Lies, All Lies!: The Appeal of Deception
By John Verdon
August 8, 2012At the heart of every mystery story—at the heart of every criminal plot—there is a central deception. It may involve the means by which the crime was committed, or the method of escape, or the nature of the motive, or the identity of the perpetrator. Or all of these, with ample misdirection to avoid detection.…