This novel is influenced by the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. In this case, Abe Cushman, a former chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, commits suicide when his Ponzi scheme is unvelied. He takes all of his secrets to the grave.

Patrick Lloyd, a young Wall St. advisor to one of the largest Swiss banks is called to the corporate office and ordered to find Lilly Scanlon and the money she manipulated from the bank when she was a corporate officer - this was in relation to the Cushman…

Well, I was going to take lots of notes and quotes while I was reading Carol O'Connell's newest book, The Chalk Girl, so I could write a fabulous post telling you how much I love this…

Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer whose best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Miranda and their two sons Jack and Kit and many of his books happen in Edinburgh as well.…

I joined for a number of reasons.  First of all, to draw your attention to an important subject, which of course sits within the subject matter of much crime-fiction, but sadly... affects so many lives in our day to day reality.  I am currently working with a film maker who will be producing a mainstream TV documentary on Psychopaths.

It will delve deeply into psychopathy both from the viewpoint of victims as well as professionals who have built  an excellent base of…

Book Title:   THE DINOSAUR FEATHER

Author:  Sissel-Jo Gazan

ISBN:   9780857380333

Location:   Denmark

Publisher:   Quercus

Year of Publication:   2011



Biology graduate Anna Bella Nor is just two weeks away from defending her thesis on the origin of birds when her supervisor Lars Helland is found dead in his office, his severed tongue lying on his bloodied shirtfront, a copy of her thesis lying in his lap.



Police Superintendent Soren Marhauge is…

Another incredible week of guests is coming at you this week! Here is the list of guests :

Monday-Jan. 16- James Winter-11am EST

Tuesday-Jan. 17- Whit Howland/Heath Lowrance- 4pm EST

Weds.-Jan. 18- Richard Lutman-12pm EST

Thurs. - Jan. 19-D.P. Lyle- 4pm EST

Friday-Jan. 20- Great Minds Think Aloud -4pm EST          …

Today only: One buck less a penny is all you need to download an anthology of the damned featuring 32 fantastic crime fiction short stories. It's all in Brit Grit Too, edited by one of the best in the biz, Paul D. Brazill.

It's only 99 cents for today,…

Amazon Kindle Best-Selling and trailblazing author Paul D. Brazill has decided to drop the price of his legendary “Brit Grit Too” to $.99 for one day, Monday, January 16, 2012. If you purchase “Brit Grit Too” Trestle Press will match that with any title up to the full purchase price of $4.99 as part of the BOGO sale.

Just email Paul D. Brazill or find him at his…

My guest today is Ryder Islington, whose book, ULTIMATE JUSTICE, is published by the people who produce my Dead Detective Mysteries.

I'm giving away an Amazon gift certificate for one person who comments on Ryder's post, so go to my main blog  HERE and enter for your chance to win.

From now until Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, Trestle Press will be having a BUY-ONE-GET-ONE FREE E-BOOK SALE. All Trestle Press titles (including my…

I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the death of Reginald Hill, a great crime writer and without doubt one of my favourites and the inspiration for my own crime writing career. Although best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe novels I also love his thrillers and his humorous series set in Luton, featuring the black private detective Joe Sixsmith.



I first discovered Reginald Hill in 1978. I was ill and my husband, home on leave from the armed forces, bought A Clubbable…

The new issue of Kings River Life is up and it's again filled with mystery fun!

We have a mystery short story by Herschel Cozine http://kingsriverlife.com/01/14/a-desperate-act-an-original-mystery-short-story/

A review of the TV show "White Collar"…

Starting today, Saturday January 14^th through Sunday, January 22, 2012, Trestle Press will be having a BUY ONE TITLE GET ONE TITLE FREE SALE !!

All of our titles are part of this sale, all of our authors will be participating in it, and all you have to do is when you purchase one of our stories send us the proof of purchase and we will be…

I'm quite a fan of Luc Besson's movies especially the thrillers that he had done early in his career with 'Nikita' and 'Leon'.  I felt that he had not surpassed them since then until now.



My attention was drawn to the movie 'Colombiana' as it had a similar plot line to my debut book Early Memory - a young girl's parents were murdered and she grew up to be an assassin out for revenge against their killers.  I rented it out on DVD and thankfully that's where the similarity…

Earlier this month, I had my palm read at a party by a professional. That is to say, she was hired to read palms at this party. Right away, she had lots to say about my writing - despite my not telling her about it.

Bizarre coincidence or something…

I was captured by Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series from the first book, The Crossing Places (my review) and the second - The Janus Stone. (…

An early post this week as I'll be gone tomorrow.



I just wanted to share how others feel about editing. These comments were gathered after seveal people read another blog pot about editing. I saved my comments for the end.



I've been told that spelling capability, or lack of it, has been proven, in brain studies, to come from a certain small part of the brain. For that reason, I have no judgment about poor spellers, only judgments on the writing itself. I, for one, wish to…