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→5. Since the author is dying, a frequent subversion is that the killer is actually able to use a dying message to his advantage - either modifying it to lead to another party, or acting on the message themselves.
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== 5. Since the author is dying, a frequent subversion is that the killer is actually able to use a dying message to his advantage - either modifying it to lead to another party, or acting on the message themselves. ==
* In the 2008 [https://www.alangratz.com/series/horatio-wilkes-mysteries/ Horatio Wilkes] novel ''Something Wicked'' by [[Alan Gratz
* A bloody "S" is found on the wall of a stall where the murdered girl is found in ''[[Case Closed]]''; this turns out to have been planted by the murderer in question, but the victim left a much more definitive dying message on her cell phone. (And there was also more substantial proof of guilt.)
* In another ''[[Case Closed]]'' mystery, Conan realizes that the scuff marks on a cabinet in the crime scene contained a dying clue that the killer had rearranged once he saw it.
** Similarly, a symbolic dying clue centered around shogi pieces was rearranged by the murderer, but unfortunately for her the blood had dried enough to leave marks on the table where the clue had been left.
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