2 thoughts on “In The Spotlight: John O’Donovan’s The Deadly Steps”
Intriguing that the reader knows who the murderers are from the start – makes a change from the usual whodunit, but it would have to be handled well to get some suspense into it, I’d imagine.
I felt the same way, FictionFan. It’s not easy to do well, that’s for sure. There are some suspenseful moments in the story, but it’s certainly not like the sort of suspense you get in a whodunit. It’s a different sort of tension, if I can put it that way.
Crime Writer Margot Kinberg 
Intriguing that the reader knows who the murderers are from the start – makes a change from the usual whodunit, but it would have to be handled well to get some suspense into it, I’d imagine.
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I felt the same way, FictionFan. It’s not easy to do well, that’s for sure. There are some suspenseful moments in the story, but it’s certainly not like the sort of suspense you get in a whodunit. It’s a different sort of tension, if I can put it that way.
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