When I speak with readers, they’re often surprised that the music my hero listens to in my Mahu Investigations series is real. Even the most publicized musicians from Hawai’i, where the books are set, sing covers of American pop music, so it’s not surprising. Iam...

Sleepless City is my thirty-second published novel. I’ve never written any two of them the same way.

Changing horses in midstream is generally a course of action that’s advised against.

Some of the best ideas are born from a misunderstanding. Like mishearing a song lyric, what we think is there can often be better than what actually is.

I don’t write from a premise. I generally start with two or three (usually incompatible) ideas that are bugging me and then ask: How can I build a story out of this mess?

Murder at the Beauty Pageant is book 12 in the best-selling Miss Underhay series. Set in 1930’s Devon, England the mysteries have a golden age feel, and are based in the area around Greenaway, Agatha Christie’s home. All of the books can be read as standalones,...