I’m currently hard at work getting the next Michael Flint novel ready for you – Ground Truth, which releases June 20th! To get you excited about this next thrilling installment to the Flint series, I wanted to share some fun research tidbits I came across. A rather big scene in Ground Truth was largely inspired by Hell […]
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Are genealogy sites an invasion of privacy?
There has been some controversy recently, claiming that ancestry sites don’t protect users’ privacy when they submit DNA samples. The complaints claim that the websites keep the DNA on file and will use it for various purposes — such as in answer to a subpoena or if there’s a warrant to search when authorities are […]
Lone Star Jack Available Now!
NEW RELEASE! FBI Special Agent Kim Otto picks up where Lee Child’s Echo Burning leaves off in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. Impatient with FBI Special Agent Kim Otto’s lack of progress, her boss seeks to show her how it’s done. Cooper drags Otto to Dallas where he sets a trap to lure […]
Lone Star Jack: Don’t Mess With a Dangerous Mob Boss
In Lone Star Jack, we meet Cesar Baez, a second generation gangster. The son of a mob boss. A greedy man cursed with intelligence, wealth, and absolutely no conscience. A lethal combination. My research in creating this complex villain brought me to some interesting findings. From 1929 to 1941, an organized crime group known as Murder, […]
Where are you traveling this summer? Take these books with you!
Like many of you, our travel has been restricted by the global pandemic for the past couple of years. My favorite way to “armchair travel” is, of course, reading a great book! But recently, we decided to take a little road trip to one of our favorite places — Canada. We drove from Traverse City, […]
#Blood Trails and #Bacon
So one of my friends is a hunter for sport. And one of the things he hunts is wild boar. Which is interesting, because wild hogs also play a role in Blood Trails the first book in my Michael Flint Heir Hunter Series. (More about how hogs feature in this action thriller here.) Anyway, this […]
Michael Flint Does the Impossible
Why hire an heir hunter when you can go to ancestry.com — or one of the many other online genealogy services out there? Frankly, because sometimes cases are just way too bizarre to be understood by a computer search. Michael Flint would know. He’s an heir hunter, and the star of my thriller Blood Trails. […]
Have You Entered Our Goodreads Giveaway?
I wanted to share a bit of the research that went into writing this story. Last weekend was Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrating 70 years on the throne. That’s a long time to serve or to remain in any job, for sure. I can’t quite imagine being in the public eye for 70 years! I […]
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