Question A

[Jonetta]

If you’ve read the Scarlet Falls series, you may have noticed the author’s pattern of beginning her books with a prologue that details the crime from the victim’s point of view. What about that works/doesn’t work?

[Lynn]

It works because it throws the reader into the crime right up front. It causes the reader to empathize with the victim and feel his/her desperation.
I always feel frustrated, though, because once I start to care about the victim, he/she gets killed, leaving me feeling kind of sad.

[~Melissa~]

You're definitely thrown right into the book. It gives you a bit of the victims perspective as it's happening - kind of creepy.

[Sharon]

I agree. The prologue puts the reader in the crime, and makes the reader ready to solve the crime.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Sharon wrote: "I agree. The prologue puts the reader in the crime, and makes the reader ready to solve the crime."

I agree, Sharon. Straight away it puts the reader in the role of pseudo detective, trying to pick up every clue to work out Whodunnit.