DANGEROUS IDEAS by Leigh Lundin Are you writing your first techno-thriller? Want to tell your audience how to steal money, identities, votes, or more? Want to explore how to kill a victim remotely inside a locked room? Does what you have to say embarrass government agencies or big corporations? Are you ready to face those […]

PANTIES HALF OFF by Leigh Lundin The above caption was an advertisement earlier this week. Some of you would have been disappointed if this ad hadn’t caught my eye, but hey– that’s my job. The advertisement and one of those persistant spam eMails started me thinking about words, their meanings, and this around, their sounds. Consider […]

NEW SCAM WARNING by Leigh Lundin This is a public service crime-prevention announcement brought to you by Criminal Brief. Please read and share with your husband, male friends and the men in your life. An informed consumer is a wise consumer. Florida is dotted with thousands of landscaping companies who make a living cutting lawns […]

NUMB3RS, Part 2: LIKE TOTALLY by Leigh Lundin Fido A few months ago, a reader sent me an on-line puzzle and asked how it worked. I did a step-by-step explication of that little mystery at the time. Recently another reader, Wendy, sent in an on-line puzzle. This one, called Fido, has a higher level of […]

The ROMANCE of MURDER by Leigh Lundin 10 June, 1860, 1AM The Times 11 Jul 1860 The family dog barked and yipped in the night, but no one paid attention. The residents slept on. Despite the peace of the Wiltshire countryside night, all was not well. In the nursery, one little bed at Road Hill […]

A KILLER BAND of HOBBYISTS by Leigh Lundin I find myself chasing down mystery blogs and I came across a criminal group of seven called Killer Hobbies. Pray tell, I thought, what is this about? One entry mentioned ‘rubber-stamping’. I suspected the topic dealt either with rainwear, bizarre sex, or a government job, but if […]

The STORY INSIDE by Leigh Lundin In some ways, this is a companion piece to John Floyd’s column from yesterday. His flowchart caught my eye, a remnant of our common past as software engineers, a past we share with a guy named David Wroblewski. Sharon, editor, writer, teacher, and my friend Steve’s girlfriend invited me […]