the quirks

Referring to the armchair detectives following JonBenet's case as 'quirky', strangely obsessed, web sleuthers have a role in Stewart O'Nan's latest book "Songs for the Missing".

All considered, 'quirky' or strangely obsessed probably won't be received as a flattering description by some of these case followers, many who are only interested in convicting JonBenet's parents despite them being cleared by the DNA. Guess they missed that memo.

Honestly though, 'quirky' is kind of cute compared to the nasty names some case followers lob at one another. And the Ramseys.

Reading some of the amateur investigators' case discussions I easily can imagine bantering-turns-catfight over which real-life citizen sleuth O'Nan might have borrowed from for the character in his book. Here is the review, and 'the quirks'--

Man of our times
Stewart O'Nan's latest is firmly rooted in the here and now
By Clay Evans

"The fiction of Stewart O'Nan may not be widely read in 50 years, or perhaps even 20.

His latest novel, "Songs for the Missing," is a pitch-perfect examination of character and a quietly suspenseful story about what happens when a popular teenager from a small Ohio town goes missing.

.....a strangely obsessed woman resembled the 'quirky' armchair detectives (mostly women) who have dedicated their lives to finding Natalee Holloway or JonBenet Ramsey's murderer."