My work space is in a very convenient spot: it’s the sitting room for the master bedroom (which sounds fancy, doesn’t it?). So when I stumble out of bed at two a.m. with a scene in my head that begs to be written, I don’t have far to go to my desk. That comes in handy...
The Crime Writers Association have announced the winners for the three of the Major categories for the Dagger awards. CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger: LIFE OR DEATH by Michael Robotham (Sphere) Others on the Shortlist THE SHUT EYE by Belinda Bauer (Bantam Press) THE RULES...
Five Things I’ll Miss after the Trumpocalypse I am, for all intents and purposes, a bona fide country girl: I live on the edge of a cornfield, stroll down a long swath of gravel to fetch my mail, and am often seen rooted to the spot as I watch a family of wild turkeys...
The Origins of They Tell Me You Are Wicked When I first heard the story, I knew I had to write about it: a senator’s daughter is murdered in her family’s mansion six weeks before his election. What better set up for a murder mystery. A co-worker clued me. What...
Meet Atlas and Abbey, my four-legged kids who are the reason we have a TO RELEASE HOUNDS PRESS HERE doorbell. Also, the reason we warn house guests not to wear black--it clashes with the brown fur they'll inevitably wear home--and the reason we drive a gas-guzzling...
DANCE OF THE BONES’ plot has as an antagonist the evil character Ava Martin. She frames an innocent man that was arrested by Walker. Years later he and his daughter ask the retired Sheriff and The Last Chance organization to find the real killer and clear his name. It...
