Book Scene 4

"Anyway," Evil Editor continued, "a couple months later I killed her by poisoning her prune danish. Luckily her husband took the fall and the company promoted me to top editor. And the rest is history."

The reporter looked stunned. "Uh, one more question, sir. What are your five favorite novels?"

"I assume you mean besides my own," EE replied. "Let's see, number 5: Bleak House, by Charles Dickens. The first murder mystery. Did you see the TV production, with Gillian Anderson? Some of the men had m