Jennifer Chase's Blog, page 36
November 1, 2013
Triple the Thrillers with a Boxed Set!
In celebration of the 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY since the first published Emily Stone Thriller, I’ve just released the EMILY STONE THRILLERS Boxed Set. I’m very excited to offer this to readers. It includes the first three novels in the series with Compulsion, Dead Game, Dark Mind, and a BONUS of an original Emily Stone Short Story and author notes.
I can’t believe that it has been five years since Compulsion was released. I’m so thankful for the opportunity and all the wonderful readers who’ve enjoy...
October 30, 2013
Talk, Text, Take Photos . . . and Stop a Bullet!
Photo courtesy Winter Garden Police Department
Technology is an essential tool in crime prevention and when tracking suspects after a crime is committed. From cell phone records and GPS monitoring to mitochondrial DNA testing and clues left by sloppy posting on social media sites, developments in science and engineering have afforded members of law enforcement tools they could not even have imagined only a decade ago. In my series of novels featuring vigilante crime solver Emily Stone, my prot...
October 26, 2013
Senseless Crime is Even More So When Committed by Children
Photo distributed to media by Ritzer’s family
As an academic of criminal psychology and someone who purposefully tries to put herself in the minds of violent individuals when writing novels, I am exposed to many stories that make you wonder how a person can make choices so beyond the boundaries of the basic connections of humanity. How can a mind be so twisted to cause brutal harm to others? What happened and when to cause such behavior? What warning signs did we miss? When the act of violence...
October 24, 2013
I Took a Walk in a Graveyard at One of California’s Most Haunted Locations
Curiosity persuaded me. Inquisitiveness overpowered me. These feelings called out, or rather screamed out, to my writer’s imagination. I just had to stop and take some photographs of this particular spot at San Miguel Mission, which gave me the opportunity to enjoy one of my favorite activities as a shutterbug. I find that photography compliments my writing skills to a degree because I have to concentrate on what is in the frame. It simplifies a story in my mind and sometimes it adds to a nar...
October 22, 2013
Madison Knight is back! Giveaway with @Carolyn_Arnold
If you haven’t already, meet Madison Knight, the chocolate-loving detective, who is determined to solve murder and find justice for the victims—even if that means coming into contact with the sight of blood.
However, in Found Innocent, the latest release in the series (releasing October 16th!), she doesn’t have to face too messy of a crime scene, at least in one sense. What she does have to deal with is whether or not she’s willing to jeopardize departmental relationships and cross the wall of...
October 19, 2013
Exploring Four Types of Serial Killers
In my Emily Stone Thriller Series, the tough heroine Emily Stonegoes up against ruthless and diabolical serial killers. In Dead Game, Samuel uses his unique signature as a voyeuristic serial killer to commit his crimes. I created Samuel to be a power and control predator and perhaps with a sliver of a hedonistic type of serial killer. In Dark Mind, the serial killer known to readers as Keo has a much different approach that would be considered a mission or visionary type of killer. My latest...
October 14, 2013
The Cops, The Undead, and The Nightmare From Hell
You would think that I would be a horror writer, at least for the most part, but I’ve almost kept my little secret, well a secret. In truth, I enjoy many genres. My primary writing path took me into thrillers and crime fiction and that has been a blast – don’t worry it will continue as long as I can write or that there’s even one more breath in my body.
There has been a little more sinister side to my writing prose. In fact, I would call it a writing adventure into the horror, scary, and even...
October 8, 2013
Curious About the 31 Things Frightening to a Criminologist?
It’s that time again. It’s the scariest month of the year with Halloween fast approaching. The chills are chasing me. I thought I’d keep up with my yearly tradition and post what actually scares a criminologist and crime fiction author. Some things have stayed the same, but I’ve updated a few more scary items.
Just in case you were wondering…
1. People text messaging and surfing the Internet when they drive.
2. Cleaning the cat litter box.
3. Men who wear socks with sandals.
4. People identifying...
October 4, 2013
They Hide Behind a Mask of Normalcy
“Mankind has a natural predator, the psychopath, and this predator is invisible because there are no easily discernible markings that set him apart.”
This quote was taken from, The Trick of the Psychopath’s Trade: Make Us Believe that Evil Comes from Others.
When we hear the word psychopath we envision a creepy, murdering monster, but psychopaths blend into society in ALL walks of life as well as professions. However, these individuals are not ALL serial killers of course, but they do leave a p...
October 1, 2013
The chaos of the crime scene told a story. #Serial #Suspense
THROUGH THE EYES OF ALBERT JOSEPH
Serial Suspense – Episode 4
Police cars encircled the small rural house. Each vehicle parked precariously, but with an underlying plan known to cops. The sound of heavy footsteps of police issue boots moved quickly in and out of the home. More cruisers entered the long dirt driveway, either to assist with the homicide investigation or out of the sheer curiosity of how an eight-year-old boy survived the brutal attack of the home invasion.
Inside the Baker’s house...
