Tuesday, 23 December 2025

L.L.? II

See L.L.? 

I must be brief but there is a parallel here. In a detective novel by Poul Anderson, a murdered man has scribbled the letters "L.L." (See the above link.) In The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Sir Charles Baskerville who died in mysterious circumstances had received a letter from a woman who had signed it with the initials, "L.L."

What can we make of that? Although I have read both books before, I can remember neither what the letters meant in the Anderson book nor who the woman was in the Conan Doyle book. But I will shortly be reminded of the latter. And I will shortly also know what is the secret mission of Allen Lancaster in Anderson's "Security." Fictional universes are complicated and many of their details are forgotten.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Paul!

I think MURDER IN BLACK LETTER was the most interesting of the three mystery novels Anderson wrote.

However incongruously, what "L.L." reminded me of was Lois Lane, from the Superman comics!

Merry Christmas! Sean