To Catch A Thief
Ever since I could read or even just imagine things I loved mysteries and crime stories! From the Hardy Boys to Encyclopedia Brown, from Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief to the WB's Veronica Mars , from the classic Sherlock Holmes to Law and Order episodes. I love them all. My grandmother once got me a book of "Whodunnits," which was essentially a book of crimes and mysteries you needed to solve, and I would sit for hours on end going through mysteries. Putting together the puzzle pieces and pinpointing the culprit of a crime is like a high for me. The rush of quickly putting together clues. The brainteaser of taking note of everything around you. The constant search for motives and methods. I delight in it! However, last week I found myself experiencing this first hand. On Thursday afternoon, my laptop was stolen from a Starbucks near my apartment in Cambridge. I had spent most of the day there writing my Newsletter and...