While FBI Special Agent Kim Otto currently lives in Detroit, Michigan, her hometown is actually in Frankemuth, Wisconsin. Have you heard of it? Technically, your correct answer should be no… because Frankenmuth, Wisconsin, doesn’t exist. There is, however, a real town called Frankenmuth, Michigan — and that’s where I got the inspiration for Otto’s home town. […]
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Why Using Public Wi-Fi Is A Bad Idea
Are you traveling this holiday season? If so, be careful when it comes to using public W-Fi networks. FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar of my Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller Series have layers upon layers of security surrounding their wireless devices. Only the most determined hackers can penetrate them. Which is why Otto worries slightly […]
Child & Capri Better Together: #MidnightLine and #JacktheReaper Contest!
“Intricate and Ingenious. Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” Lee Child, #1 World-Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers Is Reacher dead or alive? Jack the Reaper, the new release in my Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller Series, is available now! FBI Agents Otto and Gaspar pick up where Lee Child’s “The Hard Way” leaves […]
Q&A with Diane Capri about Thrills, Suspense, and the Writing Process
Now this is something that will make a writer’s day… An article about me was published in The Big Thrill magazine, calling me a “Powerhouse Novelist.” Pretty cool, huh? And I’m in great company, along with names like Nelson DeMille, Sue Grafton, Jeff Abbott, J. T. Ellison, Kyle Mills, Mark Pryor, and Debra Webb. The Big Thrill is the magazine of […]
New Technology Could Help Solve Kidnappings
Did you hear about the new technological development in fingerprints? This one specifically involves infants. Fingerprints are extremely helpful for solving crimes, and that’s often the reason I research and write about them — both in my books and here on my blog. For example, in my novel Due Justice, investigators dust a doorknob for fingerprints […]
Are You a SuperReader? (Lee Child is!)
I’ve always been a reader, of course. Since I was a child. Mom was a reader, and she passed that love of books on to me. I’ve never actually counted. But I probably consume more than 100,000 words a day, between keeping up on my email, social media, news sources, researching the book I’m currently […]
What Happens If Lightning Strikes A Plane?
Hurricane Season is officially underway in Florida. But this doesn’t just mean hurricanes. In Florida, afternoon thunderstorms occur more days than not during the summer. Our favorite judge, Judge Willa Carson, lives in Tampa, which is called the lightning capital of the country. She doesn’t have to travel for work often, but she enjoys traveling. […]
Invisible Dangers
Do you think we realize just how debilitating hacking can be? For readers like my friend, Lee Child, who smile at FBI Special Agent Kim Otto’s constant vigilance, here’s a real life story that supports her behavior. In October of 2016, hackers took down the 911 emergency phone system throughout parts of the U.S. The […]
Music in Michigan: It’s More Than Motown
As an author, my career allows me to live the snowbird lifestyle, spending part of my year writing mysteries and thrillers in Florida, and spending summers doing the same in Northern Michigan. It’s not time for snowbirds to flock north just yet, but we’re getting closer. And I’m looking forward to it — I just […]
Air Travel Worst Case Scenarios
Flying commercial is a very safe form of travel, but FBI Special Agent Kim Otto is a nervous flyer. Why? Because she knows things can go wrong and she has no control when they do. Her job on Hunt for Jack Reacher requires air travel almost constantly. What does she do? She feels the fear and does it anyway. Every […]
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