"It does make sense that there wouldn't be a confession of love in the first two pages," Claudius says, as though that were ever the issue. "It would be like revealing the culprit before the detective's had a chance to commence investigations¹. Though if the formula for romance novels is anything like that of mysteries, it's likely the confession will come from someone introduced early on. Are there any prospective suitors yet?"

¹ You know, like a Columbo situation.