Top Ten Police Procedurals I have always been a voracious reader of all types of fiction, but I was drawn to crime fiction long before I became a police officer. Raymond Chandler, Joseph Wambaugh, Lawrence Block, and Rex Stout were a few names that hooked me on the genre. As time went on, my list […]

Top Ten Quips from Mystery Novels In all areas of life, I’m a sucker for a good joke. Humor is perhaps my primary consideration when I pick out books, TV shows, and life partners, and it’s something I try to foreground in my own writing, hoping a joke or two might make up for a […]

Best Place To Commit Murder I’d been looking for years for the best place to commit murder. Then I moved to Columbus, Ohio. The city doesn’t strike one as particularly deadly, at least at first. It’s the home of Ohio State University and a certain football team. It’s the seat of state government, and every […]