tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post6691341245425315438..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: True CrimeSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-9998283651556003802015-05-04T08:55:35.669-07:002015-05-04T08:55:35.669-07:00Truman Capote's In Cold Blood leaps to mind. ...Truman Capote's In Cold Blood leaps to mind. His fascination with the case and, ultimately, with one of the killers, is also a story in and of itself. Actually, the true stories have sparked ideas for my own mysteries. Remember the mother who drowned her two little boys by leaving them strapped in her car and driving it into a lake? (Don't want to leave here to research her name); she was found out through the use of a polygraph test. That triggered the lie detector scene I used in The Monet Murders. And in the last book of the series, The Design Is Murder, handwriting analysis is the tool that my sleuth uses in her search for the killer. I guess it comes down to whatever genre we write in, there is an autobiographical thread running through it. jean harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925805990806522316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-18232927080919661052015-05-04T08:24:37.873-07:002015-05-04T08:24:37.873-07:00I think criminals appear smart at first. And they ...I think criminals appear smart at first. And they think they’re smarted than everyone else. They aren’t. Brilliant dedicated people, like Anne’s uncle will find them. That’s why I like reading these kinds of stories, real and fictional, because of the good guys. One reason the Harry Bosch series appeals to me. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-24085302897735169822015-05-04T08:06:19.906-07:002015-05-04T08:06:19.906-07:00Oh, I love the John Douglas books. Fascinating rea...Oh, I love the John Douglas books. Fascinating reading, and I used them while researching my Mindhunters series. My uncle was part of the forensic team that tested the scraping patterns of hundreds of screwdrivers to find the one that was used to break into an apartment to help catch the Gainsville Ripper by matching it to a screwdriver he possessed.Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.com