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The first chapter opens with the introduction of Bobby Mahon. He immediately describes his father, Frank Mahon and instantly we are aware that they do not have a loving relationship. The opening also gives a description of a flaking and decaying red metal heart on the gate of the Frank Mahon’s house in a cinematographic description. It is a strong symbol of the state of many relationships and issues in the novel.

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Bobby goes to Josie's , Pokey's father's, house to find out what is happening with the stamps and their pensions . Josie reveals that he wished that he had came down from his front door step and apologised to Bobby, but instead he snapped at Bobby out of shame of Pokey and himself. Josie also stated that he wished Bobby was his son instead of Bobby and talks about how much good Bobby has done in the town. This shows the level of respect and admiration Bobby holds with the people of this town.

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Dylan, the son of Realtin and Seanie has been kidnapped by Lloyd and Trevor who have mental illnesses. Rumours of a potenial affair between Réaltín and Bobby run rampant around the town. Many of the characters develop their views on Bobby and most find these rumours to be untrue. The discussion of the affair also includes Seanie, who is the father of Réaltín's child.

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Denis (Kate the Montessori owner's husband) reveals himself in Ch17 to be the murderer of Frank Mahon. However it was previously revealed in Hillary's chapter that the town think Bobby is the murderer. Jim Gildea the local sergeant, is working the kidnapping and murder case. Jim does not believe Bobby killed his father. Frank Mahon's chapter confirms that it was Denis that killed him and that Bobby found him but was unable to defend himself when Jim Gildea arrived on the scene.

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The closing scene ends with Triona talking about Bobby and how she wouldn’t care if he didn’t bring another penny into the house. She expresses her trust her trust for Bobby and supports him. Dylan was found safe and sound. EDIT: Bobby breaks down in tears while watching his son. Triona is left with the closing line, 'What matters only love?'

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Stage directions inform us of a sparsely dressed room in a cottage in rural Ireland. Mick Dowd and Mary Rafferty are present. Mary enters after knocking on the front door. They discuss the weather and the onset of autumn and the prospect of Mick's seasonal job- grave digging.

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Mairtin Hanlon, Maryjonny's grandson, enters Mick's cottage with the news that he will assist Mick in his occupation. Mairtin also brings the news that they will be digging up the section of the graveyard where Mick's wife, who died under mysterious circumstances in a car crash, is buried. The action of the play shifts (scene 2) to the graveyard, where Mick and Mairtin have skipped over Oona's grave in order to clear the rest first.

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Thomas has joined Mick and Mairtin in the graveyard to supervise the excavation of Oona's grave. While present he tries to root out a potential confession from Mick, who still insists that Oona's death was a drink driving accident. On digging up the grave it is revealed that the remains of Oona have gone missing and that someone has previously dug up the grave. (scene 2)

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Following a highly intoxicated evening of smashing skulls, Mairtin reveals a small detail regarding Oona's locket. Mick becomes suspicious as he never revealed that she had been buried with it. The two characters gather the bones and prepare to drive to the lake to drop them in. Only Mick returns, however, and he's covered in what appears to be blood. Maryjonny drops in after her bingo game but Mick is in no mood to chat. As she prepares to leave she is met in the door by Tom, carrying a bag. Inside is the skull of Oona, with a hole in the forehead. He forces Mick to sign a confession that he killed his wife. Mick does sign a confession, only it's the confession to Mairtin's murder. Tom becomes enraged when Mick tells him he killed Mairtin and begins to strangle old Mick. The fight is only broken up when a bloodied Mairtin enters the door, still drunk. Tom tries to get Mairtin to charge Mick with attempted murder but Mairtin swears it was just "drink-driving". Mairtin then goes on to enlighten Mick of Tom's plot against him. It was Tom who dug up his wife and drilled the hole in her skull in order to gain respect among the other policemen and to perhaps get promoted.

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The play ends with the sense that nothing will really be resolved in this dark, dark comedy. Mary still does not believe the Mick didn't kill his wife and implies that she had seen something occur on the night of the 'accident'. When Mick questions her she refrains from going into further detail and he throws her out. She leaves warning him that some day he will meet Oona and 'may down to the stinking fires of Hell she drag the rotten murdering bones of you'. The tension is relieved as he reminds her about her bingo pens, she politely thanks him and he insists that he did not kill Oona.
The play closes as Mick stares at the locket and analyses the skull, rubbing it against his cheek and kisses it whispering 'I swear it'. The stage goes black.

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the camera spans across the courtyard of the apartments and views the blinds opening from LB Jefferies apartment. We then discover a disgruntled 'jeff' as he is in a wheelchair with a broken leg. From the pictures in his apartment, we glean that he was in a race car accident when trying to get an exciting photograph.

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One night, Jeff hears a woman screaming, and he notices Thorwald taking repeated trips out in the middle of the night, carrying his sample case in and out of the apartment. He includes his friend Det. Doyle in his investigations.

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A neighborhood dog is found strangled after digging in a flowerbed and only Thorwald doesn't seem surprised by it. Jeff and Lisa send Thorwald a note accusing him of murder so they can watch his reaction when he reads it.

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Jeff and Lisa devise a plan to lure Thorwald out of his apartment. Lisa breaks into the apartment and steals Mrs Thorwald's wedding ring before she's caught. The ring provides evidence proving that Mrs Thorwald is dead.

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Lisa and Stella climb into Mr.Thorwald's garden and dig up the flowers in an attempt to find evidence against him.
Lisa then goes on to climb up and into Mr.Thorwalds apartment. She finds evidence that he has killed Mrs.Thorwald, but is caught.

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Lisa heads over to his apartment and starts looking for evidence. She finds his wife's wedding ring but is interrupted by Thorwald's return.  The police arrive, summoned by Jeff in the nick of time. Lisa gets to take a free trip downtown for breaking and entering, but before she goes, she waggles her finger at Jeff to let him know she has the ring.
Thorwald spots it and soon confirms what Jeff has been up to. Thorwald arrives at Jeff's apartment to find Jeff is stuck in his wheelchair, and  he manages to fend off Thorwald for a bit with the clever use of blinding camera flashbulbs.

The police arrive again in the nick of time, but not soon enough to prevent our hero from taking a tumble into the courtyard below.

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Jeff and Lisa are sitting in the living room of Jeff's apartment. Jeff has both legs broken. Their facial expressions show they are relaxed. They are more comfortable with each other now that at the beginning of the movie.