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There is a question I return to every time I begin a new novel, and it is not about the crime. It is not about the victim, the killer, the method, the motive, o…
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Few criminal worlds have shaped modern fiction as decisively as the mafia. Long before television turned mob bosses into household names, novelists and reporter…
Every crime novel makes a promise to its reader. The promise is simple and ancient and almost never stated aloud: I will tell you what happened. The reader acce…
In a quiet, well-to-do suburb of Boston, a schoolboy is found murdered. The body of 15-year-old Ben, covered in multiple stab wounds, is discovered in a park ne…
An idea for a new book always begins, for me, with a scene. A single moment suspended in the aftermath of violence. However, there was something different about…
Casinos have long fascinated both writers and readers because they represent a carefully constructed illusion of control. Every detail — from lighting and sound…