Secrets

I've been reading Secret of the Seventh Son during much of my free time last night and today. I'm now almost halfway through it (I think there are only about ten more pages for that).

I have finally reached the historical mystery portion of the story as well - I thought I'd hit it early this afternoon - walking home from work - with a passage from the late 1940s, but now have come to a few chapters (three so far, I think) from the early 780s (well, the first one (or maybe two) was (or were) from the late 770s). I should have continued to expect these passages as the back of the book talks about a character born in the year 777.

I think I've figured out the method behind the "Doomsday Killer" in the book, and the more I read, the more certain I become. Initially, I guessed it while Will and Nancy were "babysitting" Lucius. I think that the killer isn't the real killer, but instead has somehow learned when these people will die and just sends them a postcard telling them that. This would easily explain how Will (and the rest of the FBI) is having such a hard time finding connections between victims other than the obvious one of dying after receiving the coffin postcard.

I'd almost like to predict that I'll have finished this book by the weekend, but I'm not sure how certain of that I can actually be - it would be nice, though - so many good books to move on to (at least I presume they'll be good books; not having read them yet, I can't say for sure, but I hope and suspect - which is why I've checked them out from the library to read).

However, now it's bedtime - although I might first read just enough to reach the halfway point - but I have to be careful with that or I'll be up another two hours or more happily reading; sleep is good though.