In False Truth 5 Rookie Journalist Jordan Fox gets way more excitement than she wanted when she asked for an assignment in Haiti. Among other things, she found herself clinging onto a man she barely knew, flailing from the back of a motorcycle in the middle of the night. The latest in the Hunt for Truth Serial, False Truth 6: […]
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Authors Support Our Troops 2015
I recently learned about a terrific event and I want to tell you about it because, well, you’ll understand. It’s no secret that I love reading. I’m never without a book (or dozens of books) close at hand. I read everything and I read constantly. I can’t imagine being away from family, friends, and everything […]
The Case Against New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year, one and all!!!! Allow me to be the first to tell you in 2015: I am honored to call each of you my friend. Today I have for you 3 different approaches to New Year’s Resolutions, followed by a toast. Do you create New Year’s Resolutions? Some years I do. Some years […]
First Books Free! On Me! Happy New Year!
Sure, we’re ringing out the old year with Last Call celebrations everywhere. But we mystery fans are big planners, too. For those of us who are planning a Very Mysterious New Year in 2015, raise a glass and bring all your friends because the First One’s On Me! 2015 – The First One’s On Me! […]
Giving Willa A Voice – Jodie Bentley
As a federal judge, Willa Carson of my Hunt for Justice thrillers is never hesitant to make herself heard. That’s why it was so important that I find a strong voice to narrate the audio books Secret Justice and Wasted Justice, starring Willa Carson. When I heard Jodie Bentley’s audition tape, I knew she was the woman […]
Are You A Latent-Lefty, Too?
I’m not left-handed, but lefties are my kindred spirits. Which is one of the reasons Jordan Fox is a lefty. You’re not surprised, are you? Real lefties put up with quite a few inconveniences that we righties hardly ever think about. Spiral notebooks, those awkward school desks with the built-in armrest on the right side, […]
Can Jordan Out-Fox Haitian Kidnappers?
Jordan Fox, 22-year-old television rookie reporter, arrives in Haiti on assignment in my new release False Truth 5: A Jordan Fox Mystery. In Haiti, Jordan learns, life is cheap and crime is rampant. Which means the assignment is dangerously scary. Haiti still has one of the highest rates of kidnapping for ransom in the world. On […]
Debuting my new theme song!
I’ve been working hard on something very different for you. This time, it’s not a book, or even a story of any kind — it’s a theme song! I wanted a song because I thought the women in my books deserved it. They all work relentlessly to win, jumping hurdles and dodging bad guys along […]
A Thanksgiving Poem from a Thriller Writer
Dear Friends, Normally I write with intrigue and thrill, But today I decided I’d sit back and chill And take a moment to appreciate you Be thankful, relax, and have pumpkin pie, too. It’s Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. of A. Since 1863, a National Holiday A perfect time to catch up on my reading […]
Name Your Favorite Underdog for a Prize!
I was thinking lately about some themes that all my books have in common (besides the mystery/thriller element of course!) and came to the conclusion that all my books are, in some way, about the underdog prevailing. In the Hunt for Jack Reacher books, the idea is that Jack Reacher is HUGE and FBI Special […]
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