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February 28, 2022
Today’s the day! ‘ShadowMan’ is now in bookstores everywhere
The secret of my success as a writer is that I never pick a story I can screw up. “ShadowMan” struck me as such a story. To me, its power was universal stuff like a mother’s anguish, determination, and fear of the dark. I first heard about this case when I was a senior writer…
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February 19, 2022
Win one of 50 ‘ShadowMan’ ebooks at Goodreads!
Do you feel lucky? Berkley is giving away 50 SHADOWMAN ebooks at Goodreads!
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February 9, 2022
Patty Nieman narrates ‘ShadowMan’ audiobook
“I’m an actor by training and a lover of words by nature,” she says. “I want to build the bridge that travels from the author’s intent, through the text, to the reader’s imagination.
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Actress Patty Nieman narrates ‘ShadowMan’ audiobook
“I’m an actor by training and a lover of words by nature,” she says. “I want to build the bridge that travels from the author’s intent, through the text, to the reader’s imagination.
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February 1, 2022
SHADOWMAN: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling
The entangled tales of a harrowing crime and the introduction of the FBI's newest forensic tool: criminal profiling
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January 31, 2022
You’ve Got Mail: A letter that changed everything
Satchell Paige, the great baseball pitcher and philosopher-from-left field, once said, “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” I’ve never been sure what he meant. Do your best right now because somebody better is gonna catch up? Leave your past in the past and focus on the future? Or maybe he meant that…
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January 24, 2022
How many murder victims can you name? Go …
Because you’re here right now, it’s safe to assume you’re fairly conversant in matters of mass- and serial-killing. You know your Mansons from your Bundys, right? Well, it’s Monday and you’ve got a tough week ahead, so here’s something fun—in a macabre sorta way—to distract you from your nasty, binge-watching obsession with “Making a Murderer.”…
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January 12, 2022
Pioneering criminal profiler Howard Teten (1932-2021)
Today, I received word of the passing of Howard Teten, the pioneering criminal profiler who plays a front-and center role in my upcoming true crime book, “ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling.” His death was related to Covid complications. He was 88. Yes, he was a pioneer and pioneers always…
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January 3, 2022
How to recognize a toxic narcissist—and survive
According to the Mayo Clinic, narcissistic personality disorder — related to sociopathy under the umbrella term Antisocial Personality Disorders — is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of…
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December 12, 2021
The Ladder Guy
A long time ago, when my kids were very young, my parents visited for an early December weekend, a rare occasion since I’d moved north with my family. I had already committed to hanging the Christmas lights before the weather turned bitterly cold—which is when I normally seemed to put up my Christmas lights. My…
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