Both Grafton's character and the original character are
women. Both scenes are at night and Grafton's woman is nude.
I do not recall if the other was nude also but might have
been. Grafton's character leaps from a retaining wall at a
marina and I think the original may have jumped from a pier
behind a building. In both cases the suicide by sea comes at
the end of the book and closes out the plot.
I have a really strong sense of having read the
same scene with minor changes but can not place it by the
time in my life or anything related to a story, although it
was probably about sailing.
And this powerful sense of deja vu leads to a
question -- how often are books re-written by other authors?
I am not talking about plots in general as there are only so
many, but rather specific details. This is the first book
that has given me the feeling of having read it before with
different names and hair colors. And to be clear, I am NOT
accusing Grafton of plagiarism. I am only asking if others
recognize similarities which I have been too dense to have
picked up previously.
Thanks for the reply,
Victoria
BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 4/14/07 6:11:12 PM,
msvictoriatwo@yahoo.com writes:
> A woman diving into the ocean to swim to her death
is very similar to
> another mystery by someone other than
Grafton.
>
Roger Wade in The Long Goodbye
John Lau
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