Books Hold The Key To 'The Postscript Murders'
The woman who turns up dead at the start of Elly Griffiths' new novel billed herself as a "murder consultant" for writers. Griffiths says she was inspired by her aunt, who enjoys thinking up murders.
by Mary Louise Kelly
Mar 10, 2021
2 minutes
Ready for a good mystery to distract you from the news cycle? Us too!
Enter The Postscript Murders, which opens with a 90-year-old woman — with a heart condition — found dead.
Sad for her friends and loved ones, but hardly newsworthy. Except that it turns out her bookshelves were stuffed with a remarkable number of crime novels, each of which includes a postscript,
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