2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #2 discussion

Curtis Evans goes missing (not by choice) and Harley Taggert is found shot in his house by Bree and Matt. What theories began to form about suspects and motives? Who topped your list?

I really didn't have much of a suspect list for this one. I guessed Richard Keeler had something to do with it, but didn't think he killed Frank Evans. I thought Bree's father killed Frank.

At this point, I realized that Jake, Harley, Frank and Curtis were all doing "jobs" for someone, and that person hired Jake to kill Jane and Curtis.

I guessed Elias was the "boss" as he made his money with property deals - a field notorious for bullying tactics.

I hadn't yet figured out where Jane fit in other than the possibility she was also sleeping with Elias and either learning something about his business or making him angry by cheating with Keeler.

Good deductions, Lauren. I was down to Elias Donovan and Keeler but wasn’t all that enthused about Keeler. And, Elias hadn’t shown a side yet that he could abduct a child, shoot a paint ball at a horse and kill two people. He was the obvious choice but it wasn’t making sense.

Jane’s murder was always confusing to me. She didn’t fit this cast of unsavory characters so I put her on a shelf for the moment.

Jonetta wrote: "Elias hadn’t shown a side yet that he could abduct"

You are right about this. He kept his sadistic side very well hidden.

There was even a point in the beginning when I actually liked him because of how much he cared about his clearly disturbed brother. Now we know that he was responsible for Shawn's addiction and mental instability.

I felt similarly in the beginning, which is probably why I couldn’t make the leap.

Lauren wrote: "Jonetta wrote: "Elias hadn’t shown a side yet that he could abduct"

You are right about this. He kept his sadistic side very well hidden.

There was even a point in the beginning when I actually ..."

I felt the same way as you and Jonetta. Elias seemed very concerned about his brother.

Elias still wasn't on my radar. I felt bad for him that he had to take care of his grown brother. He seemed like a good man who valued the family he had even if his brother caused him a lot of embarrassment. .

When they found Harley and Curtis, I was wondering if the leader was someone from out of town. This group seemed like small town thugs who needed a smarter, more powerful person to direct them.