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A crime fighter with a smile...what?!
As popular as crime thriller television series go, I find them to be too stereotypical when it comes to depicting crime fighters. The main character, whether he or she is a cop, detective or agent of some law enforcement branch, is generally depicted as having a dysfunctional intimate relationship or marriage and incapable of keeping one in tact. Moreover, and this is the case in about 95% of the series I have watched, their partners are always upset, complaining and even lea

Réal Laplaine
Mar 222 min read


When did crime thrillers become dramas?
As a writer, with my own crime thriller series, and an avid watcher of crime series, there is a pattern I see, maybe you do too, where...

Réal Laplaine
Jul 1, 20253 min read


When Cowboys Fall: Love finds you in the strangest places.
It's never too late to rediscover oneself, to start a new chapter, even when the road ahead is shorter than the one already travelled....

Réal Laplaine
Mar 17, 20251 min read


Author, Réal Laplaine speaking at the University of Buffalo Burchfield Art Center
Author, Réal Laplaine speaking at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, part of the University of Buffalo, about his book, the 9th Divinity....

Réal Laplaine
Feb 19, 20241 min read


Tired of police story drama?
Turn on the television and watch most any police or crime thriller series or film and typically, “Hollywood”, or the movie industry in...

Réal Laplaine
Feb 6, 20244 min read
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