Nominated for the Derringer Award
I’m thrilled – and amazed! – to be included on this list! Good Deed for the Day, the story that won me the Al Blanchard Award, is here under the Long Story category.
I’m thrilled – and amazed! – to be included on this list! Good Deed for the Day, the story that won me the Al Blanchard Award, is here under the Long Story category.
This week on Crime Wave: Arthur Coburn talks about his engrossing debut novel, MURDER IN CONCRETE. It’s a fast-paced, spellbinding mystery. Charlie, a teenage girl who finds her mother murdered—and then her father flees—embarks on a quest to learn the truth and get answers about her parents while coping with Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Parker Adams’ new series gets off to a heart-pounding start with THE LOCK BOX. When safe-cracking specialist Monna Locke is kidnapped—along with her young son—and forced to participate in a dangerous heist by opening the most impenetrable safe ever designed, she’ll need all her skills Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Elizabeth Crowens and I have fun talking about her new historical cozy mystery series. In this inaugural outing, Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles, Asta, the dog from the popular Thin Man series, has vanished, and production for his next film is pending. MGM Studios offers Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Hey, you guys—listen to Tim Maleeny’s keen insight into how he crafts a top-notch thriller. Tim’s latest book in the PI Cape Weathers series, HANGING THE DEVIL, has it all: an art heist in San Francisco’s Chinatown that goes sideways—filled with comedy, crime, adrenaline, heart Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Wendall Thomas’ Cyd Redondo series is part mystery, part adventure, part madcap comedy—and part a serious look at environmental issues and at the cruelty of animal smuggling. Wendall and I share a lot of laughs talking about Cyd’s fourth outing, CHEAP TRILLS: After her mother Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Debut author Lisa Malice on LEST SHE FORGET. In an incredibly tense opening scene, a woman is run off the road during a blizzard. She’s rescued from drowning in icy water, but the accident leaves her with amnesia. Her efforts to track down clues to Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: It’s THE PERFECT STORM meets THE FIRM. My guest is author and environmental lawyer, Joel Burcat, whose newest release, REAP THE WIND, is a ripped-from-tomorrow’s-headlines thriller—lawyers (working at cross-purposes) on a desperate cross-county mission in the middle of a massive climate-change accelerated hurricane. Available wherever Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: The incomparable Hank Phillippi Ryan talks about her newest thriller ONE WRONG WORD. How does Hank get into the heads of her characters and craft such entertaining and mind-blowing plots? If you’ve ever wondered (I sure have!), listen to this week’s Crime Wave podcast. Master Read more…
Wow! The 2024 Left Coast Crime anthology, THE KILLING RAIN is off to the printer. So excited to have a story included with these great authors! Teaser for my story: What would YOU do if your found your ex-husband lying dead on your front porch?