The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.
What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.
Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth.
Look, this isn’t The Mummy. It’s not like a teenaged girl’s diary could resurrect the dead or anything. It’s just the story of her innocuous life. What on earth could an ancient girl have known that would be worth killing someone over? (Tory) You’re asking me that question? People kill each other over a pair of shoes or for wearing the same jacket. (Acheron)
One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.
I could buy that she would murder me in a fit of rage, poison me out of flaming jealousy, or bomb my car out of sheer, stubborn pique. But she would never do it and feel nothing.
She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There were just too many possibilities.
The writer, like the murderer, needs a motive.
