Without a trace

[pbray]

Their best conclusion is that Gareth Williams managed to padlock himself inside a duffle bag that was placed in a bathtub, without leaving a single handprint on the bathtub, or any traces of DNA on padlock, both of which have been described elsewhere as wiped clean. Wow. I thought David Copperfield had mad skills.

Perfect crime and MI6 agent not killed.

I'd never get away with this in a book.

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Yeah, fiction has to make sense. Life, not so much.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I see my Sherlock Holmes-type character announcing "Ah ha! Only I know this is a fiendish murder, not mere accident. And I will prove it!"

And every reader yawns and thinks "Um, no, we knew that already, we're just waiting for someone in this book to buy a freaking clue."

[libwitch.livejournal.com]

I know, right?

[mc23.livejournal.com]

De-lurking to say that my daily paper said a few days ago that they had also found an unidentified fingerprint at the scene, and they still say no-one else was involved.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Interesting news about fingerprint.

[ladysmith.livejournal.com]

That is EXACTLY what I said!!!