My Romance with Crime Stories
by Greta Boris As promised I’m keeping you informed on my personal newsletter plans. Last month I addressed the issue of audio books. I didn’t hear anything from readers on Continue reading
Category: Crime
Writers Crime Lab
We have exciting news! Our own Crime Doctor, J.C. De Ladurantey, is planning a series of workshops for writers so we get those pesky police procedures right. But he needs Continue reading
Green vs. Blue
by J.C. De Ladurantey How Green is Green, and How Uniform is Uniform? Have you noticed a variety of colors of uniforms on the men and women in law enforcement Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 3, Time of Death (cont.)
This final peek inside the coroner’s van reads a little like an episode from The Walking Dead. In it, Dr. Lyle discusses putrification, greenish discolorations, protruding tongues and all kinds Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 2, Time of Death
If you don’t want your corpus delicti becoming a corpus deteriorate and going green on you before the coroner finds the clues your hero needs to solve the crime, you’d Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 1, Cause and Manner of Death
If you get green around the gills just thinking about writing a crime scene, D.P. Lyle’s articles this month are just what the doctor ordered. Not only is D.P. a Continue reading
OC Sisters in Crime: 2016 in Review
by Pat H. Broeske A Busy Year Orange County Sisters in Crime featured a diverse slate of guest speakers at its 2016 meetings: attendees met an active agent from the Continue reading
Lies, Lies, Lies – The Polygraph
,by J.C. De Ladurantey A Glaring Oversight I read and listen to lot of books. In the last ten years, I can honestly say none of the reads have even Continue reading
SinC November Meeting Features Local Authors
by Pat H. Broeske O.C. Sisters in Crime November Meeting At this month’s meeting of Orange County Sisters in Crime, attendees will hear from local author-members who will discuss and Continue reading
Modern Police Gear: What is all that stuff?
by J.C. De Ladurantey Traditions give us perspective on where we came from, and they play a big part in police departments, beginning with the belt. What the heck is Continue reading