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Okay, I was doing my voyeur thing and saw this thread. So I had to opine. Which meant I had to join this group. No biggie. It looks like a place for some spleen venting! So you're talking about writers who gladly take your reviews, and are even effervescent in their gratitude, perhaps - and you never see them review your stuff. A one-way street. The new site lets folk get away with this without what might appear at first to be untoward consequences, because there's always the Free site to pillage and mine, but let me tell you, bubs, an author who does that to me will never get another review from me until that author sees the light. And I'm not insisting on a one-for-one. Like CJ, I've reviewed a whole novella of an author on this site. Have I received even one review in response? No. Another author on this site - I reviewed multiple chapters of her lengthy novel and received one I-paid-my-dues review. Hey, we're no longer shooting for the Top Ten novel list anymore; that's not the issue. The more eyes on a posting, the better the chances that all the nits will be exposed. That's what I'm here for - the "free" editing! If I'm willing to use my time and experience to help out a fellow author, why can't said author do the same for me? And I'm not talking about those newbies on the Free site, but "established" writers who should know better. You all know who you are.   Jack

If the town has no PD, the Sheriff's Office would be in charge. Depending on the severity of the crime, e.g., a manhunt is required, the State Police could be called in. If the crime were committed in a national park or forest, I believe the FBI would handle the investigation.

Hey, JP - Kilmer isn't really a PI in Spartan, and I'm not sure he could be considered a rancher in Bloodworth. But an excellent try! I didn't think any other answer would be even close. But I took the question out of the list because it was misleading and didn't really involve a cop as a MC. At first, I was thinking Harper was a cop, then realized he was a PI. And Hombre wasn't really a NA, only raised as one. Hud was a rancher. Paul Newman, of course, was the answer to that one.

Hey, JP - You got two of my toughest ones - #7&8. In order to get credit for #3, you'll have to give me the movies. #6 is correct. #4 isn't. BTW, it's James Gadolfini - but he's not the right answer.  Thanks for trying!

My apologies. I meant to post the above in the Cop Shop forum.

I don't copy and paste, just highlight and comment on the highlighted area. But I agree the highlighting can be difficult if not impossible, when the section you want highlighted continues on to the next line. So I've had to account for that in my comments, adding more verbiage than I would otherwise have to do.

When Jim was researching Cathy in Facebook and discovered she was engaged to Tim Howard, he immediately wondered if this Tim was the same Tim who they had left in the car as a baby. But I'd never mentioned to that point that Jim ever learned the baby's first name! So I had to go back and get that in. Yeah, two editors missed that.

And Janet!

I think that it should occur to a newbie that in order to get more reviews, reciprocation is a must. This wasn't spelled out in the old site, per se, either, but beyond common courtesy it was logical to do the payback. I made some friends on the site - including you, Aussie - doing that. There will be those who won't even respond to reviews, let alone reciprocate, but who needs those writers, anyway? They've made their prresence, or lack thereof, known. So live and let live, and let the cream (those sincere in their efforts to improve their craft) rise to the top.

I agree! And who wants to see posts weeks old, anyway? Is this an archives issue? Can't the early posts be deleted after, say, a couple of weeks? Or name the limit. But there should be a limit, in my view.

There was a TV show back in the day dealing with this very subject. It was a Playhouse 90 or one of those. Anyway, a group of poker-playing buddies got bored with the "risk" involved in their high-stakes games and decided to commit the perfect murder. The victim would be a complete stranger, with no connection to any of them. That's all I can remember! But I'd start with that, then hire a hitman anonymously (like Steve McQueen hired the crew in "The Thomas Crown Affair.") Of course, the only motive involved would be just to do a murder and get away with it. If you're talking about a real reason to kill someone, it gets dicier to accomplish, since that motive could eventually lead to you, and your alibi could break down.