FANTASTIC FOUR #1 by Kate (and Dan)

by | Mar 13, 2014 | Comics

Kate (and Dan) are driving through some godforsaken place going to some indiscriminate locale for some unknown reason. When suddenly, Fate takes a hand… K: ::hands to face:: Goodness gracious, Dan! What has happened to the sky?! D: ::puffs pipe in a gentlemanly...

THE ACCIDENT by Chris Pavone

by | Mar 12, 2014 | Books, Events, Reviews

THE ACCIDENT Chris Pavone March 2014 Crown Publishers   Literary agent Isabel Reed has been up all night reading—not so uncommon, really, given her job, but this manuscript is different.  This manuscript, titled “The Accident” was delivered by courier, the author...

MY TOP 5 TRUE CRIME BOOKS

by | Mar 12, 2014 | Five Things

ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS by Joseph Wambaugh. This story of a looking-for-love schoolteacher who falls for a co-worker with the gift of gab and little else was one of my first introductions to what true crime could be: fascinating, twisty, sad, tedious, sometime...

Busted by Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker

by | Mar 11, 2014 | Books, Reviews

Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker Harper Collins March 11th, 2014 Philadelphia Daily News reporters Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker won a Pulitzer Prize for their series of articles, “Tainted...

Tales From The Blue Line 4

by | Mar 11, 2014 | Features

 Milwaukee County Stadium was the modest housing of a major league baseball team, the Milwaukee Brewers. Built in 1953, it initially housed the former Boston Braves, who moved that year to Milwaukee for a cup of coffee, as it were, and then fled town to Atlanta in...

5 things that inspired WATCHING YOU

by | Mar 11, 2014 | Books, Five Things

It was only after I finished writing WATCHING YOU that I thought about what might have inspired the story. I don’t plot my psychological thrillers in advance, so I didn’t know what was going to happen when I created the character of Marnie Logan. The hook was simply...