Wanna help Jeeves commit murder?

[cyeager.livejournal.com]

I have a rough draft (i.e a couple of scenes have been scribbled and I listed some plot devices I may or may not use in the final copy) of the killer!Jeeves fic  but I still have to work out a couple of details. I'm currently taking suggestions for M.O.,  possible alibis, co-conspirators. etc. Feel free to reply to this post or you can PM me if you have anything to offer. Thanks.

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[cat-13145.livejournal.com]

As a chemist by training and a massive fan of 1920s murder mysteries, sure. Just don't ask me to beta. You really don't want that.

In terms of MO, I'd recommend poision. there is the classic foxgloves mixed up with spinach, which might just be put down to an inexperienced valet, really had no business volunteering to help the cook or even a blind butler. Arsenic is also a classic and readily avalible. Unfortunately it's also readily detectable, so Jeeves should possibly steer clear. Cyanide is another option, and if the body is left for a while is undetectable. Ricin would also be an excellent poision choice for Jeeves, through it's difficult to exact. That's just what's off the top of my head. Ask me later and I'll have more.

In terms of co conspirators, it would depend on which part of the plot you want them to help with. I can see Seepings for example helping to move/dispose of the body to avoid a scandal. A parlour maid or kitchen maid might also help. I can see Kipper or Ginger being persauded to move a body, but I can't off the top of my head come up with any one who'd help Jeeves commit murder knowingly. there are plenty of potential catspaws though.

Alibis...depends on what method you decided to use whether an alibi would be needed. For Ricin for example the victim can take weeks to die. FInding an alibi when you don't have a time the act was commited can be very hard.

[cat-13145.livejournal.com]

The 20s/30s are also one of the hey days of drug taking, so there si always "accidental overdose" or Jeeves could manipulate someone into taking an overdose of thier own accord.

[trista-zevkia.livejournal.com]

For Jeeves to murder someone, they'd have to be a Moriarty, don't you think? Either stark raving mad like the current BBC Sherlock one, or an intelligent psychopath, who's a mental equal to Jeeves and Jeeves can't see any other way to stop him. Either way, they'd either have to plan on starting WWII or hurting Bertie. If they plan on doing epic badness like starting WWII AND hurting Bertie... Jeeves would be a sight to behold.
I could see Jeeves copycating murders of the time, and making sure him and Bertie had alibi's other than each other for the time of death. Not as accurate back then as now, so he'd have a larger window of time to deal with. He'd probably also find a way to convince people that the deceased, if the body is to be found and blamed on another killer, had religious or personal objections to being preserved. That way the body would be cremated or buried and allowed to decompose, getting rid of evidence.
Jeeves would also be a neat killer, more likely to use poisons and maybe pillow smothering than weapons.
Rural homes at the time might not have had running water, and even city dwellings didn't have sprinkler systems or fire alarms. If the deceased went to visit a country house to reconnect with nature, a long smother and quick fire would be easy to arrange and Jeeves could be a long way away before the neighbors noticed the smoke.

[imshi.livejournal.com]

and don't forget, fires are pretty common in jeeves and wooster novels... bertie nearly dies in two so it could just be put down to an accident in the manner of the wee nooke fire or the brinkley fire but with 'unfortunately' more tragic consequences.

[laeticiav.livejournal.com]

OK, I know this is a bit cracktastic, and I don't know that she would be preferred accomplice material, but I can totally see Madeline Basset being murderous in her syrupy saucer-eyed way and then justifying or describing her actions in a light airy voice (sort of like a younger, non-cat-centric version of Dolores Umbridge...).