Crime Seen

In a parallel universe (also known as the state of California), private investigator Philip Marlowe, of Raymond Chandler's masterpiece novel THE BIG SLEEP, tells us: "e;I watched him out of sight and went up the central walk of the La Baba and parted the branches of the third cypress. I drew out a wrapped book and put it under my arm and went away from there. No one yelled at me."e;This is not that book. Also, no cypress tree. Still, no one yelled at any of us when we decided to wrap up the twenty-two pieces of writing we had artistically imagined as part of our spring 2022 creative expressions English Department course at Hunter College known in the vernacular as "e;Playing Detective"e; but listed more classically by the college's Office of the Registrar as "e;English 25145 / Survey of Detective Fiction."e;CRIME SEEN's puzzle products, created by seventeen sophomores, juniors, and seniors, were incited by instructor Robert Eidelberg's list of twenty-five ideas for "e;creative constructions"e; in, on, and about detective fiction, with drafts studiously revised, rewritten, and edited following collegial feedback from the course's Dr. Watson-type "e;sidekicks."e;We hope we've gotten you so curious that you will enter our crime scenes and enjoy our examples of crime seen.