Nigel Blackwell is my co-author on Fatal Demand and Fatal Error, the new releases in the Jess Kimball Thriller series. Jess Kimball’s pursuit of the Ficarra brothers is a big story and a long one. So I teamed up with my friend, the amazing writer Nigel Blackwell, to bring it to you. Let’s get to […]
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Good News for Jess Kimball: Print Media Isn’t Doomed
If you’ve been following my Jess Kimball Thrillers series, you know Jess Kimball is an investigative journalist for Taboo Magazine. Which is serious business. She pounds the pavement hunting down dangerous criminals, like a modern Italian crime family, and pursuing legal justice as a part of her victims’ rights advocacy missions involved in her stories. But […]
LAST CALL for 2015 — 99 cent sale!
LAST CALL! Fatal Distraction, the Jess Kimball Thriller, is on sale! (99 cents at most retailers but check prices before you download!). If you haven’t read Fatal Distraction, now’s your chance to pick it up for a terrific price. You may want to grab Fatal Enemy, Jess Kimball’s “first in series,” too. Two NEW novels starring […]
How My Plan for an Italian Brothers Novel Was Hijacked
Has 2015 held adventure for you? For me, 2015 was the year I completed a grand adventure I’d planned long ago. Let me explain. First, let’s take a short time travel back to June 2014. You may remember how, in the summer of 2014, we headed off together on a most unusual trip. The project was called Flight […]
An App That Could Save A Child’s Life
Investigative Journalist Jess Kimball’s son was kidnapped ten years ago when he was a toddler. Finding him is her personal obsession, beginning in Fatal Enemy and continuing throughout my two upcoming new releases in the Jess Kimball Thriller Series — Fatal Demand and Fatal Enemy. What kind of resources does Jess Kimball have to help […]
Dominick Dunne’s “Greatest Hits” Online
I hope you have a few hours to kill, because I found Dominick Dunne’s “Greatest Hits” online. I’ve been blogging about investigative reporter Dominick Dunne because of Jess Kimball’s connections to him. He would be something like a mentor to her if he were alive. I’ve also been writing about what it means to be […]
Taking the Spotlight Off the Criminal
In the United States legal system, we arrest criminals, put them in jail, send them to trial, and sentence them. But the path for victims is a lot murkier. That’s why we have formal victims’ rights programs here in the U.S. But unless you’re a victim or work in a legal field, you may not […]
Magazine Investigations: Jess Kimball’s Serious Business
As an investigative reporter for a magazine, Jess Kimball is a serious journalist. Someday, she could even receive a Pulitzer Prize. Who knows? The Pulitzer Prize celebrates excellence and public service in American journalism. In 2014, eligibility for the Pulitzer was expanded to include investigative reporting for print and online magazines. Which is exactly what Jess Kimball […]
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