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Spenser was dead. Who did you think was behind his killing? Who was controlling Callum?

It seemed to be the "demon" that was released when the protection circle was broken. But I wasn't sure yet how the demon was controlling Callum

The demon had transferred from David Brown (the train driver) to Callum while or after they fought. Callum then killed Spenser while possessed.

The demon seemed to be powerful enough to control Callum on his own.

I thought Callum was behind his killing. I figured that whatever controlled the other suicide victims was controlling Callum.

I struggled with the demon theory but it seemed inevitable.

Killed by the demon who was transferring himself from body to body (I've seen or read that same thing in another book or movie so I was able to reach that conclusion quickly: of course, that was once I finally realized it was a demon doing the dirty work)

>6 Olivermagnus: me too.

Couldn't work this out, just didn't even occur to me about demonic posssession. I was looking for a rational explanation, was obviously reading the wrong book!

>9 Andrew-theQM: The problem was that we weren't sure what book we were supposed to be reading - it couldn't seem to make its mind up whether to be supernatural (voices on phone messages that weren't really there; bestial cries in the night; Tony discerning lines that weren't there) or mainstream.
At best I can only describe it as hybrid: which is fair comment seeing as Oswald took a supernatural short story to turn into a full length mystery/crime novel. In the main, this worked but in one or two instances it didn't. I think it's a book you'd either really like or hate.

>10 Sergeirocks: Good analysis.

>10 Sergeirocks: Say...what was with that voice on the phone? Is that going to maybe be explained in the next book? It would have been nice to know.

>12 Carol420:
Here's some info about him I found:
Fife farmer achieves six-figure publishing deal after 20 years of rejection and pain
JAMES Oswald lost his parents in a car accident and had endless books rejected by publishers but he never gave up on his dream of becoming an acclaimed author.

TWENTY years of rejection from publishers would make most aspiring authors give up.

But not James Oswald, who decided to self-publish his debut novel online instead.

He said: “The idea was to give it away for free.

“I expected a few hundred downloads but before long it was 50,000 – and then it went to No1 and stayed there for six weeks.

“Combined, my first three books sold more than 350,000 downloads and that brought me to the attention of publishers who had rejected me for years.”

The rest, as they say, is history.

After six books featuring workaholic Edinburgh detective Tony McLean, you could be forgiven for thinking James is reaping the rewards of a six-figure publishing deal.

But he prefers to keep working on the 350-acre cow and sheep farm in Fife he inherited from his parents, who died in a road crash in 2008.

He said: “I work on the farm then write at night, or whenever I can find the time.

“I’d always wanted to take over the farm but I expected to do it when my dad retired.

“Their deaths were such a shock.

It was tragic and violent and for a couple of years after it I found I couldn’t write so well.”

James added: “My dad was bemused by my writing but incredibly supportive.

"I like to think he’d be proud of the success I’m making of both my careers.”

The 48-year-old’s protagonist McLean is an old-fashioned sleuth who has suffered tragedy in his own life.

James said: “There’s probably a lot of me in him.

"People like him, I think, because he’s just a normal man with normal flaws who has suffered.”

>13 EadieB:. Well, I wasn't gonna say anything, but......shortly after finishing the book I discovered that I own both book 1 and 2. Guess I am part of that 350,000 download figure. I got them as kindle freebies back in 2012. I've not downloaded the books to my kindle yet but am curious to see if there were many changes/edits once he was published. I picked up so many freebies back then that I've no clue what I own.

>14 bluebird_: Poor Bluebird...this is NOT the worse problem you could have I guess...just the most frustrating one.

>14 bluebird_:
I have over 1,000 freebies and I haven't a clue either what I have. Every now and then I check an author 's name to see if I have anything by them. lol

>15 Carol420:. Not complaining or even bothered by it. Just embarrassed..... I need to look at my kindle frrebie list more often to see what gems are buried inside.

>16 EadieB:. I stopped keeping track of how many I have, but believe it's much more than 2000. In the early kindle days I picked up loads. However, In the past 3-4 years I've become very selective and doubt I "purchase" more than a dozen freebies in a year.

>16 EadieB: >17 bluebird_: I download free books where they appeal to me. I have foybd some great new authors in this way.