“That’s what I thought, but not necessarily, really,” she said. “If I were Charlie, if I were trying to copy Strangers on a Train, then I would select as a victim someone who is already likely to be murdered. My mind is going blank right now, but suppose someone just went through a bitter divorce, or . . .” “Who’s the guy in New York, who stole everyone’s money?” I said. “Bernie Madoff?” “Right, him.” “He’d work, but there are maybe too many people who want him dead. I would pick one-half of a bad divorce, I think.
This is basically the plot of one of his later books, A Talent for Murder
