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Can Personality Help Track Down Ancestors?

My new release, Blood Trails, deals with the subject of DNA. The series stars Michael Flint, Heir Hunter. You’ve heard of ancestry.com, right? The website traces relatives, finding connections to people you didn’t know existed or — in the mind of this mystery writer — people who have gone missing. My new Heir Hunter series works […]

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Meet the Heir Hunter of Last Resort: Michael Flint

Today is the day you can officially meet Michael Flint, Heir Hunter of Last Resort. Michael Flint is the star of Blood Trails, the first in my new Heir Hunter thriller series published by Thomas and Mercer, officially released today! Blood Trails is available NOW in ebook, paperback, and audiobook from Amazon!!! Order the eBook Order […]

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From Fiction to Nonfiction and Back Again

I grew up a voracious reader. As a child, I read everything (and still do!). But my favorite was fiction. Especially mystery/suspense/thriller. When I worked as an attorney, I not only did more than my fair share of reading, but of course wrote lots of papers. Legal stuff. All nonfiction, of course. When the tides […]

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Now You Can Listen to the 4th Hunt for Reacher Novel

When my thriller Deep Cover Jack released on September 1, 2016, it was available in paperback and e-book format. Now, in addition, it’s available from Audible! Deep Cover Jack is novel #4 in the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series. It’s 7 hours and 39 minutes long on audiobook. In the thrilling follow-up to the ITW Thriller […]

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Cover Your Laptop Cameras… Hackers Can Peer In!

Technology… is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. – Carrie Snow, comedian Carrie Snow is right on the money with this observation about technology. We love it and we hate it, don’t we? I’m thinking specifically today about cameras. The […]

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Inside Human Trafficking: Part 2

As I planned, researched, and wrote Deep Cover Jack, it quickly became clear that we’d be dealing with some pretty heavy topics in this book. That’s often the case when writing thrillers, but this newest Hunt for Jack Reacher thriller required research on human trafficking. In Part 1 of this blog, I told you some […]

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BLOOD TRAILS Now Available for Pre-Order!

I’m thrilled to announce to you today that the first book in my new Heir Hunter Series is now available for pre-order! Michael Flint, the star of Blood Trails, makes a big promise — that he can find anyone, anytime, anywhere — dead or alive. How would you go about finding Laura Oakwood, a woman […]

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Gold Smuggling

Gold Smuggling Running Rampant…

“It’s not insane. Lots of people do it. Gold investing’s not just for billionaires and crazy survivalists, you know.” –Deep Cover Jack by Diane Capri It’s true. Lots of people invest in gold. (Here, I explain why.) It’s especially popular in India, where gold is not only an investment but also is culturally important. In 2009, India […]

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7 Quotes for DEEP COVER JACK Release Day

Deep Cover Jack releases today and tomorrow (September 1 and 2, 2016)! This is the 4th novel (and 7th book) in the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series. Are you superstitious? Do you think 7 is a lucky number? There are 7 days of the week. Snow White had 7 dwarves. There are 7 notes in […]

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Dangerous Games of The Night Manager

Have you seen or read The Night Manager? It gave me a lot of dramatic insight into one of the topics touched on in my thriller Deep Cover Jack: arms dealing. The six-hour miniseries is based on the novel by John le Carré. The Night Manager was a thrill to watch and is nominated for […]

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