Notes and marginalia.
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The Three Questions Only Suspects Ask
Witnesses ask one kind of question. Suspects ask three. Civilians, when interviewed, want to know two things: are you almost done, and are they themselves in trouble. That’s it. They…
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How a Satirical Detective Novel Actually Begins
People ask me where Ned came from. The honest answer is: a Tuesday in 2018, when I was three pages into something serious and I realized the something serious was…
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The Day After: What Survival Actually Feels Like
The day after the earthquake — I mean the literal next morning, the one where you wake up and the air still smells like dust and concrete — survival is…
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Five Things Detectives Lie About (And Why It’s Almost Charming)
Look — I’ve been at this long enough that I’ve started keeping a list. Not of crimes. Of my own habitual little fictions. The lies a detective tells in the…
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