The Dry

Falk spends the rest of the evening in his room going over the rest of the Hadler financial documents. He has a flashback to the last time he saw Luke in person, when he had come up to Melbourne for a conference five years ago. They met at a bar and superficially caught up about life. Luke had expressed interest in one of Falk's recent cases, where a woman had been found drowned in her bathtub. Falk pushed Luke to finally disclose where he was when Ellie died, but 20 years later he still stuck to their rabbit story.

Presently, Falk has trouble falling asleep, so he starts to read one of Karen's library books he plans on returning for Barb. A library receipt falls out from the pages, and Falk notices that Karen had checked out the book four days before she died. On the back of the receipt Karen had written the word “Grant??” and Falk's own phone number.

The next morning, Falk shows Raco the receipt. Falk cannot figure out why Karen wrote his phone number with Grant's name, especially because he had never received a call from her. The officers take Grant into the station for questioning, excited about this new lead.