Not sure if this has been answered elsewhere, but why did Hutch need to confuse Rosemary with the anagram puzzle? I know he was ill, but you're telling me he couldn't have summoned the energy to write "Steven Marcato = Roman Castevet!" and send her the book?
Maybe I'm just nitpicking, since the puzzle is one of the most memorable moments in the movie.
The novel elaborates ever so slightly more about this, and it seems that it took....literally...every ounce of Hutch's strength to tell the nurse what he did.
That he collapses right after the last word.
As to why it wasn't written in the book before Hutch went into the coma, he was likely afraid it would land in the wrong hands before Ro could read it.
He knew they were watching, and that Guy monitored everything and wore the 'pants'.
So he gave her a *puzzle* (the anagram) hoping that she would figure it out.
My impression was that Hutch intended to tell Ro all that in person, and was (understandably) paranoid about revealing it all on the phone or in the book a letter.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.
The cult likes to cover their tracks-- to be unseen- conspicuous- secret.
That's why the younger doctor asked to keep her book- the one Hutch gave her, "All Them Witches". He wanted to keep the book- tell all the other satanists about it- so they can make sure to probably go out and get every copy so random people won't get their hands on it- and figure them out. Hence- cover their tracks
So you think the younger doctor is one of them? I figured he wasn’t and represented any normal person, who would naturally find Rosemary’s story too crazy to be possibly be true.
That doctor wasn’t part of the cult.
Also the books he kept weren’t the ones from Hutch. Rosemary got those in the bookstore