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Want some cake with that wine?

Funny story. So, we talked this week about what Otto and Gaspar would travel with if they had the luxury of using travel gadgets, right? When I was researching travel gadgets, I found lots of devices for taking wine on-the-go. Apparently there’s a high demand for wine among travelers! Then, this showed up as a “Suggested Item” […]

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Why Serialized Novels Are Making A Comeback

The serialized novel. It’s been around since the mid-1700’s, became wildly popular during the Victorian Era thanks to Charles Dickens, and faded from popularity around the time radio became widely available for entertainment. QUIZ! Besides most of Dickens’ major novels including Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, do you know what […]

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Greasy Spoon - Biscuits and Groovy

What’s the best diner in your town?

As we all know from Lee Child’s thrillers, Jack Reacher feels very much at home in a good, greasy diner. FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar of the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series are no strangers to greasy spoons while they’re traveling, either. Diners are underrated, aren’t they? They’re often open late, you don’t […]

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Mojito Recipe

Toasting with a mojito? Yes. Here’s why:

This time last week, many of us were celebrating the 4th of July. What to celebrate today? How about National Mojito Day?? Hmm, I won’t turn down an excuse for a mojito. According to Nashville Lifestyles… “Depending on who you believe, the mojito either came from the Spanish word ‘mojar’, which means to wet, or […]

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FIFA Corruption: Fact AND Fiction

Soccer has become more popular in the U.S. so I wanted to write a thriller surrounding the sport. Many soccer matches are nail-biters, to be sure. But my thrillers, as you know, are all about crimes. Hmmmm…. Research was required. And guess what I found? Corruption within the nonprofit organization in charge of governing international […]

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Ecocapsule

Is Jack Reacher Hiding In An Ecocapsule?

Where is Jack Reacher? It’s a little bit odd that he simply shows up somewhere every fall with no explanation for where he’s been, don’t you think? It took ten years to find Osama Bin Laden, perhaps the most wanted criminal on earth. But even he was living somewhere all that time. He wasn’t on […]

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Sunday Special: The Importance of Body Language

We’ve been talking about body language a bit this week because we all know body language communicates at least as much as words do. As readers, we love words and communication. As mystery readers, we’re fascinated by the hidden meanings. So body language is a natural area of interest for us, and usually a source […]

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Airport Security

Do You Yawn When You Travel?

If so, you may be denied expedited security screening on U.S. flights. How many passengers on Flight 12 were yawners? According to a security document obtained by The Intercept, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration deems exaggerated yawning an indicator that a passenger may be a higher security risk. Other behavioral indicators that make a passenger […]

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Feeling Awkward On Mother’s Day?

Mother’s Day is this weekend in the U.S., and while it’s meant to be an occasion of appreciation for some of the hardest working women in the world, it doesn’t work out that way all the time. For people who have lost mothers, or who have lost children, or have strained relationships, the holiday can be much […]

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Jet Lagged Dog

Saturday Special: All About Jet Lag

Is it really already May? I’ve been back from London for, what, more than a week now? And I think I’ve FINALLY fully recovered from the jet lag. Man, that stuff is no joke! I wrote a bit about air travel earlier this week because I spent two days on airplanes lately and the Flight […]

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