Five Things Dumb Criminals Do Online

FIVE THINGS DUMB CRIMINALS DO ONLINE (A THRILLER WRITER’S GUIDE)   While conducting research for my novel, The Advocate’s Daughter (St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur, March 22, 2016), I came across several reports about criminals who were caught because of their Google...

J.T. Ellison's NO ONE KNOWS Reviewed

No One Knows J. T. Ellison Gallery Books March 22nd, 2016 No One Knows by J. T. Ellison is part mystery, part psychological thriller, and part cautionary tale. It is one of those stories that show fairy tales do not always come true. The themes of trust, betrayal, and...

Cat Fight, An Article by Clea Simon

I never thought talking cats would be controversial. Honestly I’m still not sure they are, but if you saw the Wall Street Journal on March 1, or if you listened to NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” the following weekend, you’d see that I have supposedly...

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Reviewed

10 Cloverfield Lane Directed by Dan Trachtenberg Written by Josh Campbell, Matthew Stucken, Damien Chazelle Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher, Jr. The less you know going into 10 Cloverfield Lane the better. It’s not a romance, but...

C.J. Box's OFF THE GRID Reviewed

Off The Grid Book 16 in the Joe Pickett Series C.J. Box G.P. Putnam March 8th, 2016 Off The Grid by C. J. Box brings back Nate Romanowski, the beloved rugged individualist. This book delves into a number of themes, some of which Box has become known for: getting the...

The Short Drop by Matthew Fitzsimmons Reviewed

THE SHORT DROP Matthew Fitzsimmons 2015 Thomas and Mercer This is a hell of a debut. 14-year-old Suzanne Lombard went missing ten years ago, and the media has yet to let it go. But the disappearance that has made Suzanne a national sweetheart is much more personal to...

Johnny Shaw's FLOODGATE Reviewed

FLOODGATE Johnny Shaw February 2016 Thomas and Mercer Andy Destra was a (mostly) honest cop operating in a completely corrupt city. When Andy starts digging into a case and following a trail of suspicious money to its origins, the Auction City assistant chief of...