I'm at a literary seminar exploring the dark side of literature -- primarily murder mysteries.

I'm taking notes and will report in when the seminar is over. Yesterday heard talks by Scott Turow, Sara Paretsky, Joyce Carol Oates and others.

Sessions included: "Crime writers are not psychotic: They're just like you."

Does anyone read mysteries? Who are your favourites? Talk to you all around midnight.

veen:

I'm more interested in what you've learned so far. You're at the seminar after all. What new perspective has it given you?

My favourite murder series is Baantjer, a longstanding book series and tv-series. It features the detective De Cock (with his catchphrase being, "my name is de cock, with c-o-c-k", that must sound really funny for you guys) who investigates murders in and around Amsterdam. The kind of book / tv series where you always know what you're gonna get. A murder, three to five possible suspects being interrogated, some action scenes, another dead body and a reveal at the end which makes it obvious that it was that guy all along.


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