Bud and Marion plan to marry in December. Bud now works at Kingship Corporation.Gant finds out that Bud knew Marions two sisters. Later when he inspects Bud's apartment he sees pamphlets about the three sisters and Kingship Copper. Know he is sure Bud killed the two. Because they haven't got enough evidence they are bringing Bud to a copper smelt factory. Standing on a catwalk above a vat of boiling liquid Bud realises they want him to fall. He confesses and slips out. He falls in the vat. He is dead. Marion and father Kingship return home and meet Bud's mother.
A Kiss before Dying: Bud Corliss pretended to love his victims first, then kill them. Love came from the three girls, death from Bud. .
The story plays in New York and a few other places which aren't mentioned by name. The time it plays in are the fifties. The people in the book are from "regular families" (Bud Corliss), from "rich families" (all the members of the Kingship family), the from the other persons home aren't mentioned. The age of the persons varies between 20 (students) and 60 (partents) years old. Some of the people got a job, other are still students.
The story is told cronologically, except in Part I, chapter two. In that chapter you get some information about Bud's past His name is not mentioned yet!! Part I is about seven or eight days, 1950. Part II starts a year after Dorothy's death, 1951 Part II is ten days, from 5 to 15 March. In part III is more time covered. Marion is going to marry on 24 December 1951, almost nine months after Ellen's death.
The story is told "out of the eyes" of the main characters. As well as the "good" as the "bad". All the narrators do take part in the story. The story is chronologically, but with flashbacks. The time the story takes is about 3 years.
Bud Corliss: a handsome young man, intelligent. He plans everything very precisely. He wants to be rich and sucessfull, he looks for a rich girl and wants to marry her.