. ♪ charlie: calvin trillian has been a regular contributor to "the new yorker."blished true homicide stories in 1984. it has been reissued and expanded. i am pleased to have calvin trillian back at the table. you look like you are doing well. calvin: i am upright. the original book came about because i was doing a piece every three weeks in different parts of the country for 15 years. at some point i realized once a year i was at a murder, or wrongful death as the lawyers would call it. something like that. we published that in 1984, after i was done with the series. i would add four or five longer pieces with the same story, plus a profile of the homicide writer for "the miami herald." charlie: we now have a television series on cbs that goes through murders every week. it is called "48-hours." what is it about murder? calvin: for me, it is not the murder itself, but what it opens up in people's lives in the surrounding community. when there is a murder, the shades are drawn sometimes. the stones are turned over. transcripts are made. my wife used to say i would

. ♪ ♪ calvin trillian has been a regular contributor to "the new yorker" since 1963. he wrote a series of papers throughout the united states. he published true homicide stories in 1984. "killings" has been reissued and expanded. i am pleased to have calvin trillian back at the table. welcome, sir. calvin: thank you, charlie. charlie: you look like you are doing well. calvin: i am upright. charlie: tell me about the original book and what is different about this one. calvin: the original book came about because i was doing a piece every three weeks in different parts of the country for 15 years. at some point i realized once a year i was at a murder, or wrongful death as the lawyers would call it. something like that. so we published that in 1984, just after i got through doing this series. recently, i added four or five longer pieces with the same sort of story, plus a profile of -- edna buchanan the homicide writer for "the , miami herald." charlie: we now have a television series on cbs that goes through murders every week. a popular series. it is called "48-hours.