''Let's All Kill Constance'' is a

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novel by American writer

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...

, published in

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

. Narrated by an unnamed Los Angeles writer and set in 1960, it chronicles an unexpected visit from aging

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actress Constance Rattigan who gives him two death lists of once-famous people — with Constance's name on one of them, and the gradual unraveling of the mystery by the narrator with the help of

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Elmo Crumley. The narrator visits the listed people in order, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances shortly thereafter. Suspiciously, each of them claims to have met Constance, who always flees one step ahead of the narrator. Is Constance the true murderer, or is someone seeking to sever all ties to her associates before finally killing her? ''Let's All Kill Constance'' is a sequel to Bradbury's '' Death Is a Lonely Business'' (1985) and ''

A Graveyard for Lunatics ''A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another tale of two cities'' is a mystery novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, published in 1990. It is the second in a series of three mystery novels that Bradbury wrote featuring a fictionalized version of the au ...

'' (1990). The novel references Ray Bradbury's better-known work, ''

Fahrenheit 451 ''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 1953 Dystopian fiction, dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" Book burning, burn any that are found. The novel follows in the ...

'', in chapter 16. In it, the protagonist muses on the possibility of people using books to start fires in the future.

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* Novels by Ray Bradbury 2003 American novels American mystery novels Fiction set in 1960 Novels set in Los Angeles Novels about writers Hollywood novels Mystery novels set in California {{2000s-mystery-novel-stub