tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post2172355863649534504..comments2024-03-22T23:59:37.332-07:00Comments on Les Edgerton on Writing: SHOUTOUT OF THE PERFECT CRIME FROM THE NOIR MASTERLes Edgertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997858985904932554noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post-65636218871581131712011-10-03T11:49:28.985-07:002011-10-03T11:49:28.985-07:00Yeah. I wrote this a long time ago and it sold in ...Yeah. I wrote this a long time ago and it sold in auction to Random House and then Bertlesmann bought R.H. and some other things happened and it ended up getting dropped. When I wrote it, no one had ever done anything like the crime I "invented" but since then a few have, although they didn't put the details together as much as I had my guy do and... they got caught. I had a friend who did covert "guvmint" work who looked it over and said--very seriously--that it was, indeed, the perfect crime and that I'd have to leave something out. Which I did. For a price, I'll reveal it... (Kidding... sort of...)<br /><br />This kind of thing can backfire on you. Once I was arrested at the Greyhound Bus Station and they went through my suitcase and found a novel I'd written about a kidnapping and the boys in blue were convinced it was a plan for a real 'napping. It got a bit hinky before I could convince them that it was just a novel... especially since I had a rap sheet... Real life is about as much fun as fiction if you're doing it right...Les Edgertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997858985904932554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918800617954487311.post-87716694478347734352011-10-03T11:34:26.303-07:002011-10-03T11:34:26.303-07:00Whoa, I didn't realize A Perfect Crime was cun...Whoa, I didn't realize A Perfect Crime was cunningly designed as a plan (leaving out the "tiny mistake,"...:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com