January 2023

Sample Sunday: 15 Times a Killer

Love a good mystery? Here’s a sample from a book edited by The Written Word: 15 Times a Killer, the first police procedural set in the U.S., by million-seller Alan McDermott. The FBI received many tip-offs each and every day, and while some were clearly hoaxes, each had to be acted upon. If just one […]

Hoping for a good 2023

It’s a gloomy New Year’s Day in Ottawa. Dark, low clouds hanging over a drenched city. Snow—what remains of it—more brown and black than white. Grey, rotten ice clinging to odd corners and cracks on driveways and roads. But at least the rain has stopped. After four days of a miserable cold that exhausts me […]