Crime Fiction Confirms Our Belief, Despite Some

Early This Morning, 1 January 2021, Three Minutes After Midnight, The Last Human Being To Be Born On Earth Was Killed In A Pub Brawl In A Suburb Of Buenos Aires, Aged Twenty-five Years, Two Months And Twelve Days.

In 1930s Mysteries, All Sorts Of Motives Were Credible Which Aren't Credible Today, Especially Motives Of Preventing Guilty Sexual Secrets From Coming Out. Nowadays, People Sell Their Guilty Sexual Secrets.

Read Widely, Not In Order To Copy Someone Else's Style, But To Learn To Appreciate And Recognize Good Writing And To See How The Best Writers Have Achieved Their Result. Poor Writing Is, Unfortunately, Infectious And Should Be Avoided.

I Learned Early And At That Kitchen Table That There Are Ways Of Avoiding, Without Guilt, The Commitments Of Love.

Can We Ever Break Free Of The Devices And Desires Of Our Own Hearts? Might Not Our Conscience Be Telling Us What We Most Want To Hear?