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June 7, 2012
Thriller Thursday Guest — Author Douglas Wickard
I’m very pleased today to introduce you to a fabulous author Douglas Wickard and his amazing debut novel, A Perfect Husband. Books with kick ass females and unrelenting suspense always gets my attention. Here’s a Thriller Thursday treat…
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Book Synopsis:
My first published novel, A Perfect Husband, introduces Sami Saxton, a normal forty-something year old woman dealing with challenges; a bad marriage, a tarnished career, a mid-life crisis (what else is new?). A simple plan to escape from her...
June 6, 2012
Washington Man Targets Sex Offenders for Murder
I am sure that we all want to see justice done to sex offenders. I have focused several storylines in my novels about those who commit such crimes and the wonderful efforts of law enforcement to get them off the streets.
As many of you know, Emily Stone is a featured character through a series of my books who operates as a vigilante in tracking these predators and collecting the evidence she knows the authorities will need to get a conviction. Unless called upon to defend herself, though, Emil...
June 4, 2012
Crime Fiction Research Imitating Art
We’ve all heard the saying ‘life imitating art’ and it definitely fits some instances. I’d like to think that we’ve only scratched the surface of original fiction stories, but sometimes reality beats us to the punch.
I’m going to take you back a few years, before I wrote my first crime fiction novel Compulsion. I was right smack in the middle of the drama of a sociopathic neighbor harassing me daily, but there were some bright spots. I had written several screenplays and I wanted to get some f...
June 2, 2012
Man Arrested for Murder After Thirty-Seven Years Due to Job Background Check
About a month ago, I published a post about a homeless man in Montana who walked into a police station and admitted to participating in a murder more than two decades ago. This week in Washington, D.C., another cold case finally saw an arrest, this time for a killing that took place in 1975. However, the alleged murderer did not offer himself willingly to the judicial system. He instead got discovered when completing a background check for a job.
Bobby Coley, who is now 63 years old, was told...
May 31, 2012
Thriller Thursday Guest — Author Ashley Fontainne
It’s my favorite day of the week! Well, with exception to Forensic Friday! Today, I have the very talented author Ashley Fontainne with her thriller Zero Balance, the second installment of the Eviscerating the Snake Series. I have chills…
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Book Synopsis:
Nine months ago, I served my own personal brand of punishment on those
that kept their silence when I was raped.
Nine months ago, I was the voice that found justice for a beautiful young life, viciously slain in her prime many years ago, and...
May 30, 2012
California Football Star Cleared of Rape Conviction after Nearly a Decade
While members of law enforcement seem to have more technology at their disposal to help them track down the bad guys and make sure they have the right one in custody, the process of justice is still controlled by humans, and therefore errors are going to occur. The best we can do is minimize any chance for an innocent man to be wrongfully convicted and, if such a verdict is handed down, to make amends as soon as the truth is discovered.
In California, one young man is enjoying new freedom afte...
May 29, 2012
Get Into the Mind with a Psychological Autopsy
One of the most interesting aspects of studying criminal behavior and criminology is finding out why and how criminals commit a specific crime. It is the complicated task of finding out what makes an individual tick by learning more about their criminal pattern of behavior in the process.
Victimology is a common information gathering tool that investigators use to help them to link a perpetrator to a victim that could ultimately solve the crime. Victimology refers to the analysis of the victim...
May 26, 2012
Aloha Serial Killer
When I first began writing crime thrillers and my first book Compulsion, I didn’t immediately envision a series. I was so involved in the story initially and it was a therapy of sorts from my horrible experiences with a sociopathic neighbor that I didn’t think very far ahead. Then, the Emily Stone Thriller Series actually took on a life of its own. Each story seems to be falling into place for the crime-fighting, vigilante heroine. There are many more storylines in the works!
My latest book, D...
May 24, 2012
Thriller Thursday Guest — Author Tamera Lawrence
Today’s guest is Mystery Author Tamera Lawrence. If you love mysteries with a paranormal flair, then keep the lights on with The Pond. Trust me you won’t look at dark closets and homemade pies in the same way.
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Book Synopsis:
Twenty-five years have passed since eight-year old Carl Weber drowned in Gray’s Pond, and now one member of the Adam’s family has returned to Kimberton, Pennsylvania, to reside once again in the old mansion. It is time for Mark Adam to revisit his past, and for his wif...
May 23, 2012
Suspect Held in Connection with Missing California Teenager
I am sure there are not many among us whose heart does not sink every time we hear about a missing child. We follow the reports and hope that news soon will come that the boy or girl has been found and is safe. But, unfortunately, the events do not often unfold that way.
In some instances, the parents must try to find solace in finding the person who took their loved one and in being able to provide a final rest to that child. For Sierra Lamar’s family, they believe the first part of that wish...
