ABC Crime Alphabet - Clarissa Draper

 Today is all about the letter D in the Crime Fiction Alphabet and the idea behind this meme is to write something related to crime fiction that’s based on the letter of the week. This can be an author, the name of a book or something to do with writing crime fiction. The post should be up by the end of each week. See the rules for the Alphabet in Crime Fiction here. This Meme is run by Kerrie at Mysteries in Paradise.

I’ve been thinking about which crime writer to feature this week and didn’t want to write about the one I thought of first because I wanted to save him for F since that letter starts his last name and because I’m weird like that. So, having finished The Sholes Key, this morning, it just came to me that it’s a good time to talk about Clarissa Draper. 



She’s Canadian and is currently transplanted to Mexico. If you writing has anything to do with crime, crime scenes and such, her blog is a must read. There, you will find oodles of information to do with forensics and other gag-inducing data. But seriously, if you write crime, you should visit Clarissa. 

The Sholes Key is the first in the Evans & Blackwell series. What is unique about this book is that there are a series of murders and the perpetrator leaves codes in a gristly fashion. Now, here’s where I reveal my lack of brilliance. The codes went over my head, but that didn’t take away from my enjoying the story. The writer has been good enough to post the codes on her site for those who read the book on Kindle. 

The book is intriguing, the characters complex and the crimes hair-raising. I won’t reveal any more details as I still have a review to write. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.