against you the other direction? Among many other things. It just doesn’t work for me.

For awhile I thought it might have been Tate, and I was so disappointed that he let her go through 2 months in jail and a murder trial if he was the guilty one.

But also, we knew she got the red cap from Tate very recently.

The red cap being tossed back to Tate is an interesting detail - so how does she end up with it and why is she wearing his hat when she murders Chase? The Firefly poem explains how she lured Chase. The tower held some meaning for them as a couple - it's where she gave him the necklace, as evidenced in the journal Chase's mom shared at the trial. So it was a fitting spot to lure him to - both because he'd come and she could push him.

Regarding the red cap, it's unclear who actually had it at the end of her exchange with Tate. It was purposefully written to be ambiguous. Discovering that she was Amanda Hamilton as well as a murderer at the same time reveals there was so much more to Kya than what we were given in the story. For me, it was just another reason to love this book!

She tossed the cap to him, he tossed it back to her, they laughed. She put it on and went to the boat.

The jury would not have known that she did not have the hat for 4 years, only, we, the readers.