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Maureen Murphy

May 17 • 8 tweets • 3 min read

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LOVE this novel [TOP] as entertainment AND as a great work to learn from.

"The Sculptress"
(Minette Walters)

Originally published in 1994.

Focusing tonight on tiny point of supplemtal material included along with text.

A.

Prologue (unpaginated)
Fictional newspaper article

B.

Prologue (unpaginated)
Map ("Scene of murders")

Question:

Do you use this technique? Would you consider it?

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