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TalkBook Discussion : The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly

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1Andrew-theQM
Jul 23, 2020, 6:55 pm

Is there any coming back from the video shown in court for Harry? Any thoughts on what this means?

2Carol420
Jul 24, 2020, 7:15 am

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
Jul 24, 2020, 7:21 am

I'm banking on something turning up to counteract the evidence of the video.

4Olivermagnus
Jul 24, 2020, 8:24 am

I think the videotape is real. But I agree with >2 Carol420: that Church was killed because he didn't follow simple directions.

5EadieB
Jul 24, 2020, 9:30 am

I agree with Carol that the video probably has been altered.

6Carol420
Jul 24, 2020, 1:22 pm

>4 Olivermagnus: >5 EadieB: I may have company on the boat very soon:)

7EadieB
Jul 24, 2020, 1:38 pm

>6 Carol420: I'll have to remember to bring my wristbands as I do get seasick even in the bathtub! lol

8Carol420
Edited: Jul 24, 2020, 1:40 pm

>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
Jul 24, 2020, 1:48 pm

>8 Carol420: No because I only take showers! In and out quickly!

10Carol420
Jul 24, 2020, 1:50 pm

>9 EadieB: Okay. We'll try to keep the boat still for you.

11EadieB
Jul 24, 2020, 1:52 pm

>10 Carol420: Good luck trying to do that!

12Andrew-theQM
Jul 24, 2020, 6:16 pm

Does this disprove Church as the serial killer or is this not one of his victims?

13Carol420
Edited: Jul 24, 2020, 6:23 pm

>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
Edited: Jul 24, 2020, 9:58 pm

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.

15bluebird_
Jul 25, 2020, 1:42 am

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
Jul 25, 2020, 9:03 am

>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
Jul 25, 2020, 9:29 am

>14 jodiesohl: It does feel as if there is more than one person hence The Concrete Blonde.

18Andrew-theQM
Jul 25, 2020, 9:30 am

>15 bluebird_: And if one, did this person do the killing for the other person where the make up didn’t match.

19Carol420
Jul 25, 2020, 9:40 am

>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
Jul 25, 2020, 9:42 am

>19 Carol420: I’d agree something different about his signature, think they were working on their own.

21bhabeck
Jul 25, 2020, 8:38 pm