A little man, Mr. Hayward, who cast a large shadow. A very large and rather crooked shadow.
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But in some books, person after person is killed. You end by spotting the murderer because he or she is practically the only person left. We must see what happens next.
The murderer is never the one you initially suspect.
They do share one or two traits. Vanity. A distorted morality. A lack of empathy. And murderers tend to feel that they are above the rules and laws that govern ordinary mortals.