Murdoch plays the sound file for a local music-store owner, learning it is a rare folk instrument called a çığırtma. The shop owner suggests he visit the Hotel Ducasse, a luxury establishment catering to tourists, as a member of the band there may know the song. The bass player, Ahmet Pamuk, reluctantly agrees to meet Murdoch there later that day. Murdoch is struck by his talent and resentment of his circumstances.

In the interim, realizing Cumali is at the circus with her son, Murdoch decides to seek more information about the French House and its occupants. The realtor knows nothing of the house’s Nazi past, as it is currently owned by a trust. All the entrances rely on a security code that guests choose when they begin a rental period. Each winter, the house has a caretaker, a man who calls himself Gianfranco Luca, and Murdoch decides to interview him next. The estate agent’s phone number matches the one Murdoch and Bradley found at the Eastside Inn.

Though Gianfranco is uncooperative, Murdoch realizes that there must be a hidden entrance, because Gianfranco is unsurprised to find that a murderer was able to enter the property unobserved by cameras. Murdoch arrives at the gas station for his appointment with Pamuk and realizes there is a phone booth nearby: He has likely found the source of the call on the recording.