In the acknowledgments of this slim, satisfying crime novel, Colin Harrison credits a friend, a cultural Sherpa who led him through the "socioeconomic contours of Mamaroneck, N.Y".
If on entering your local bookshop you can find your way past the teetering stacks of EL James Fifty Shadess trilogy, you might come across a slim new crime novel, Crusher.
When asked by Nolot if these activities are financed by organized crime, Slim hesitates, then says no.
The characters ponder the excruciating choice of whether to try their luck abroad, where they are not welcome, or remain in Morocco, where employment opportunities, outside of crime, are slim.
Ms. Strand's slim book is part true-crime entertainment, part academic exegesis, part political folk ballad.
The chances of them recommitting their heinous crimes are very slim, but clearly their parole boards weren't ready to return them to their communities after the first few hearings.
Our hero, Slim the Rat, is yanked into crime by a chance meeting with Buster, a cat who promises Slim food and lodging if he'll do a small job.
He has yet to be convicted of any crime, he still commands a slim parliamentary plurality, and his center-right coalition is favored to win any new election.
And Slim was driven into a life of crime by a persecution complex that calls for the cool touch of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
And anytime you forgo one dress for another because it's not as slimming, you're committing this same horrible crime of preferring a leaner version of yourself.
