Keen-eyed as usual, Jack noticed that in his haste, Locked Room had forgotten to change genders on the description and had inadvertently left the quote italicised. It was the book that Flashback saw him with, and also the same one later retrieved by Overlooked Clue as a keepsake. The anagram on the suicide note handed to Last Cryptic Message read: ‘I can't take it any more.’ Red Herring was indeed a red herring, and Flashback's attendance was entirely irrelevant—I just liked the joke.