Athol Dickson's Blog
March 10, 2013
The Top Ten Murder Mystery Rules
SOME RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN. Others are broken at our peril. And still others are made to create peril, delicious, lovely peril for the victim in a good old fashioned murder mystery. With that goal in mind, for ...
March 7, 2013
Free Fall In February – Sneak Peek
FOR ALL YOU HARD BOILED DETECTIVE FANS… The quote in this image is a little taste from the opening paragraph of Free Fall In February, the next installment in The Malcolm Cutter Memoirs. For a millionaire chauffeur and part time private ...
March 6, 2013
Every Murder Mystery Author’s Favorite Question
EVERY MURDER MYSTERY AUTHOR GETS THE QUESTION ALL THE TIME: Where do your ideas come from? It’s not our favorite question (that comes later) but to answer it, we often turn to the headlines. Today for example, there’s this sad ...
February 26, 2013
A Murder Mystery Education
THE OTHER DAY I mentioned that I’m writing The Malcolm Cutter Memoirs in part because I think the murder mystery genre is perfect for exploring big ideas like death and justice. Someone asked what makes me think I’m qualified to ...
February 24, 2013
Why I Write Murder Mysteries
Recently I read a fascinating article in The New York Times about what may well be the first true murder mystery novel ever written. Conventional wisdom holds that the honor belongs to Wilkie Collins, who published The Moonstone in 1868, ...
February 9, 2013
Sneak Peek: FREE FALL IN FEBRUARY
Here’s a taste of what’s to come in Malcolm’s second memoir, Free Fall In February: There had been no time to put on my flippers and no chance to take a deep breath, but it would be suicide to surface, ...
February 7, 2013
Typos – from Into the Fire
I can tell you from the volume of reading I do in hard or soft copy there are many more typos in recent years than there ever used to be in books of old. I’ve heard all the excuses for ...
Another 5 star Amazon Review
I think I might have a crush on Malcolm Cutter. He is a strong character but with a soft, hurt side. He’s not sure what is even real anymore after what’s happened. As soon as the book starts Malcolm hits ...
