It's a good thing that mystery novelist and former ProJo staffer Mark Arsenault has a higher than typical tolerance for risk. He gave up his reporting job at the Journal to just go for the writerly thing, in part since his wife, former ProJo scribe Jennifer Levitz, was gainfully employed by the Wall Street Journal. Few could anticipate that the WSJ would decide to close its longstanding Boston bureau.

Now, as Levitz explained on her Facebook page, she's taking a job in the WSJ's Atlanta bureau, and the couple is relocating to Georgia.

Arsenault is a Patriots' zealot and avid New England hiker, but perhaps residing in the South will offer some fresh grist for his mysteries.

Btw, Arsenault has an imminent Rhode Island Monthly story, on next year's gubernatorial race, and he's due to appear today on Buddy Cianci's WPRO radio show.