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Training Law Enforcement
When I was asked to apply to be a presenter at the NOBLE Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I didn’t think anything of it. I sent in my application, was accepted and when I was notified, I made the guy … Continue reading
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Death Before Breakfast
Vicki Doudera here, with a classic locked door puzzle that happened last week, right here in Camden. So close to home that I was still in my p.j.’s when I discovered the body. I will probably never know the whole … Continue reading
Join in “The Goldfinch” Debate
I’ll admit it straight off – I loved The Goldfinch. I had that wonderful, rare feeling when you read a final sentence and close a book, letting yourself linger for as long as possible in the author’s world. I had … Continue reading
Trekking Across Maine – Again!
Vicki Doudera here, spending today pedaling my way through the first day of my sixth (yeah – that’s right – sixth!) Trek Across Maine, the annual 180-mile cycling event to benefit the American Lung Association. This year is a big … Continue reading
The Characters that Share my Day
We probably all know at least one person who shares our birthday, but living in a small Maine town for nearly three decades (can that really be?) means that I know quite a few. Vicki Doudera here. I’m not talking … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Fernald, Darby Farr Mysteries, Jory Squibb, Pat Jones, Sue Hopkins, Vicki Doudera
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Edgar Allan Poe Explains it All
Early on, I admired the work of Edgar Allan Poe, thanks mostly to my mother who read out loud to me his very creepy short story The Gold Bug. It was about a man obsessed with searching for treasure after … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Murders at the Rue Morgue, The Gold Bug, The Raven, Vicki Doudera
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When Teachers Aren’t Teaching
When I’m not writing or doing my cyber crime work, I work at conferences. This past week it was a teacher’s conference about reading. It’s always interesting to see teachers out of the element and “in the wild.” This is … Continue reading
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ICE COLD Launch Party–New York City!
Yesterday was the launch party for Mystery Writers of America’s newest short story anthology ICE COLD: Tales of Intrigue and Suspense from the Cold War. It was held in Manhattan at Mysterious Bookshop, and Ed and I drove down from … Continue reading
Library Talks
It’s going to be one of those days for me! I couldn’t find the Login link and had to root around the site to finally find it, so I apologize for this being late as a post. With it being … Continue reading
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A Book Chat on Crime Fiction from a Readers’ Advisory Librarian
When Vicki Doudera called to ask me to contribute to the blog this week, I was in the middle of cataloging unpublished papers about archaeological digs. So my first reaction, through the tech services haze, was: “…Me, write? I…blog? What’s … Continue reading
