The afternoon session at CSI Portsmouth 2013 began at 2pm on Saturday 2 November, following a highly successful morning panel session which focused on drugs and drug related crime with crime experts Mick Ellis from Hampshire Police and Dr Alex Allan a forensic toxicologist from Triple A Forensics along with myself as crime author and moderator and crime author Kerry Wilkinson.…

Enlightened Ones is a fiction novel that depicts the struggles of a group of people living within a cult and the life of a young girl that joins the cult to escape her dysfunctional family.

Lacey Reah is proud to announce the recent release of her novel Enlightened Ones. Enlightened Ones is a fiction novel that depicts the struggles of a group of people living within a cult and the life of a young girl that joins the cult to escape her dysfunctional family. The compelling…

Welcome to Harmony is a middle grade fiction novel that explores a young boy’s struggle to make friends in a new town while coping with the physical condition of becoming a werewolf.

Dan Trumpis is proud to announce the recent release of his novel Welcome to Harmony.  Welcome to Harmony is a middle grade fiction novel that explores a young boy’s struggle to make friends in a new town while coping with the physical condition of becoming a werewolf.  The compelling book…

In celebration of the 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY since the first published Emily Stone Thriller, I’ve just released the EMILY STONE THRILLERS Boxed Set.  I’m very excited to offer this to readers.  It includes the…

Over 130 people gathered at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on a blustery day, punctuated by the occasional shower, on Saturday 2 November to listen to two panels of crime authors, crime experts and police debate crime fiction and crime fact. It was great to see so many people there and to welcome back those who had attended the previous CSI Portsmouth events.…

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Five years ago, Harmon Colt, was a Los Angeles executive chef on the fast track to super-stardom. But a life changing incident made him never want to step in to the kitchen again. Now, Colt is a private investigator specializing in investigations for the food and hospitality industry.

    When restaurateur Paul Falsetti asks Colt to look in to the disappearance of his hostess and head waitress Zoe Hamilton, it looks like an easy way for Colt to make some easy money.

     But is…

From R. Barri Flowers, the bestselling author of the young adult vampire novel, COUNT DRACULA'S TEENAGE DAUGHTER, comes the exciting 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…

Despite my almost unnatural love for the thriller – especially the spy thriller – my favorite novel of all time is actually Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  It is, in my humble opinion, the most highly original and genuinely terrifying story I have ever read.  Bram Stoker has brought into the public consciousness a character so confounding, erudite, and manly in the classical sense,…

Soho Crime gave away copies of Stuart Neville’s Ratlines during Bouchercon 2012. I apparently had something more important to do—the hotel bar may have been involved—and I missed out. Consider this another argument against drinking; Ratlines is a great book.

 In 1963 the United States’ first Irish and first Catholic president—John Kennedy—visited Ireland, the first visit of an American president in Irish history. Many of Kennedy’s advisors…

The following will appear in the November 15 edition of Booklist:

King has created vividly drawn characters, a plot the late Elmore Leonard would appreciate, and dialogue that hits all the right notes. His Penns River recalls K.C. Constantine’s wonderfully rendered Rocksburg, another struggling, soulful Pennsylvania mill town. But the reclusive Constantine has retired. Let's hope Grind Joint is the first in a new series…

November is ACWA’s membership month.

Australia’s premier organisation for crime, thriller and mystery writers, ACWA, is looking for members AND you don’t have to be an author to join (although our authors are really welcome :) ). Crime readers are being offered free Associate Membership with lots of prizes to be…

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Last week I was invited onto two more more radio stations  to talk about my crime novels following my appearance on the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Solent on 14 October.



On Thursday 24 October at 11am I was delighted to be Tony Smith's guest on Angel Radio, talking about the latest in the…

Hello. I'm looking for mystery & suspense writers to join The Nine Ravens writing group. The group is a face-to-face group meeting in person in Berkeley CA starting in January of 2014. I will be assembling the group and if all goes well we'll have an informal meet and greet in December. Details to be announced. The Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/9ravenswriters ) has detailed information on it, so please stop by and read it…

From Devon Vaughn Archer, the bestselling author of THE HITMAN'S WOMAN and THE SECRETS OF PARADISE BAY, come the audio romantic thriller, DANGER AT EVERY TURN.

When retired FBI forensic psychologist Spencer Berry and his dog break up a scuffle between gang members, in the process of chasing one with a gun, they end up discovering the…

Peter Rozovsky is the curator of the award-winning blog Detectives Beyond Borders, and is among the Bouchercon moderators whose panels are worth attending even if you don’t think you have an interest in the topic. This year he worked double duty: “The Siegfried Line: World War II and Its Offspring” covered crime during wartime and the aftermath of war; “Goodnight, My Angel:…

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Live Twitter Q&A Today with @RBarriFlowers, #bestselling author of #TEEN #GHOST AT DEAD LAKE and COUNT DRACULA'S TEENAGE DAUGHTER, at 4pm, EST, with hashtag #TeenGhostChat

Hope to see you there!

R. Barri Flowers 

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