Chris Rock had to appear in court in Los Angeles to testify in the racketeering trail of private eye Anthony Pellicano. This story sounds like it was taken straight from the pages of a Raymond Chandler book.
This real life drama has it all: glamour and fame, money and greed, sex and lies. [...]
There’s No Place Like Here, by Cecelia Ahern tells the story of Sandy Shortt, an investigator who obsesses whenever people or things go missing. One day she disappears during a jog and finds herself in the land of the missing. The novel is imaginative and funny, with just a dash of romance to please Ahern’s [...]
Who says police work is all drama and no comedy? If you’re writing a crime novel consider lightening the mood with an infusion of humor. The following are based on (mostly) true events.
Who you gonna call?
Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and [...]
The only way to arrive in the land of success is to traverse a mine field of rejections. One wrong step and your ego is blown to smithereens. The field is littered with the casualties from scathing reviews and “Don’t call us, we’ll call you” memos. In truth, no one arrives at success unscathed. Everyone [...]
Times are hard these days. People are losing their homes, their jobs and their hope for the future. Even so, we rarely think of how far we could fall and for some there is no safety net. That was the case for Richard LeMieux. When LeMieux fell on hard times, depression robbed him of his [...]
With prime time TV full of shows such as CSI, Crossing Jordan, Bones and Law and Order, dramatizing criminal investigations and forensic science, writers need to know the latest techniques used by law enforcement.
Experts in the Field
1. Forensic Psychologists and Psychiatrists offer insight into the criminal mind. They may suggest a psychological profile to assist [...]
Terry Pratchett
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.
Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very [...]
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, the story of a scientist who created a monster and repulsed by the results, abandoned the creature. Victor Frankenstein couldn’t escape responsibility for his experiment, haunted by the creature for the rest of his life. The book is a warning of science and technology gone unchecked, of man playing God without [...]
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