Response #2

The second section I would like to focus on is the introduction of Keith London. This is an important section of the book because it is the first chapter in the view point of the killers, Eric and Eddie, more specifically Eddie. All of the chapters including the murderers are in the point of view of Eddie. Eddie becomes a very important part of the book because she is our door to Erics mind, he is the mastermind of all of the murders. Eric is quiet, anti-social, angry, and most importantly the single most intense sadist I have ever read about.

This is also a significant section in the book because Keith London becomes their next victim. It is very interesting to get to experience how they lured Keith into trust. That is an important part of Cardinal and Delormes case, the fact that two our of three of the known victims of these murderers all followed without a struggle. Katie Pine was "abducted" from the county fair, and Billy La Belle was "kidnapped" from the Algonquin Bay shopping mall parking lot. Eric and Eddie meet Keith in a seedy bar in a sketchy part of the town. Keith was in the process of travelling from coast to coast and all he meant was to make a quick over night stop in Algonquin Bay. Eric and Eddie offer Keith a place to stay for the night, little does Keith know, he will not be leaving that little home in the outskirts of Algonquin Bay unharmed.

Response #1

The novel I chose to read is called 40 Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt. It is a murder mystery taking place in Algonquin Bay Ontario. It has a very interesting point of view throughout the book. It is entirely from the view point of the detectives until about half way through the novel, then it switches between the point of view of one of the killers, and then back and forth throughout the rest of the book. I really enjoyed this type of narration because you got an inside view of not only the detectives struggle to find this illusive murderer, but you also see the killers inner workings. I personally find the mind of a serial killer absolutely facination (creepy I know), so I found this book very gripping.

The first section of the novel I would like to focus on is the discovery of Katie Pines body. The Katie Pine case had gone cold months before the body was found, so by finding her body they could re-open the case. The discovery of Katie Pines body leads to the discovery of another body, Toddy Curry. The only common link between these two bodies are that they were both teenaged runaways. Although this is such a slight lead, Detective Cardinal and Detective Delorme are both convinced that the murders are related. This is a significant part in the novel because this is what gets the "ball rolling". It is the incident that creates the rising action.