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Post by Isadora Is a Door on May 20, 2015 13:13:31 GMT -5
also (sorry if this has been pointed out before and i missed it) if the murdered is hangfire, then technically he still appears on the cover
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Post by Hermes on May 20, 2015 14:15:13 GMT -5
Regarding who the murderer is: there does seem to be a reminiscence of Orient Express here, and I do wonder if the murderer might be someone sympathetic, who might even be Theodora or Qwerty. And as for the point that we know it can't be Lemony himself: there is another famous work of Agatha Christie (to which LS has alluded before).
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Post by E.F. on May 20, 2015 14:32:31 GMT -5
Qwerty is an interesting possibility. I do think it quite unlikely that he would commit a murder, but that would make it all the more interesting a story, as to what would lead him to do such a thing.
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on May 20, 2015 14:52:22 GMT -5
Regarding who the murderer is: there does seem to be a reminiscence of Orient Express here, and I do wonder if the murderer might be someone sympathetic, who might even be Theodora or Qwerty. And as for the point that we know it can't be Lemony himself: there is another famous work of Agatha Christie (to which Ls has alluded before). Roger that!
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Post by Tryina Denouement on May 21, 2015 10:16:25 GMT -5
Regarding who the murderer is: there does seem to be a reminiscence of Orient Express here, and I do wonder if the murderer might be someone sympathetic, who might even be Theodora or Qwerty. And as for the point that we know it can't be Lemony himself: there is another famous work of Agatha Christie (to which Ls has alluded before). I would like to see Theodora kill somebody.
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Post by Hermes on May 21, 2015 11:17:12 GMT -5
That would connect her with another S, who is notably ruthless at points.
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Post by Agathological on May 21, 2015 14:18:19 GMT -5
Oh, I don't think Theodora will kill anyone. She doesn't come across as a violent person. True, she was about to slap Lemony when he brought up the fact she was 52/52, but when Sharon attacked her, she did nothing (heck, she was almost a sobbing wreck).
But the murderer has to be someone Lemony would consider letting them get away with it. I'll go with Qwerty.
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Post by hix on May 23, 2015 7:28:25 GMT -5
That key...looks too big.
Anyway, I noticed that Barnes & Noble has detailed that ?4 will have 380 pages. Amazon, however, says it's 304 pages. I really hope the book gets more pages. I can't imagine ?4 be a bit shorter than ?3.
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Post by Dante on May 23, 2015 9:55:58 GMT -5
Online retailer page counts are often pretty murky and inconsistent, so you probably shouldn't make any assumptions until you have the book in your hands. With that said, the page counts on Hachette's own website line up pretty well, and they're pitching ?4 as 304 pages... I'd be a little bit surprised if ?4 was shorter than ?3, but it's not impossible. Fingers crossed.
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Post by bandit on May 23, 2015 12:27:19 GMT -5
The Barnes and Noble link has the book listed as large print as well, so I assume that's why it's more pages.
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Post by Agathological on Jun 12, 2015 19:13:08 GMT -5
After seeing the cover and the description I am getting a very 'Orient Express' vibe from this instalment.
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Post by Esmé's meme is meh on Jun 15, 2015 10:15:35 GMT -5
Forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but why? I take it, because it implies the victim is themself a murderer - which seems unlikely to be true of either S or Q. I assume they can't be the victim because of their hair. It wouldn't fit into that sillhouete. I don't think it'd be ANOTHER reference to Orient Express. That reference was already done in ?3, when Lemony talks about fragmentary plots. Also, so far two kids joined in each book to the group: Moxie and Pip&Squeak (or Ellington) in ?1, Jake and Cleo in ?2, Ornette and Kellar in ?3. Maybe some new kids join in the last book? Maybe two future volunteers who we'll see again in ASOUE? Also, what's up with the numbers on the sillhouete? One in the left knee, another one in the heart and the third one near the right hand... Hmmmmmm.
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Post by Dante on Jun 15, 2015 11:57:37 GMT -5
Crime scene diagrams are sometimes numbered like that to indicate items of interest, evidence that has been collected for analysis but for which investigating detectives need to know the exactly original locations of.
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Post by Agathological on Aug 27, 2015 14:35:37 GMT -5
When do you think we will start to get excerpts and pictures for this volume?
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Post by B. on Aug 27, 2015 15:25:25 GMT -5
For the last volume of a series, promotion has been very disappointing/slack.
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