The entire building becomes a crime scene
When a second room is discovered with bloodstains, Russo declares the entire building a crime scene.
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Erik Goddard
- Aug 6
- 1 min
Unit 21B: the artist's apartment
The caretaker leads homicide detective Ed Russo and other cops to the other units where they meet the resident of 21B.
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Erik Goddard
- Aug 5
- 1 min
Police continue to question other residents
The police knock on doors as they investigate the events surrounding the death.
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Erik Goddard
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Media coverage of the Incident
The incident at W 71st St has caused quite a stir in the media. The public is increasingly fascinated with the murky details. Who was the...
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Erik Goddard
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Whose blood is on the wall?
There is a blood stain on the wall in the third-floor apartment. But the victim that fell from the third-floor window had no gunshot wound.
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Erik Goddard
- Jul 27
- 1 min
The building manager leads police to the 3rd-floor apartment
When the body fell on the sidewalk outside the building manager’s window he immediately called police. As the crime lab processed the...
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Erik Goddard
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Police questioning the witness
The frenzy of the crime lab people, homicide detectives, agents from different jurisdictions, not to mention curious onlookers and the...
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Erik Goddard
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Incident at West 71st Street
A frantic 911 call reveals a gruesome discovery: a woman has fallen to her death from a third-floor window in an older NYC brownstone. Or...
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Erik Goddard
- May 15, 2022
- 1 min
Sunday writing
Finalizing the outline for my new novel. It's another suspense//thriller piece about a man who fakes his own death for the insurance...
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Erik Goddard
- May 7, 2022
- 1 min
Morally ambiguous characters
Who can guess the motivations and histories of the average person you meet on the street? The guy standing next to you waiting for the...
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Erik Goddard
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Recipe for (suspense plot) Confusion
When you start considering one plot scenario and an exciting twist occurs to you, and then another, and you start twisting things around...
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Erik Goddard
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
On making bad guys we like
We know them, what they look like, how they dress, and what they say. They're stereotypical bad guys, often called criminals or perps....
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Erik Goddard
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Creativity and the 'medium' test
If you are artistically and creatively inclined, you more than likely have your niche, whether it's writing fiction, painting, making...
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Erik Goddard
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
Dynamic character dialogue
Dialogue is piece of the story puzzle that often gets short shrift. Conversation and dialogue is a natural part of human interaction, and...
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Erik Goddard
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
Thoughts returned to Brandon, and the way things might be right now had she chosen to call him back instead of blowing him off the other...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
When reviews are not reviews
If you post something for public consumption in the internet age, it is going to get reviewed. Expect some good ones, but also some bad...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
“But,” Sarah suggested, “don’t we need to find out what he wants to say? I mean, what if it’s about the money, that something’s wrong?”...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 14, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
“And I can add to that brief introduction,” Ian continued. “She’s a modern woman all the way through, gorgeous on the outside, mildly...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 13, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
“Right. I guess now seems like the perfect transition into the ground rules. They are simple. First, understand that you’re in a remote...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Final day of the Goodreads giveaway
Down to the last day to enter the Goodreads giveaway for 100 copies of The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton. Get your name in so you have a...
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