PROFESSIONAL PURPOSE by Leigh Lundin New Mexico must have per capita the greatest number of writers, some which we’ve mentioned such as Susan Slater and Tony Hillerman. Today I’ll introduce you to another, Marie Cash, a friend and colleague of my friend Steve, and creator of series character Jemimah Hodge. Marie is an unusual mystery […]

PROFESSIONAL POISE by Leigh Lundin I met a number of special people at my first MWA conference: James, Janet Hutchings, Linda Landrigan, Otto Penzler, Ed Hoch, Doug Allyn, and a host of others. At the cocktail party, one of the characters was Fran Rizer, an ex-teacher who faced the retirement choice of moving to Florida […]

FLORIDA CRIME NEWS by Leigh Lundin St. Cloud, Florida Until recently, St. Cloud provided community-wide internet service. Even after town fathers dropped it, the area where I stay still provides internet– simply plug your computer or router into a wall jack and you’re connected— until late Christmas day when an outage took 2½ days to fix. […]

BOXING DAY by Leigh Lundin Tis the day after Christmas     And after the fray, Comes the burning question:     What the heck’s Boxing Day? Is it regifting, returning?     Reboxing for eBay? Please tell us, CB,     What the heck’s Boxing Day? It’s that time of year again, the second […]

CRIME WAVE and PUNISHMENT by Leigh Lundin, Louis, Josh, Dale, Mike, alisa, Jeff, Thad[1] Thanks to Criminal Brief readers, you may have heard Florida’s Orange County Sheriff’s Department staged armed SWAT-style takedowns against barbershops in Orlando. The raids went down something like this. H’air Raids “We’ve got a big ’do in Orlando, quite a hairy […]

DAHL 1 for a STORY… by Leigh Lundin I have a rotten cold today. I detest colds and don’t want you to catch one too, so step back from the screen and enjoy Alfred Hitchcock Presents a classic based upon a Roald Dahl story, Lamb to the Slaughter.

CRIME NEWS by Leigh Lundin News time again and this month it’s potluck or potpourri, depending upon your definition. As usual, the terms ‘alleged’ and ‘accused’ apply and people aren’t guilty until proved otherwise, your mileage may vary. Robbing a Cancer Hospital New York, New York.  Marque Gumbs sounds like a French cartoon, but it’s […]