JOANNA ELM, Author, Journalist, Attorney
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I did exactly what I set out to do this summer of 2022. I also stopped doing stuff that wasn’t fulfilling.
Which means I pretty much did nothing except played tennis and enjoyed the pool with my family Continue reading “Bye-Bye Summer 2022 : A Look Back in Photos”
It was the highlight of my week. Hubby, Joe rarely ventures out to eat these days. So, it was a day to celebrate when he agreed to come out for lunch at Good Ground Tavern. That’s the restaurant which just opened in the spanking-new, lavishly-renovated and refurbished Canoe Place Inn and Cottages in Hampton Bays.
We, longtime residents have been waiting for this moment for more than a decade. Continue reading “I Should Have Had The Lobster Roll At The New Canoe Place Inn”
The most amazing mid-summer gift fell into my lap last week. Yes, of course, it was a book. Not just any old book though. It’s the latest from Nelson DeMille. Titled The Maze, it’s scheduled for release in October.
I’ve been waiting for it for a while since its protagonist is retired NYPD homicide detective, John Corey who was introduced to us in 1997 in DeMille’s bestseller, Plum Island. That thriller was set on the North Fork as is my own latest thriller, Fool Her Once. In The Maze, DeMille was expected to bring John Corey back to the North Fork. To say I was waiting impatiently would be an understatement. Continue reading “Why Nelson DeMille’s The Maze Was An Amazing Mid-Summer Gift”
Other than being known as The Most Hated Man On the Internet, who is Hunter Moore really? I must say I was quite disappointed with the latest Netflix true crime docu-series because the producers/writers didn’t even attempt to provide an answer.
I wanted some explanation, a peek behind the door of the “nondescript beige house” in a “leafy town, just north of Sacramento” where, it turns out Hunter Moore lives in his parents’ home. Continue reading “Who — Or What– Is A Hunter Moore?”
There’s a paragraph in my new novel, Fool Her Once where the protagonist’s husband, Zack, has this to say about one of the fictional cops in the story: “There was something smarmy about Brad… a psychopathic vibe he gave off … Zack wasn’t surprised. It was common knowledge that there were certain professions that attracted psychos, just as it was well known that the police force had its fair share.”
I didn’t conjure up the last sentence out of thin air.
As a long-time resident of the East End of Long Island, where FHO is set, I was aware, at the time of writing, that there were plenty of Suffolk County cops who, if not always psychopaths, were liars, thugs, bullies, and lawbreakers. Continue reading “Jimmy The King: A True Crime Classic About The Dirtiest Cops on Long Island”