Hello all,
I just finished reading The Silkworm and found out who the killer was. As I was reading I kept thinking back and trying to remember if I could connect the dots like Strike did and figure out who the killer was along with him. I then started wandering had I looked up who the killer was online before I started reading the book, would it have been possible to pick up the clues.
Did you ever do that, find out the solution to a murder mystery book before reading it just to see if you could pick up on the clues?
Part of the joy of crime fiction for me is trying to solve the crime. It would ruin it if I already knew whodunnit. If an author plays fair, it’s extremely rare for me not to solve it long before the characters, but when I do occasionally miss the truth, it makes me really happy to have been tricked. I then enjoy thinking back on the clues and seeing what I missed that I should have picked up on.