My new crime novel has been unleashed!

The formal launch of "Secrets" took place last Thursday at the Book Nook bookstore in Ludlow, Vt. We sold every copy on hand and even one of "Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula," my first novel. (My next, a time travel tale titled "Never Meant to Be," is available at independent bookstores across the country.)

Many thanks to Scott and Patty at the Book Nook for a great evening. No doubt we'll be doing it again.

If you are interested in historical crime, then the links below will take you to my Roman murder mystery novel.  It is set in 4th Century Britain, on the Roman empire's most northerly boundary.   There are 2 links; the first is for the US and the second for the UK. 

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August is  traditionally a quieter month in terms of speaking engagements for me so it is a chance to get down to some hard graft on the writing front.  I'm running a little behind with the next DI Andy Horton, which will be number eleven in the series, but I am confident that I will make up time in August.



I also have two speaking engagements in August and am delighted to be giving a talk…

This is from an e-mail I received from a fellow author who reviewed "Secrets Can't Be Kept Forever":

"I really enjoyed you novel! It was crisp and well written with a great plot line and the pacing was really good. I wasn't able to format it into MS because it seemed to have some formatting issues so I couldn't make comments on the draft. Geographically, it looked really accurate as well."

Also, a reminder to attend the formal launch at the Book Nook, 136 Main Street, Ludlow,…

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author of THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, comes a gripping new true crime short, KILLERS OF THE LONELY HEARTS: The Story of Serial Killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck.

In this gripping tale of sex, jealousy, con artists, and murder, the author gets to the root…

TARGET OF A KILLER is a crime thriller short by bestselling and prolific author R. Barri Flowers.

When a journalist is targeted for death by a drug kingpin whose operation she had exposed, trying to stay alive becomes a real challenge when not knowing who to trust, with a ruthless killer taking aim.

Included is a bonus short…

I've always been a big fan of NaNoWriMo and admired those who took to the challenge. I never did because November never seemed like a good time to embark on something like--the holidays and shopping and family trips and all that. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it. :)

Anyway, I'm starting work on a new novel and since tomorrow is Aug 1st I thought let's see if I can give this a go. I've got all my preliminary planning…

Congratulations to the winners of my Goodreads book giveaway, and my thanks to the 490 people who entered.



Glen Davis of Yuba City, California, and Lisa Tran of Brampton, Ontario will see their copies of "Secrets Can't Be Kept Forever" in their mailboxes soon.



If you entered and still want a copy, you can: send me $11 at PayPal (Seitzeagle@gmail.com; price includes shipping), or these other options:…

Congratulations to the winners of my Goodreads book giveaway, and my thanks to the 490 people who entered.



Glen Davis of Yuba City, California, and Lisa Tran of Brampton, Ontario will see their copeis of "Secrets Can't Be Kept Forever" in their mailboxes soon.

If you entered and still want a copy, you can: send me $11 at PayPal (Seitzeagle@gmail.com; price includes shipping), or these other options:…

Yesterday gave us perfect bookselling and book signing weather. Both "Secrets Can't Be Kept Forever" and "Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula" did quite well. I hope to be there next year.

Paul Vanotti

paulvanotti@gmail.com

This is one chapter of an unfinished novel set in San Francisco..

They’d planned to be out in four minutes, but the watch strapped over Nick Sotto’s black glove already read twenty seconds past the five minute-mark.  With his back to the wall facing the Grant Avenue door, he swung the short barrel of…

If you're going to be in in or near Woodstock, Vermont tomorrow, I'll be signing "Secrets Can't Be Kept Forever" and "Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

I have been using Facebook to let independent bookstores about my two current novels. A surprising number of them were pleased to hear from me, and especially my publisher's "indepdendent bookstores first" policy. 

Now let's hope the books aren't total train wrecks.

Prostitute Diana Andrews has a business problem, and his name is John Doe.

Available here.…

What is the secret to good crime writing? No one better to ask than a group of Australia's leading crime writers. Their conclusions are fascinating, provocative, often surprising, and they are all drawn from the hard school of personal experience. What pieces of advice do the writers have in common? That there is no substitute for hard work! One tells us there is no such thing as writer's block - "just do it" is a common theme. There is a fun part though: research. The writers could not vary…

It is often difficult to find a new author and one whose novels you think you might enjoy but libraries are a great place for dipping your toe in the water, or rather for letting your fingers do the choosing and there is also a handy little book that can help with that. I came across this when I was appearing at Chichester Library recently with fellow crime…

I love to read two kinds of novels- crime thrillers, supernatural tales and espionage thrillers. But my favorite amongst these three are crime thrillers.Why? Not only because we have some of the best writers in these two categories- Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, James Patterson, Val McDermid, Stieg Larsson, Robert Ludlum, Michael Connolly, Thomas Harris....the list goes on.

But because the main attraction is the darkness in human beings explored in these gritty thrillers. And what…