Investigation Discovery recently launched a new series called Hardcover Mysteries, in which top fiction crime writers share stories of real-life cases that inspired them to write, or captured their
There were depths of fury inside me that felt strange and powerful; keeping them to myself gave my life a mysterious secrecy that felt like womanhood. – Rachael
Though probably most well-known to the casual reader for his Matt Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr series, Lawrence Block also has a long tradition of writing short stories (his collection— A Very Simple Crime was one of my Top 10 Reads of 2010 —
If you are unlucky enough to have known the
Over the years, when the most easily identified suspect had been arrested with no further investigation for any others, Tempe had investigated murders on her own time, sometimes
To be effective the punishment has to be so severe as to be frightening, ten times more frightening than whatever else is driving your actions. Citizens can’t abide
After thirty-plus years as a policeman I thought I knew a little about people, and I did. But I knew nothing about retired people, and now I was
“There’s no need to mourn the dead. They have no worries. They can’t hurt anyone. They have no deadlines or commitments weighing them down. Don’t mourn the dead.
As he grew older and honed his talents, he came to realize that he was the thing people feared – he was the monster in the dark. –
