I love these little minions for their honesty! Here’s one of their latest truisms: Are you a cash stasher? I’m not. But if I was, I like to think I’d be a law-abiding cash stasher. As a fiction writer, I do tons of research to make sure every detail in my books is definitely plausible. On […]
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Thwarting Corruption In The Military
There’s no denying it. Corruption exists everywhere, even within the military. It comes up in my Hunt for Jack Reacher thriller Jack and Joe, and it comes up in The Enemy by Lee Child. We can’t zap corruption out completely. It’s part of the human condition. But we can do our best to keep as […]
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 […]
What We Know About the Witness Protection Program
I was telling you this week about victims’ rights, and one of their rights stood out to me as especially compelling — the right to witness protection, if it’s deemed necessary. The witness protection program is shrouded in secrecy. So it got me wondering: what do we actually know about it? We know something similar […]
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 […]
Traveling From Dallas at 200 mph
In my Hunt for Jack Reacher thriller Jack and Joe, FBI Special Agents Otto and Gaspar make a stop in Dallas. Had they needed to go to Houston from there, some recent news would have been advantageous to them: A bullet train is being built that will run between Dallas and Houston. Knowing Agent Carlos Gaspar, […]
Saturday Special: What To Do After Over-Indulging
Did you have a wonderful Thanksgiving? I hope so! Mine was fantastic, but now… Please tell me I’m not the only one who had a second slice of pumpkin pie! It’s times like these that I ask myself, “What would Jess Kimball do?” Easy. She’d go for a run. She’s an investigative journalist, you know. […]
Warm Thanksgiving Wishes from Diane Capri
I’m thinking of you this Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S., and am sending a little court humor your way: Just hoping to make you smile. It’s one way this Thanksgiving that I can give back to YOU, the best readers in the world, for making my job possible. Wishing you many smiles, delightful aromas, […]
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 […]
5 Recent, Weird, and TRUE Pieces of DNA News
As a crime writer, I love DNA to the moon and back. Seriously— DNA is so valuable for clues and evidence in the books I write, I don’t know what I’d do without it. Well, no one would exist without it. But you know what I mean. DNA is frequently the subject of mind-bending news […]
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