No, each chapter starts out with a viewing of the murder from someone else's point of view.
If you die, it's not your fault, just what happens in the story.
Clicking "Next" will lead to the real start of the chapter, where you can control the main character.
Not as far as I know. Sorry, just the way DD is programmed.
There are two possible reasons for this:
1. I haven't linked the pages together yet. Just wait a few minutes.
2. Your on a branch of the story that I haven't updated yet. I try my best to keep all story branches updated,
but I can't do everything!
Think of it as a sort of alternate dimension of a mix between today's and 1920's
American culture.