The inspiration and motivation for writing SketchCop – Drawing A Line Against Crime. The idea for SketchCop – Drawing A Line Against Crime was hatched in 2002 by my late wife. We were inside my office talking one day when she suggested I write a book. I brushed her off immediately. “What am I going to write about?” I responded. She pointed towards my file cabinet and reminded me about the headline making cases I worked on over the years. She … [Read more...]
Post Three: The Search for Grand Duke Mikhail Romanov and the Saga of the Red Mountain Skull Part II
It's June 12 and Russia National Day, a patriotic holiday for this great and proud country and its warm and generous people. Outside of my hotel window I can hear an orchestra playing the 1812 Overture (celebrating the Russian victory over Bonaparte and the French outside the gates of Moscow). Ironically, it's also the anniversary of the June 12, 1918 abduction and murder of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov and his secretary and friend, … [Read more...]