tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1943477048686811131..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Guest Blogger - Martin EdwardsOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70916418887542381182010-07-17T12:48:59.804-04:002010-07-17T12:48:59.804-04:00Can't wait to read you, Martin. Wonderful pos...Can't wait to read you, Martin. Wonderful post. Derrick Bird was known personally (at least by sight) to many of us who live in Thailand because he spent a huge amount of time there, living very conspicuously and drinking way, way, too much. <br /><br />I remember there was some debate, after his arrest, over the advisability of telling his Thai girl friends. Why terrify them if he wasn't coming back? And then, of course, everybody started wondering whether he'd done something there. If he had, though, the victim probably would have been "only" a bar girl, and I think police interest was nil.<br /><br />I had Derrick in mind as one of the models for the bad guy in my new book, about a guy whose Thai holidays include at least one murder.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59081084383107661032010-07-17T12:45:07.419-04:002010-07-17T12:45:07.419-04:00There may exist novels and films that encourage yo...There may exist novels and films that encourage young people to commit crime and murder, but as I read yesterday in an article about suicide, if a young person imitates the method of a famous actor´s suicide, it is because he had already made up his mind he wanted to die. <br /><br />I remember we discussed a writer´s contract with the reader on your blog, and as you say, never glorifying murder is an important part of that contract.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-19578504950679714472010-07-17T09:27:41.133-04:002010-07-17T09:27:41.133-04:00The mysteries that are set in the Lake District ar...The mysteries that are set in the Lake District are beautiful reading. I am interested in history and wish that Daniel Kind's program could be shown on BBC America. Historians are detectives. Primary sources, witnesses to an event, give conflicting stories even when everyone is telling the truth. The police has the advantage in interrogations; historians can't do much with victims, witnesses, and accused who have been dead for many years.<br /><br />I can't choose one book in the series over any of the others as a favorite, but the image of the coffin trail stays with me perhaps because the 19th and 21st centuries collide.<br /><br />I look forward to the next book in the series.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-12838867643129097602010-07-17T09:27:06.781-04:002010-07-17T09:27:06.781-04:00Wonderful post. I especially like what you said at...Wonderful post. I especially like what you said at the end Martin - the fact you never glorify the violence. Real life does give us sadly some of the most unbelievable crimes. I'm glad this tragic event wouldn't stop you for writing about this lovely place.<br /><br />Mason<br /><a href="http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Thoughts in Progress</a>Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.com