Novelist Tells The Story Of A Haunted Crime Scene Photographer

Ramona Emerson’s novel, Shutter, is about a police department photographer, who, like Emerson, grew up in the Navajo Nation. The protagonist is haunted by the ghosts of victims from scenes she’s photographed. We talk with Emerson about her own experience in forensic photography and how it informed the book.

John Powers reviews two foreign crime films: Decision to Leave and Argentina, 1985.