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It's been a year or so, but I read a crime fiction novel by a fairly well-known author who had the plot turning on two key points: two empty 38 cartridges were recovered at the crime scene, and cops searching a suspect's house seized a 38 revolver that was two rounds short of a full load.
I read on, expecting to eventually read something like, "Aha! Our evidence must've been planted to frame that poor sap; the murderer will be a dummy who thinks that 38 revolvers eject empty brass when fired."
Nope, I expected too much of the author. IIRC, some other plot twist led cops to conclude that the murderer had planted the murder weapon in the poor sap's house. I concluded that the author was the dummy.
I read on, expecting to eventually read something like, "Aha! Our evidence must've been planted to frame that poor sap; the murderer will be a dummy who thinks that 38 revolvers eject empty brass when fired."
Nope, I expected too much of the author. IIRC, some other plot twist led cops to conclude that the murderer had planted the murder weapon in the poor sap's house. I concluded that the author was the dummy.
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