Here’s a look at some of the folks who took the time to stop by to discuss the various aspects of murder mysteries and how they compare to actual police procedure. I appreciate everyone’s willingness to join in the discussion Thursday night..
The novel we discussed Thursday evening was Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy. It’s a thriller that is set in Minnesota. P.J. Tracy is actually a mother-daughter writing team
In addition to talking about the first book, we also spent time discussing the article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune in Thursday’s metro edition that discussed the discovery of the novel by John Camp who writes under the name John Sandford, Rules of Prey in a packet of information mailed to local Wichita, Kansas media by the BTK killer. The article discusses the possibility of the novel having some kind of influence over the BTK killer. Of course the article pointed out that most of the killings had taken place before Camp had written his novel. It was a lively discussion.
My thanks to Lynn Young and her staff at the Northfield Public Library for our second annual Hot Reads event. If you have an interest in our next discussion, you have time to obtain a copy and join in on the discussion on March 17th. If you have discussion questions for Devil’s Bed, I’ll try to post them here in advance and then we’ll share them on the 17th. We hope to also have our Evidence Tech, Jeff Ringlien show up to display some of the tools of a real crime scene investigator. The event starts at 7:00 at the library.