Christian
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Elizabeth George:
Hi, Elizabeth George. I have two questions for you. 1) Do I have to know every single aspect in police work before writing a murder mystery? 2) How much time it takes before you complete a novel? Thank you for answering! CK
Elizabeth George
My fellow crime novelist Colin Dexter once said, "I think if you're going to write these kinds of novels, it's best to know as little about police work as possible." There's truth in this. A real murder investigation requires a cast of hundreds of people, but you can't do that in a novel because it would be so confusing. So you have to give it the feeling of real police work, which requires that you know the essentials of what everyone would be doing and make sure someone in doing it, even if "off screen".
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Maria
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Elizabeth George:
I listened to your interview with Laurie Frankel. Lynley #22 will play out in Corfu? Also curious about the influx of twins. Isabelle Ardery has identical twins, Daidre Trahairn has fraternal twins as siblings. Add on Mignon and Mannette in Believing the Lie and Angelina & Batsheeba in Just One Evil Act. Why so many twins? If you bring back both Isabelle Ardery and Dairde you bring back two sets of twins. Why?
Citizen Crane
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Elizabeth George:
You were one of my favourite writers when I was in high school (a little over ten years ago). I'd like to reread books of yours i had read (from "a great deliverance" to "careless in red" ), make up the lost time with the following, and I wonder... have your books been studied by researchers in literature, sociology or others? Are there "Lynley Studies"? If so, do you have references for these publications?
Laura
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Elizabeth George:
The title “the punishment she deserves” is it directed at one woman in particular?
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