THE DARK STILETTO

December 13, 2014

You peg the guy for a creep right off, but when he tosses 500 green on the table, you figure he’s not so bad after all. ‘It’s my wife Brigitte, Mr. Barlow. I want her followed. I got to know where she goes,’ says the not so bad creep. ‘She’s going to be at this […]

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TIPS ON CRAFTING UNIQUE DETECTIVE FICTION

November 21, 2011

1. Instead of red herrings, blue dolphins. 2. Instead of assembling suspects in the drawing room for summation and accusation, have detective make speech standing alone in a rowboat while addressing an audience of imaginary penguins. 3. Instead of outwitting bumbling police inspector, be confronted and, yea verily, outwitted by a simpering dandy. 4. Instead […]

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