It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job or studying for papers and exams and are staying away from online discussion of the books — merits an alternative outlet for those who read straight-through and want to share their first thoughts.
I have put up ten posts on the day of publication with specific subjects of interest to our global audience and an index post for easy access to each of those subjects. None have spoiler alerts because the comment threads of every one will be loaded with Hallmarked Man content and conversation. Caveat Lector.
Did Charlotte Campbell commit suicide or was she murdered? Nick Jeffery realized during his first read of Running Grave that something was seriously wrong with the surface narrative that Milady Bezerko had topped herself. You can read his ‘The Strange Death of Charlotte Campbell’ and my follow-up sharing of conversations had on the HogPro moderators’ channel about this idea, ‘Strike8: The Charlotte Campbell Murder Mystery,’ in which Sacha Legard (aka Simon Legard) is in the line-up of murder suspects. Our first Rowling Studies podcast was dedicated to this against-the-grain idea: The Mysterious Death of Charlotte Campbell: Was It Suicide or Was It Murder?
If Charlotte’s suicide letter makes a reappearance in Hallmarked Man, this is your place online to discuss it. If Charlotte’s suicide is confirmed, let us know how silly we look to you.
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