A weekly read on the moment money, crime, or desire changes everything.
True stories with a psychological twist, and what they say about the rest of us. A five-minute read, every week.
- Money
The wine tastes better because it costs moreNew
Studies keep proving the same embarrassing thing: we can't tell what's good. We can only tell what's expensive.
- True Story
Three words hidden in a pizza order
A woman trapped in her own house had one second to ask for help without the man with the knife seeing it. Here is what she typed.
- Human Nature
The most expensive second of your life
You think criminals are a separate species. The distance between them and you is about one second wide, and it isn't made of character.
I started out a musician and a poet, made peace with the fact there's no money in either, and taught myself to write crime thrillers. The idea underneath all of it: nobody's born good or evil. The moment writes the rest.
A new one every week.
Short reads on crime, money, and the second everything tips.