Just in time for the Beach! My award-winning New Orleans crime thriller, ABSOLUTION, will be free for two days on Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21. A serial killer preys on young women in New Orleans, where everyone has something to hide ...

Best Mystery-Suspense-Thriller of 2009 -- The Premier Book Awards

"Relentless tempo ... sharp writing." -- Kirkus Discoveries

"A killer thriller!" -- Jan Herman, Arts Journal

"Creole-flavored suspense!" -- The Sun…

If you like Stephen King inspired, existential noir, this might be the "short" for you...

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Night Corridor - Kindle/Paperback - Amazon, B&N

“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.” -Willa Cather



We’re told to write with passion or write from the heart, and while this is good advice, I take it…

We’ve all heard the saying ‘life imitating art’ and it definitely fits some instances.  I’d like to think that we’ve only scratched the surface of original fiction stories, but sometimes reality beats us to the punch.

I’m going to take you back a few years, before I wrote my first crime fiction novel…

In his drug war novel Roll Call, Glenn Langohr illustrates how the U.S. has made drugs more desirable by making them taboo, which has increased the demand for them, throwing gasoline on Mexican cartel wars, along with breeding gangs in California's prisons.…

One of the most interesting aspects of studying criminal behavior and criminology is finding out why and how criminals commit a specific crime.  It is the complicated task of finding out what makes an individual tick by learning more about their criminal pattern of behavior in the process.…

I'm thrilled to announce the third release in my Sloane Monroe series, I Have a Secret. …

It is often thought that police forensics has been a relatively new contribution to interpreting, reconstructing, and solving crimes in our society.  Quite the contrary, police forensics, or more accurately described as forensic science, has been a part of history for more than a hundred…

Karen Bonvillain Bull re-edited her first book, content, and had me design a new cover for it.  The new cover is a more appropriate one for the subject matter.  Karen and I started a publications business: Southern Oaks Publishing.  If you require assistance with proof reading, formatting for printed and digital books and cover designs, please contact us at SouthernOaksPublishing at hotmail.com.…

Calling all CSI lovers out there, I’ve got a challenge for you.

I love finding interesting tidbits and fun facts when I’m researching for my books.  I came across a ten-question quiz related to crime.  I or should I say, Emily Stone missed one – number #9.

These are actually tough.  Try your luck and see how well you know crime history.  I’ve posted the answers at the…

It’s no secret that my primary interest is in the mind of a criminal – more specifically, the mind of a serial killer as well as the behavioral aspects of a crime scene.

My latest crime thriller Dark Mind delves deeper into the psyche of a serial killer known only as Keo to readers until his identity is…

Writing crime fiction is a passion and I enjoy every aspect of creating a story – even research and rewrites.  It’s wonderful when readers take the time to comment or leave a review of…

There are forensic scientists discovering and applying new scientific techniques to help solve new cases and uncovering clues in cold…

I’ve wanted to be a published author since I was a little girl. Like most girls my age, I read every Judy Bolton and Nancy Drew mystery; they were among my most prized possessions. When I was ten years old, I submitted a poem I’d written to my Sunday school magazine. I can still remember how thrilled I was when I saw my name printed under the title. My first byline! Now, many years later (no need to tell how many), I feel…

Research doesn’t have to be like a rabid animal trying to take a bite out of your backside.  Make peace with it; in fact, make best friends with it.

Research is Phase Two of my outlining stage.  I consider myself lucky because I love to conduct research.  Let’s face it, you can learn something that you didn’t know when you woke up that morning.  How cool is that?

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