Out of Bounds has been officially released and is now available in paperback at Amazon and in ebook format at Smashwords. I have also obtained approval by Smashwords for further distribution of the ebook via most of the largest online retailers. This may take a several days. I have listed all currently available links below.

I'm often asked how I research my crime novels and in particular the police procedure and crime scene investigation side of things. I'm not married to a police officer or a former police officer (although I am married to a former fire-fighter) so I don't have inside knowledge except when it comes to fires, burnt bodies and serious road and other incidents which fire fighters attend, and they can all be incorporated into a crime novel, which indeed I have done.

So where do I…

From R. Barri Flowers, the bestselling author of the young adult vampire novel, COUNT DRACULA'S TEENAGE DAUGHTER, comes the exciting audio book two in the Transylvanica High series, OUT FOR BLOOD.

Sixteen-year-old honor student Kula Lockhart is in her second year at Transylvanica High School in Harbor Heights, Michigan. It is one…

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author of legal thrillers, PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE, STATE’S EVIDENCE and JUSTICE SERVED, comes a powerful new legal suspense novel, FRACTURED TRUST: A Renee Steele Legal Mystery.

It is 1982, and assistant prosecuting attorney Renee Steele works for the…

Egomaniac that I am, I publish an annual list of what I thought were the best books I read each year, as if anyone else gives a shit. In 2012 the list contained no female authors. This was a genuine surprise to me when pointed out—I honest to God hadn’t noticed—but it got me to thinking. Since then I have made a conscious…

<a href="http://stephenbrayton.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/coming-soon.jpg"><img src="http://stephenbrayton.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/coming-soon.jpg" alt="coming soon" width="300" height="218" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-773" /></a>This week I wanted to let you know about two upcoming series of blogs to be put into the semi-sort of rotation that I have and to ask for some input into them.

1. Complaints. I believe I saw these on Facebook or maybe somebody…

Deadly Niche Press has, for a limited time, lowered the price of the Kindle and Nook versions of my legal mystery, The Past Never Ends, to 99 cents.

Author and CrimeSpace member Dana King writes in his review of the book, "What makes this book stand out for me is Burnett's deft handling of the courtroom scenes. Don't expect to see Perry Mason breaking down a lying witness. The trial scenes are understated, but riveting, and advance the plot in oblique ways. Burnett trusts his…

On Thursday 13 March I was welcomed by a very lively group of writers at the Chiltern Writers Group, Wendover, UK, where I was pleased to be able to pass on some tips and techniques on writing a novel.

My talk was on the perfect system for planning, researching, plotting and writing a novel. I covered from concept to completion using mind maps, plot lines; developing and keeping track of characters, and factoring in research.…

“I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any change to.”

Yeah...I get this a lot on my documents. I'm tempted to hit Control-Z so it will erase any change I supposedly had made, but that scares me even more.

This truth made me think of note taking and how I change not only…

I'm giving away a free copy of Grind Joint to a random commenter over at my blog,One Bite at a Time. (The comments shouldn't be random; that's just how the winner will be chosen.)

Contest is open through midnight, Sunday March 16.

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author of legal thrillers, PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE, STATE’S EVIDENCE and JUSTICE SERVED, comes a powerful new legal suspense novel, FRACTURED TRUST: A Renee Steele Legal Mystery.

It is 1982, and assistant prosecuting attorney Renee Steele works for the…

Over a hundred people packed the performance hall at Winchester Discovery Centre in Hampshire on Saturday 8 March for CSI Winchester to listen to me and my fellow crime author Natasha Cooper debate crime fiction and crime fact with crime experts from Hampshire Police, Jane Aston, Supervisor Fingerprint Examiner and Carolyn Lovell, Head of Operations for Hampshire Police Crime…

As I hope everyone knows by now, I will be a guest and panelist at 221B Con, the annual Sherlock Holmes convention in Atlanta, Ga. Needless to say, I'll be bringing copies ofSherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula, Never Meant to Be, and Secrets Can't Be Kept Forever.



I see no reason for people who don't want to wait in line for their books to do so. If you like, you can have your copy waiting for you, inscribed and ready for a good…

It's simple, hangover-curing literary lagniappe for the final day of the STRIKE PRICE release party. Just questions.

Why does the Raven Mocker appear? Who employs the assassin?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0991110706

For anyone needing more post-Mardi Gras medicine, here's a line by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. "The road goes on forever and the party never ends."

Laissez le bon temps roulez. Still rolling in NOLA....

Today's the fourth day of the five-day release party for STRIKE PRICE. The Cherokee language and culture informs this thriller, so today's literary lagniappe is a link to a Cherokee-language radio show, part of a comprehensive Cherokee nation website. http://www.cherokee.org/News/RadioShow.aspx

It's the third day of the five-day launch party for the release of energy thriller STRIKE PRICE! Get ready for Mardi Gras--or for those of you in Australia--celebrate now!--and enjoy this book trailer.

http://youtu.be/P-_Iv2YKtkI

LAS

This week there is the chance to win a copy of DI Andy Horton number eight, Death Lies Beneath, which is being offered on the Crime Readers Association (CRA)…

As you watch the Oscars: Jennifer Lawrence is attached to a potential movie about the Marlands, a story told in STRIKE PRICE

http://tinyurl.com/kdva43b

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author of legal thrillers, Persuasive Evidence, State’s Evidence, and Justice Served, comes a gripping new legal suspense novel, Fractured Trust: A Renee Steele Legal Mystery.

It is 1982 and assistant prosecuting attorney Renee Steele…

Celebrate the launch of STRIKE PRICE , the second Lynn Dayton thriller, on Nook & Kindle as well as in print, with literary lagniappe through Wednesday. Here's today's--a featured song from the book, and the English translation.

http://youtu.be/S_Sy5-sOodA

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Durch-den-Monsun-Durch-den-Monsun.html

Best,

L. A.…