This is a lovely announcement I received recently — the fine folks at Killer Nashville notified me that my novel, Blood Trails, starring Michael Flint and published by the amazing team at Thomas & Mercer, is a finalist in the Thriller category for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards! The purpose of the Killer Nashville Silver […]
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Enter to Win 100 Free eBooks On Goodreads
Mark your calendars for August 22, 2017: That’s when a new Heir Hunter Series book starring Michael Flint, will be available! But starting now, you can enter to win a copy of Trace Evidence. Now through August 21, 2017, my publisher is running a Goodreads giveaway of 100 ebook copies for U.S. customers. Enter for a […]
Can Siblings Have Different Ancestries?
Trace Evidence releases August 22, 2017. The date is coming up quickly! You’ll remember from Blood Trails (the first in the Heir Hunter thriller series) that Michael Flint is a genealogist… sort of. As an heir hunter, he’s much more than a genealogist, often taking his life and the lives of others into his own […]
The Most Unique Corner of Disney (It’s At Epcot)
Did you know there’s a spot at Epcot where you can learn the history of your surname or family name? So, if you’ve ever been to Disney World, you know it has a lot to offer. Did you know there are people who go to Disney 3-4 times a week?? Not per month. Per WEEK. […]
Well this is exciting… Cast your vote!
Vote to Help Blood Trails Win This Award! Well this is exciting… Blood Trails has made the short list for the award for Best Thriller… and You Can Vote! To vote, CLICK HERE. The Silver Falchion Awards are committed to helping readers to share some of their favorite books with new readers. In that vein, and since […]
When Too Much Money is a Problem
Is there such a thing as too much money? Possibly. Say, for example, when you don’t know who the owner is, hmm? That’s the world Michael Flint dives into in my mystery novel Blood Trails. Michael Flint is an Heir Hunter extraordinaire. Flint tracks down people who are heirs to a fortune. Why do these […]
Man Finds $3.7 Million… Where?!
True Story: Major Surprise Comes with Man’s Inherited House In my book Blood Trails, I write about how complicated it can get when there is a fortune to be inherited. In the case of Blood Trails, a fictitious wealthy Texan named Sebastian Shaw hires Flint to find the woman who owns the mineral rights to […]
7 Lessons on Success from Oil Tycoon Pickens
Based on everything I’ve read, T. Boone Pickens is a complicated man. He pursues wealth and then he gives it away — with great generosity. He’s a Republican unafraid to critique members of his own party. He’s an oil driller who fights for environmental causes. And he has a knack for turning losses into gains. He’s […]
Is Illegal Gold More Valuable Than Drugs?
What’s happening with gold in Latin America right now is really interesting to me because it overlaps with the plots of both of my two most recent books — Blood Trails and Deep Cover Jack. So, in Deep Cover Jack, a Hunt for Jack Reacher thriller, one of the questions that comes up is: Why […]
What If You Were in a Helicopter When the Engine Fails?
If you want to write a great action scene, you’ve gotta know something about physics, know someone(s) who does, or be able to figure it out through research. For me, it’s a combination of all three when I write action scenes for my thrillers. One of them happens in Blood Trails, my new thriller novel […]
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