Who do YOU think is the murderer?

I'm a little bit confused. Having watched EP 6 and putting together what the reporter had said earlier

"Look at Pued..he gave his woman to the big shot"...I mean I know now that Jane was pregnant with Por's child and not Pued's...but the question is, was she willing to sleep with Por to help Pued who needed money and power or was she raped? Did she know that Por was taking underage girls and drugging them and raping them? The first victim was seen walking with blood dripping from her vaginal area which now shows that she had an abortion with the sister nurse lady. 

This drama is getting interesting. 

I’m halfway through the novel (so good so far!).

While the killer has been named as of mid-novel, there have just so far been way too many new additional main characters on the show (unless they are yet to be introduced into the novel) and additional layers of mafia activities on the show that so far are not described in the novel...

... that even if I now know the killer in the novel, I get the feeling they might have changed things up for the show to keep viewers who read the novel guessing.

(I won’t spoil the novel’s killer of course, in case they still use the same person on the show, plus I’m just halfway through so there might still be twists along the way.)

 AnniaD:

Did that girl die of the abortion, drug overdose or murdered? I'm intrigued.

I was thinking abortion after the recent episode, but now that I’ve reflected on it, if abortion was the cause of death, wouldn’t Dr. Bun have seen some sort of indication of that in the autopsy? 

 allancarreon:

I was thinking abortion after the recent episode, but now that I’ve reflected on it, if abortion was the cause of death, wouldn’t Dr. Bun have seen some sort of indication of that in the autopsy? 

I am going to have to go back, but I did he say her cause of death was the drugs? or maybe it was she bled to death? I can't quite remember. 

 anchorenomore:

I am going to have to go back, but I did he say her cause of death was the drugs? or maybe it was she bled to death? I can't quite remember. 

Okay, I went back to the first episode, and during Natty’s autopsy, Oat does say that there was a lot of blood lost from the uterus, no injuries were found in other organs, and that the cause of death was excessive blood loss in the uterus. So there was implication of possible abortion although they didn’t say that outright (instead they focused on the aspect of possible sexual abuse and drugs).

Additionally, before the autopsy began, Oat seemed to be in shock or, at the very least, his mind was wandering as he looked at the body of Natty until Bun called his attention. I am now thinking that Oat may also be involved in the abortion ring and that Natty’s death was a shock for him.

It‘s interesting that in the next scene, P’Fan is shown getting a call about “an emergency” and left the room just as Bun and Oat enter.  At that time, it seems like an unimportant and minor thing, but in light of the most recent episode, my guess is the emergency Fan had to attend to was the fact that one of their abortion patients died.

Also, it must be noted that Oat is not in the novel. He’s added just for the series, so now I’m thinking how far the show will deviate from the novel and that Oat may be Jane’s killer in the show or at least involved / is an accomplice. Someone who knows how to administer drugs (such as Bun’s attacker in the hospital) is likely to be involved,. Oat is now starting to be more suspicious in my eyes. They may have added several new characters in order to either change the killer from the novel or add accomplices in line with human trafficking / abortion ring they‘ve also now added to the show which is not in the novel.

I just finished the book and there are a lot of story line changes.  I will not spoil it, but keep in mind there are many people that have knowledge about medications and how to administer them. I am a retired medical professional with several forensics degrees. The very first thing I was taught by an Emergency Room Doctor was how to give drugs that are not traceable in an autopsy. He thought telling me this would shock me, it led me to my career. So, keep in mind that things do not always seem as they appear. Food for thought.

I do not think that it has been mentioned, but then again... 

 tierzab:

I just finished the book and there are a lot of story line changes.  I will not spoil it, but keep in mind there are many people that have knowledge about medications and how to administer them. I am a retired medical professional with several forensics degrees. The very first thing I was taught by an Emergency Room Doctor was how to give drugs that are not traceable in an autopsy. He thought telling me this would shock me, it led me to my career. So, keep in mind that things do not always seem as they appear. Food for thought.

I do like how they’ve changed/expanded the story for the series without removing the main beats and basic premises of the book. I feel they’ve made wise decisions from a story-telling perspective in terms of what they’ve changed, enhanced, and the added characters.

While I did like the book, one can tell that Sammon (the author) is not primarily a writer - the structure of the novel could be improved, some key aspects of the crime story side were rushed for explanation, the side plot of Bunn’s ex which seems it could be an entirely different book, the Sorrawit/Thad story, etc.

That said, Sammon definitely is great at injecting his medical knowledge into the book and story.

Given the storyline changes, especially adding a stronger base for the mafia’s activities and the conspiracies happening, as I mentioned before I won’t be surprised if they change the killer or at the very least enhance the perpetrator/s just to keep readers of the book still guessing.