According to MediaBistro, among the top Android book apps this week are both the Hacker’s Handbook (at #8) and U.S. Cop (coming in right behind it at #9). We here at CE like conspiracy theories as much as the next guy, but you do have to wonder about the mentality of a culture that pulls…
Here in NYC, the Transit Authority has adopted the slogan: “If you see something, say something.” That is, if you notice someone leaving a bag or package on a bus or train, tell the cops as it may contain a bomb or the like. But there’s something else people leave behind that may also be…
If the detective mystery is the father of crime fiction and noir the alcoholic uncle, then the caper is the lovable nev’r-do-well cousin. Well, I take that back. Capers are doing quite well, thank you. Just look at box office heists like The Italian Job and the remake of Ocean’s 11 (also 12, and 13). The…
Life is alarmingly full of unsolved mysteries, from the mundane (where did the mate to my favorite sock go?) to the profoundly unsettling, like unsolved murders. Although there are no precise statistics available, one study of FBI records found that 6,000 killers get away with murder each year. Even in our modern era of computer tracking,…
