tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post3009339270471059155..comments2023-09-22T18:24:22.356+01:00Comments on Lexi Revellian: Getting Away With Murder...Lexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-33536439990682308542012-04-04T17:12:25.638+01:002012-04-04T17:12:25.638+01:00So am I right in thinking a doctor's specializ...So am I right in thinking a doctor's specialized knowledge would come in handy if he wanted to kill someone?<br /><br />Lucky most of you are good eggs...Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-29361059401606228792012-04-04T16:27:58.404+01:002012-04-04T16:27:58.404+01:00When I posted that, which was a bit late because I...When I posted that, which was a bit late because I'm sitting in a campervan in Italy wiith somewhat dodgy access to the web, I didn't think to mention the one in my book 'Side Effect'. Again it is not perpetrated by a goody, though he is a baddie that the reader is supposed to sympathise with to some degree, and it's even badder baddies being bumped off. The trick is to use a drug that has a lethal side effect that is only triggered by exercise. So, for instance, spiked drinks are put in the minbar of known drinkers and then the fire alarm is triggered so that the drinkers have to run for their lives, but in fact run to their deaths.<br />There is more, but you get the idea.rodgriffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071168728713662123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-45193668979283976222012-04-04T16:13:53.724+01:002012-04-04T16:13:53.724+01:00I didn't get through the first chapter of The ...I didn't get through the first chapter of <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>, but that does sound a believable murder. Not by a goodie, though, and I think the reader would lose sympathy with a hero who set up that sort of death for an antagonist.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-91993932614802374622012-04-04T14:56:24.323+01:002012-04-04T14:56:24.323+01:00I have to own up here to reading the Da Vinci code...I have to own up here to reading the Da Vinci code. There is a pretty near perfect murder in that. I can't remember the name of the bad guy, but he gives his driver a drink that is laced with nut allergen, knowing the guy has a severe allergy. He dies. I think that one would be very hard for forensics to prove anything. All the evidence would show is an acute allergic reaction, but it would be impossible to trace back to the person who fed it to him, assuming that they had walked off with the bottle.<br />Of course it's not a murder that could be done on anyone to order, but given that this is fiction, I think it works.rodgriffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071168728713662123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-21711055649288713812012-04-03T17:07:07.346+01:002012-04-03T17:07:07.346+01:00Hey, thanks, Tyson. That's a stylish blog you&...Hey, thanks, Tyson. That's a stylish blog you've got there. And you do vlogs as well...respect :o)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-15800699650056264702012-04-03T16:44:54.116+01:002012-04-03T16:44:54.116+01:00Lovely posts. I do enjoy reading them. SO much I g...Lovely posts. I do enjoy reading them. SO much I gave you a shout out on my own. <br /><br />xxx<br />T<br />http://thatgirltyson.blogspot.ca/2012/04/bit-o-recognition.htmlTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277378168473581160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-58926393986628735222012-04-03T16:13:40.437+01:002012-04-03T16:13:40.437+01:00Q, I didn't think of that - but the Prof was g...Q, I didn't think of that - but the Prof was going to replicate Inky Pink on the quiet and hand him over discreetly to Beth Two in a cat basket...Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-13850911932539672632012-04-03T16:07:07.370+01:002012-04-03T16:07:07.370+01:00Lexi, With your original ending you should have ha...Lexi, With your original ending you should have had Nick replicated. HEAs all round then. Double value for romance lovers! LOLQuantumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686409685564115213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-47200464473855541982012-04-02T17:42:14.554+01:002012-04-02T17:42:14.554+01:00Q, I couldn't write a 'proper' romance...Q, I couldn't write a 'proper' romance to save my life. In my original ending both Beths did the television interview and survived. Beth Two realized that just like Beth One, she was in love with Nick, but there was nothing she could do about it. She walked away alone.<br /><br />As I got nearer to it, I could see the ending was all too predictable and a bit of an anticlimax. So I thought furiously for two or three weeks, then finished it as is.<br /><br />Do you remember the terrible ending to the original <i>Stepford Wives</i> when the robotic copy kills the original? I was most put out by that ending.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-14754599772090910572012-04-02T17:19:39.272+01:002012-04-02T17:19:39.272+01:00Lexi, I think your biggest mistake was killing off...Lexi, I think your biggest mistake was killing off the replica.<br /> <br />You should have engineered a HEA. That way the book could have classed as romance and your sales would have rocketed to the skies.<br /><br />To give Sir Peter his comeuppance I would have used the top secret replicator and convinced him that it held the secret to eternal life. <br /><br />Instead of an exact replica however, the modified machine would produce a REPLACEMENT. All sorts of possibilities for retribution then. LOLQuantumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686409685564115213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-50120909785255973682012-04-02T08:05:43.592+01:002012-04-02T08:05:43.592+01:00James Bond has his licence to kill - and does anyo...James Bond has his licence to kill - and does anyone believe a word of those stories anyway?<br /><br />I have to admit I haven't seen any of your other examples. As a single parent, there was a time I didn't get out much :o)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-56272472708717428842012-04-01T22:40:58.009+01:002012-04-01T22:40:58.009+01:00Erm... James Bond? He seems to kill lots and gets ...Erm... James Bond? He seems to kill lots and gets away with it - (although as played by Daniel Craig, he broods alot!). Dirty Harry? Although he is sort of borderline psycho anti-hero isn't he!??! LOL! I can't think of any women.. oh I know!!! All these modern femme fatales - like Kathleen Turner in Body Heat and Linda Fiorentino (sp?) in The Last Seduction. They didn't really kill loads and loads - just the hubbies and a policeman or three and frame very successfully the saps who fall in love with them!<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-10180662662673212072012-04-01T22:11:36.517+01:002012-04-01T22:11:36.517+01:00Do you remember the 80s film Trading Places, where...Do you remember the 80s film <i>Trading Places</i>, where at the end the baddies lost all their money on the stock exchange? How to hurt a rich man - make him poor.<br /><br />The OMD7 in my book could replicate anything organic; so leather jackets (not handbags because of the catches) favourite pets of course, or you could copy a winning racehorse... I think I'll leave the sequel in readers' heads.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-70542421829072956272012-04-01T21:55:16.165+01:002012-04-01T21:55:16.165+01:00The alternative would be to take away everything t...The alternative would be to take away everything that makes him feel important, and leave him without friends, social standing, money or home...in fact, in the same situation that Beth2 found herself. There'd be a nice symmetry in that.<br /><br />But then I reckon Replica is rife for a sequel - after all, would they have stopped at one Replica if they knew the machine worked?<br />Someone like Sir Peter would be more likely to try to alter it for a more commercial use such as self-clones in case of accident, etc. Or at least you'd think so... <br />JACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com