Book extinction? Saturday, 28 February 2009
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We’ve made some good story decisions together this week. The biggie is that we know the letters “K.B.E”, left at the crime scene, stand for Keep Books Extinct.
But, what does that mean?!
Well, it could mean someone wants to make all books extinct. Or that they have a particular reason to eliminate this particular book (the journal of Sally Challenger’s 2004 expedition to Arthur Conan Doyle’s lost world). Or, it could be a red herring.
So – decision time. We need you to vote in the sidebar poll on the right. How many books are in danger? The options are:
• All books – Keep Books Extinct is an organisation that intends to wipe out all books. In this case, we could expect another book to go missing soon.
• Only this book – Keep Books Extinct can be hired to assassinate particular books. Aileen will need to find out who has hired them. Perhaps Grazp Pharmaceuticals or “Dino Inc” are the chief suspects?
• No books – it’s a red herring – someone is drawing attention away from their real activities, which might have nothing to do with books. Perhaps someone is trying to frame Aileen because she’s uncovered too much about another crime or scandal? She is an investigative journalist, after all: someone might want her safely discredited and in prison.
If you’ve got any thoughts about any of these potential storylines, leave us a message.
Poll will close today, Thursday 05 March, at 5pm GMT. Vote now!
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its KEEP books extinct this book wos alredy extinct.
extinct is it just me or is there somthing fishy aboat the thact that sally thisited a erar which contained extinct animols.
If the KBE would be after all books, it would have to work a lot harder then its doing now. So either the person or group goes after specific books (with specific reasons) or only one specific book and poses the KBE as a red herring. The latter being more logical, why else leave signs that can pinpoint to you? Probably you want someone else to take the heat of the investigation while you cover your tracks.
@Snaknap, we’d been wondering about the coincidence of the word “extinct” cropping up too. Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World is all about extinct creatures.
@Tom, good logic, but it’s got us thinking! A lot of fictional criminals – such as The Joker – leave signs as a taunt or to show their cleverness. So, while KBE could be a red herring, couldn’t it equally be a boast?
remi & remus i smell a rat.