Crime Writers of Canada (tagline:
the write kind of crime) has released their latest roundup of Canadian recent and imminent crime fiction.
Not exact matches
Dostoevsky was a light hearted easy going
kind of person, yet
wrote about life's dark side in stories like «
crime and punishment».
Having directed heavy and despairing dramas
of note such as Crazy Heart and Out
of the Furnace, he crafted a well -
written script into a well - formed
crime drama that competes with the best
of its
kind.
Nadia and Eric in particular feel far too much like one - note cliches that you see all the time in these
kind of moody
crime dramas (the tough damsel with the bad news ex and the ex himself who comes along and threatens the happy new coupling just because he's a bad guy) and despite Rapace and Schoenaerts» considerable talent (the latter really has a presence that few actors can match these days), they can't quite raise up the lacking quality in the
writing.
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As a member
of the mystery writers group Sister in
Crime (SinC, for short), I receive a monthly email update called Sinc Links, a
kind of round - up
of things that affect the publishing and
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Theakstons Old Peculier
Crime Writing Festival Established in 2003, Theakstons
Crime Writing festival is the largest festival
of it's
kind.
«The snow was general all over Ireland,» Joyce
wrote in «The Dead,» symbolizing a
kind of paralysis
of the soul, and so it is in Wallander's Sweden, the worsening weather bringing a new
kind of gloom, descending like a blanket on the stooped shoulders
of an Old World cop on the edge
of being overwhelmed by the unremitting brutality
of New World
crime.
Atmospheric, chilling, and rich with the
kind of procedural authenticity that only Linda Fairstein can provide, The Bone Vault is a page - turning tour de force from one
of crime writing's brightest stars.
The court's majority opinion was
written by Oliver Wendell Holmes: «It is better for all the world,» Holmes
wrote, «if instead
of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for
crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their
kind.
All
of these steps and stages are important, but in my own case, I felt that there was no substitute for substantive editing since it requires a high degree
of experience, knowledge
of the genre I was
writing in (
crime fiction), and a
kind of understanding
of the whole project, not just individual pieces.
In Buck v. Bell (1927), the majority decision,
written by Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., used modern opinions
of science to support the Virginia sterilization law: «It is better for all the world, if instead
of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for
crime, or let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from breeding their
kind.
«With so much
written about blogging in the past year, it's amazing that just now we are witnessing the
kind of high - profile
crime case that raises new and, some say, troubling issues about how reporters and editors should regard the very personal, yet very public, information shared on Web logs.»
From an online gallery
of pioneering women in the legal field to a profile
of the lawyer sent to save Guantanamo to a scathing account
of corruption
of American
crime labs, the ABA Journal is an award - winning publication because it covers the legal landscape with in - depth reporting, incisive
writing and a dedication to the
kinds of stories that influence, engage and educate.
Employers should
write or evaluate job position descriptions to identify the
kinds of criminal history that would be relevant as the basis for exclusion, and place emphasis on specific
crimes in making exclusions.