All Blogs – Rick Polad

18 Jun

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My Kingdom for a Story

June 18, 2024
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I have been lucky to have an idea for the next Spencer mystery before I finish the current book… until now. I hav...

18 Jun

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Grandma’s Roast

June 18, 2024
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How is your grandmother’s roast like a period inside a quote mark? ...

18 Jun

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Even Fictional Detectives Have to Eat!

June 18, 2024
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I was recently asked to write a blog about my books and food. My first thought was that I wouldn’t have enough ma...

18 Jun

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So You Want to be an Author

June 18, 2024
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In the 1940s there was a series of movie comedy shorts by Joe McDoakes with the titles “So You Want to be a…” a d...

11 Jun

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The Making of a Soft-Boiled Detective

June 11, 2024
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Before I could read, my dad read mysteries to me. His favorite authors were Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler...

11 Jun

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What’s In a Mystery

June 11, 2024
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I write mysteries. But, in a way, so does every other writer. Every good story, in every genre, contains some ele...

11 Jun

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History in the Mystery – The Chicago Outfit

June 11, 2024
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In my third book in the Spencer Manning mystery series, Harbor Nights, I introduced a secondary character by...

11 Jun

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True Crime At Its Best

June 11, 2024
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How would you feel if you were sentenced to five years in federal prison for a few ounces of marijuana? Angry? Bi...

11 Jun

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Middle East Tension at its Best

June 11, 2024
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Set amongst the Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon in 2006, the plot of the Syrian mirrors the deceit, te...

11 Jun

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History in the Mystery – Riverview Amusement Park

June 11, 2024
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As a kid, I spent many wonderful summer days at Riverview Amusement Park, the largest in the country. When I was ...