“The dead are mute. . .”

Sue Grafton, who wrote the brilliant alphabet series of mysteries featuring P.I. Kinsey Millhone, has a perfect description of a homicide which sounds vaguely like the original lead detective in the Stacey Burns murder case. Detective Steve Rowland said that he is...

You talking to me?

Last October, in an article in the Granite State News about my work on the book about the Stacey Burns murder, I was quoted as saying something like this. “If I were the New Hampshire State Police, I would want to talk to me.” This may sound egotistical...

No surprises, just disappointments

Here is a quote from the novel (untitled as of this moment) I am currently working on, along with Murder in a Small Town: The Tragic Death of Stacey Burns. I am thinking that the two stories might have something in common. (As I have said before!) “There were no...

Arrest-WHAT IS NEEDED?

Post after post on this blog has raised questions. This will be no different. To the New Hampshire State Police and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office: What is it that you need to arrest someone for the vicious killing of Stacey Burns? Is it a murder...

Wrong Questions?

My writing environment includes a shelf directly in front of my eyes so that whenever I look up I am admonished by a half dozen or so clever and supposedly inspirational sayings staring back at me. One has been on my mind lately as I struggle with the lack of answers...

Eddieland redux

The post by Jim Vittum in which he relates an incident which took place while he was working a logging operation for Ed Burns is a perfect example of something I mentioned in my last post. It is an incident which is contained in the book, Murder in a Small Town: The...