![]() ![]() Having been subjected to that most definitive form of violence, it has had to lie undiscovered, often in a cellar or back alley, overnight. This despite the fact that it has borne the brunt of a thousand humiliations. Many have intentionally sowed confusion through lies of omission or commission springing from their own sins and prejudices.īut decade in and decade out, the cadaver has remembered its lines and hit its mark. Witnesses have often been skittish or defensive. They have been variously arrogant, antisocial or persnickety. Meanwhile, many of our most revered detectives have proved rather difficult to work with. A clock-puncher of the highest order, if you will. But through it all, the cadaver has shown up without complaint to do its job. Ideas of right and wrong have evolved, tastes have changed. Since the murder mystery first gained popularity, there have been two world wars, multiple economic crises, dance crazes and moonshots, the advent of radio, cinema, television and the internet. There is no other figure in crime who has proved more reliable. For over 100 years the cadaver, that unsung hero of murder mysteries, has been accommodating, gracious and generally on time. ![]()
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