pod or egg, an indication that the conditions which gave rise to the terror could be reproduced if certain conditions were recreated.The mortal murderer is a very different kettle of fish as he or she may be based on a real person or event.The discovery of a murder victimâ??s remains or an old newspaper cutting might trigger your imagination but for the families of those involved, it is a trauma from which they will never fully recover.Employing an amateur detectiveFor todayâ??s crimewriter, the gifted amateur detective in the style of Agatha Christieâ??s Miss Marple is a thing of the past.Nowadays the amateur is usually someone who happened to be in the wrong place at