I just recently received a letter from a site reader asking these questions:<\/p>\n
(1.)\u00a0 What about murder by diary\/journal?\u00a0 How many can we come up with where the dastardly deed is revealed during the course of a series of diary entries?\u00a0\u00a0The original great must be Les Liaisons Dangeureuses – though the deaths come at the end – but are there any contemporary ones?<\/p>\n
(2.) Also I remember reading a few books where the murder was set against the background of collectible rare books – the chapter headings were descriptions of rare books taken from auction catalogues, (sorry about all these extra ‘u’ -I’m in England!) – and the book sale somehow tied in with the plot?\u00a0 Does anyone remember these?<\/p>\n
Please leave a comment if you think that you have a book or book series which might be relevant to either of these questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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