by Crimespree Magazine | May 31, 2014 | Features
The one question I always hesitate when answering is, what inspired you to write Three Bullets? It’s not that I don’t know. It’s more, how do you answer the question without sounding like a psychopath. The reality is clear, if you set out to write a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 29, 2014 | Features
The Case of the Unreliable Narrator In most novels, the narrator serves as the readersメ guide. Whether in third person or first, the narratorメs voice takes us by the hand and leads us, phrase by phrase, sentence by sentence, page by page. The narrator grounds us, sets...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 5, 2014 | Features
Why do people lie? Let’s start with you. When’s the last time you told a lie? And I don’t mean a big one. I mean a little one, say to protect a friend’s feelings, or to spare yourself embarrassment. I consider myself an honest person, but I occasionally lie. My...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 25, 2014 | Books
Over the last thirty-five years, the bulk of my time has been spent creating and running cop shows from Hill Street Blues to Miami Vice and the Law & Orders. As most TV viewers know, the networks do not make mini-series anymore, but I’ve never lost the desire to...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 13, 2014 | Books
The first seed of NORTH OF BOSTON was planted when I read an article about ambergris – whale excrement or vomit that floats in the sun, washes up on beaches, and eventually becomes a substance that was highly prized in ancient times for its healing and aphrodisiac...