PICTURE THIS by John M. Floyd Time for a quiz. Take a look at the following list of movies, and see if you can spot what they have in common: “Rear Window” “Duel” “The Swimmer” “High Noon” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” “Psycho” “A Christmas Carol” “1408” “All About Eve” “Brokeback Mountain” “The Snows […]

IT’S A MYSTERY TO ME by John M. Floyd Like all writers, I often get questions from folks at meetings and conferences and signings. Questions like “Where do you get your ideas?” and “Do you write at a certain time every day?“ and “Do you outline your plots beforehand?” Those are pretty common, but since […]

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK by John M. Floyd As the rookie on the team of Criminal Brief correspondents, I thought it might be a good idea to use this first column to tell you a little about me, and sort of sit on the side of the pool (or at least paddle around in […]