What the World Needs Now
There is no doubt that various groups have been terribly oppressed. This history combined with contemporary politics has produced a...
Pestilence Payback
Murder on the Fly, the second installment of the “Riley the Exterminator” mystery series, is available for pre-ordering at...
Listen Up!
I’ve heard that undergraduates can only communicate in 140 character bursts. But this semester, I have a batch of students in my...
Six-Word Challenge
People have been enjoying the notion of the micro-mystery that I introduced in my last blog posting, so I’m announcing a contest for...
Longing to Belong
In Poisoned Justice, I used a murder mystery to walk the line between vengeance and justice—a most difficult philosophical problem. One...
Hard-boiled or Soft-hearted?
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you might not be associating romantic love with crime noir. A reader of POISONED JUSTICE wrote...
Christmas shopping made easy!
Looking for the perfect gift for the lover of mystery, mayhem and maggots? Poisoned Justice was released yesterday! It’s available for...
Uncovering a Cover
According to Thomas Edison, “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” And in my experience writing is about...
A San Francisco Treat
In December, I snuck away for a long weekend in San Francisco to research settings for my next book in the Riley Mystery series. Having...
Now and Then
As I conduct research for my next mystery book, I’ve been delving into the events that shaped America in 1981. Exploring how life looked...
