Dirty carpeting and outdated computers

In her Annie Seymour mysteries, Karen E. Olson gets the world of contemporary newspapers right. (Though she is gentler than the brilliant "The Wire.") Guess that's why it was such a pleasure to read this piece about her in the Connecticut Post.

Oh, and speaking of crime fiction in journalism settings, here's my review of the new Denise Mina, "Slip of the Knife," from the Boston Globe.