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Talk Book Discussion : The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
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1Andrew-theQM
Is there any coming back from the video shown in court for Harry? Any thoughts on what this means?
2Carol420
It means Church had an alibi. I do think they should ask an expert on filming and photography if there is any way that an amateur could possibly have altered that tape without it showing somehow. I believe they are going to have to accept the fact that Church might have been up to something but he didn't kill anyone. It still will look bad for Harry but he didn't shoot him for being the Doll Maker he shoot him because he thought Church was gong for a weapon.
3Sergeirocks
I'm banking on something turning up to counteract the evidence of the video.
4Olivermagnus
I think the videotape is real. But I agree with >2 Carol420: that Church was killed because he didn't follow simple directions.
6Carol420
>4 Olivermagnus: >5 EadieB: I may have company on the boat very soon:)
7EadieB
>6 Carol420: I'll have to remember to bring my wristbands as I do get seasick even in the bathtub! lol
8Carol420
>7 EadieB: You won't be eating many cookies then will you? In the bathtub...that's one I haven't heard before. How big is your bathtub? Can I send you a life preserver?
9EadieB
>8 Carol420: No because I only take showers! In and out quickly!
10Carol420
>9 EadieB: Okay. We'll try to keep the boat still for you.
11EadieB
>10 Carol420: Good luck trying to do that!
12Andrew-theQM
Does this disprove Church as the serial killer or is this not one of his victims?
13Carol420
>12 Andrew-theQM: It's not one of his victims. Someone else killed some of them. There are two killers with the same M.O...but they may not know one another.
14jodiesohl
So you couldn't superimpose a new time over the old one? When was this book written? Doesn't this technology exist? I am hoping someone tampered with the tape. Or that friend of his set up his camcorder with the wrong date.
>12 Andrew-theQM: I like how you think on this :) Maybe not one of the dollmaker victims.
>12 Andrew-theQM: I like how you think on this :) Maybe not one of the dollmaker victims.
15bluebird_
They said the makeup in his apartment didn’t match up with 2 of the victims. Maybe the copycat got started before Church was killed. Maybe Church did most of the killing, but not the one he had the alibi for. I cannot recall if the victim killed during the party was one of the ones that the makeup didn’t match.
16Carol420
>15 bluebird_: Right...so there has to be another killer and that's why the video gave Church an alibi. The girls that was killed that night was killed by the copycat.
17Andrew-theQM
>14 jodiesohl: It does feel as if there is more than one person hence The Concrete Blonde.
18Andrew-theQM
>15 bluebird_: And if one, did this person do the killing for the other person where the make up didn’t match.
19Carol420
>18 Andrew-theQM: I don't think they worked together or were even aware of one another to begin with. Copycat started killing after he read or maybe wrote about...if I'm right...The Dollmaker. He didn't take the make-up like Church did because he wanted to establish something of his own. The burial of the bodies and how unusual the use of the concrete was could be his personal signiture.
20Andrew-theQM
>19 Carol420: I’d agree something different about his signature, think they were working on their own.

