HP in other books

[Amy Z]

Lynn wrote:

> The computer hacker murderer in this book (called "Phate") could 
teach old 
> Voldy a thing or two.  He uses his own muggle version of the 
Polyjuice Potion 
> called "social engineering" to get to his victims.  Anyway, one 
reference is 
> to one of Phate's intended victims... a 15 yr. old computer genius 
(with 
> thick glasses and dark hair in a boarding school no less <g!>). The 
passage 
> follows:
> 'He owned more books than any two students at St. Frances and had 
read the 
> Harry Potter books five times each...'
> The other was a reference to another child (not an intended victim 
of Lord 
> Vold... 'er... Phate) and passage follows:
> 'Gillette followed the boy into a room cluttered with books, toys, 
sports 
> equipment, clothes. The Harry Potter books sat on the bedside table, 
next to 
> a Game Boy, two 'N Sync CDs and a dozen floppy disks.'
> Anyway.... it was an excellent and very chilling mystery novel. 
Makes me 
> nervous every time on connect to the internet now!

Oh, great.  There's a psycho killer out there targeting people who 
spend time on the internet and read Harry Potter 5+ times.  Will it 
help my chances if I hide my books?

Amy Z