‘She won’t soil the dress, and she won’t scuff the shoes,’ said Christine. Now, tell me, aren’t you afraid you’ll get it dirty? Aren’t you afraid you’ll fall down and scuff those new shoes?’ But you, my love, look like a princess in that red and white dotted Swiss dress you’re wearing. ‘I know I’m behind the times, but I thought children wore overalls and playsuits to picnics. ‘You look like you’re going to a fashionable afternoon tea, not to a picnic at the beach,’ she said gaily. Mrs Breedlove was inspecting the child’s dress. I decided to sidestep this: The Bad Seed contains a truly horrible child, but there’s never much doubt about that – the clever point of the book is her mother’s slow acceptance of the truth, and the other questions that might be raised. There’s one book by a favourite author which is leaping to mind here – hard to discuss without spoilers, though I’ll be interested to see if any of my Tuesday Night colleagues will tackle the question. This particular topic has an elephant-in-the-room – the revelation that a child was the criminal can be a shocker, and not one you want to spoiler. If anyone wants to join in, just send a link to one of us or post it in the comments below. Kate at Cross-Examining Crime has kindly offered to collect the links for the various pieces.
Thanks to Bev, as ever, for the excellent logo. We are the informal group of crime fiction fans and bloggers choosing a topic each month to discuss in posts on Tuesdays. The Tuesday Night Bloggers are back after our summer break!
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