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.