A sampling of mysteries set in 19th-century San Francisco When you think of “mysteries set in San Francisco,” what comes to mind? Maybe your thoughts turn to Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, or you envision noir-ish protagonists such as Bill Pronzini’s Nameless Detective, Kelli Stanley’s Miranda Corbie, or Mark Coggins’ August Riordan walking […]
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Frederick Porter Wensley, Jack the Ripper, and Why You Never Want to be Second on the Stair Tower
Frederick Porter Wensley, Jack the Ripper, and Why You Never Want to be Second on the Stair Tower by Bernard Schaffer One of my favorite books on criminal investigations is nearly a century old. 40 YEARS OF SCOTLAND YARD was published in 1931 by Chief Constable Frederick Porter Wensley. I found an original hardcover in […]
The Art of Collaboration
The Art of Collaboration Let’s start with a couple of definitions. Plotter: A writer who carefully plans the story they’re going to write, laying out a logical plot chapter by chapter and actually sticking with the plan. Pantster: A seat-of-the-pants writer who doesn’t know on page five what’s going to happen on page […]