"It sounds as though our Mr. Prime has other people who would want to see him dead." Of course Hannibal's reason for killing Mr. Prime has everything to do with his attempt to sell Hannibal a forged Goya still life. He had wanted those golden bream for years, seeing them as a marvelous addition to his kitchen, but Prime couldn't even be bothered to ensure that they bream weren't publicly displayed elsewhere before trying to pawn off a forgery.

He pulls another photograph out of line; this one of the late Ms. Stanford and sets it parallel to that of Prime.

"Is your killer evolving?" he asks, setting a finger on the picture of the woman, indicating the almost indelicate holes left in her bone, then leans in to use his other hand to indicate a similar drill hole on Prime. "Acquiring better tools and honing his aesthetic?"