Deborah Crombie is a familiar name among fans of police procedural novels. A native of Texas, she lived in England for several years and the Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series is a result of her British life experience. As a three-time Macavity Award winner and an Edgar Award nominee, her novels have got attention by New York Times and LA Time and one of her books…

I’ll be signing my novels for literate students at Northern Virginia Community College. The bookstore on their Annandale Campus will host me but you don’t have to be a student to stop by and get your autographed novels. The store is on the 2nd floor of the CA Building, 8333 Little River Tpke in Annandale, VA from 11am to 3pm.

 Make a note in your diary for this fantastic event on Saturday 3 November 2012 where you can meet and mingle with top selling crime authors and top forensic crime experts; hear how the authors write their popular crime novels, find out how much they draw on real life experiences and experts, learn about what really happens at a crime scene, and how an investigation is worked, discover what forensic experts do, see how the fingerprint bureau works,…

Book Title:   THE STRANGER YOU SEEK

Author:  Amanda Kyle Williams

ISBN:   9780755384174

Publisher:   Headline

Year of Publication:   2011



In the sweltering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer is pushing the city to its breaking point, preying on the unsuspecting, writing taunting letters to the media, promising more death. Desperate to stop the Wishbone Killer before another victim meets a shattering end, A.P.D. lieutenant Aaron Rauser turns to the one person he…

Swedish Crime Fiction would not have been what it is today without Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. A common-law wife and husband team of detective writers from Sweden, they conceived and wrote a series of ten novels (police procedurals) about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the national police in which the character of Martin…

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For today only, I've put up my long story THE VALLEY OF ANGUSTIAS as a free Kindle for your Kindle machine or Kindle app. Grab a copy and let me know what you think.

A Room Full of Bones is the newly released fourth book in Elly Griffith'sRuth Galloway series.

Ruth is a forensic archaeologist in England. She's been called in to a local museum to oversee the opening…

Are you ready for something really different in an adventure thriller?  How about rogue assassins, demons, and immortal master villains?  You’ll find all that and more in DELIVERANCE: MORTAL PATH BOOK 3, the latest installment of the thrill-soaked series by Dakota Banks.  My review of this delicious novel is in this month’s issue of The Big Thrill, the newsletter of the International Thriller Writers.…

I had a great time, and saw lots of old friends at this year’s Bay to Ocean writers conference. Both the classes I gave were popular – one overflowed the room and several people had to be turned away. I also had a chance to critique three surprisingly good manuscripts from new authors who will be going somewhere. Trust me. All in all, another great experience.

Also I’ve been asked to speak at the Maryland Writers’ Association – Annapolis Chapter meeting on May 16. The meeting…

If you’re looking for the ultimate beach read, you should treat yourself to Debbi Mack’s newest crime novel. Riptide is so riveting you might forget to turn over, but the pace is so hot you’ll want to dive in to cool down!

The action takes place in Ocean City MD, where lawyer “Sam”McRae must defend a friend accused of murder. The search for evidence to clear her friend’s name…

Just received a lovely email from the CEO of the Greater Victoria Public Library. She wrote: "Well, my name FINALLY came up on the holds list and I just read ‘Switch’ over the weekend. Wow – what a page-turner! I have to tell you, from the very first page I was hooked! You are an amazing writer and I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your book. It was on a limited loan period because of the number of holds waiting, so I have to admit, I was worried that I might not have time to…

Woman with Birthmark (or in Swedish "Kvinna med födelsemärke") is a 1996 novel by Håkan Nesser, which won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in the same year.…

The new issue of Kings River Life is filled with fun stuff! We continue our On the Road to Left Coast Crime 2012 series with an interview with mystery author D.P. Lyle, a review of his latest "Royal Pains" book and his non-fiction book "More Forensics & Fiction" and you can enter for a chance to win a copy of the "Royal Pains" book called "Sick Rick" http://kingsriverlife.com/03/10/d-p-lyle-interview-lcc/

We also…

Dawnette Knight was obsessed with Michael Douglas. She claims to have met the actor in 2002 at a party in Florida. She knew he was married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, and she didn't like it. Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in  2003 for her role in "Chicago," became her hated enemy.

Between January 2003 and May 2004, Knight sent 19 threatening letters to Zeta-Jones, describing what would happen to her. One said she would be chopped into pieces "like Sharon…

Check out my Editing SECRETS

 Tips for The three levels of Editing... structural, line and word. I developed an easy to follow recipe… Always start with the BIG picture of your story with a structural edit.Then work your way down to line editing and finally word editing ... My EDITING article PUBLISHED in a Print…

My blog last week focused on the pluses and minuses of self-publishing and several of you offered insightful comments.  The conversation continues today on Another Writers Life – http://ascamacho.blogspot.com

Whether you’re a plotter or a pantser your story, from the moment you have an idea, your book will go through several evolutionary changes. Make note of those changes because they will help you in subsequent endeavors.

I’d like to discuss the evolutionary stages of my book, Beta, and perhaps looking at the process, you may find something to help you with your stories.

Beta was supposed to be the sequel. The first, Alpha, I wrote in the…

Here is a list of articles about my writing and the DI Horton series and my thrillers in response to questions often posed by readers.  Follow the links through to the articles on my website.…