Samuel’s older brother Hal is just as involved with and invested in the Salmons’ healing. He runs a bike shop on the edge of town, and, in the wake of Susie’s murder, he asks everyone who comes through whether they might know anything about Susie’s killer. Eventually, Hall discovers a lead in the form of a Hell’s Angel customer whose mother was murdered, years earlier, by a man who made dollhouses—George Harvey. Hal is a friend to Buckley and a support to all the Salmons—especially Grandma Lynn, who nurses a benign crush on him over the years.