Randy Wayne White created his Florida marine biologist character Doc Ford back in 1990. Twenty some years and nineteen books later, Doc and his pal Tomlinson are recognized as iconic additions to the mystery genre. (The…

My Halloween book signing at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus bookstore was not as successful as expected because Superstorm Sandy prevented my books from arriving in time. We will try again later in the month, so you get a second chance to find the store and visit me.

Meanwhile, my review of Secrets of the Lynx is in The Big Thrill, the newsletter of the International Thriller Writers. Romantic suspense isn’t enough to describe Aimee Thurlo’s latest novel.…

SEDUCED TO KILL IN KAUAI is an erotic suspense novel by crime writer R. Barri Flowers, the bestselling author of MURDER IN MAUI and MURDER IN HONOLULU. Married advertising exec Jack Burke finds his life in paradise turned upside down when he has a passionate affair with a mysterious and beautiful exotic woman who has her own agenda, with…

Check out our review of mystery author Sue Ann Jaffarian's new novel "Hide & Snoop", an interview with Sue, & a chance to win a copy of the book in the new issue of Kings River Life http://kingsriverlife.com/11/03/hide-snoop-by-sue-ann-jaffarian/

Also up this week Part 2 of our series about Agatha Christie…

To be honest, Declan Burke is having a good year. I'm having a good month because of him. Read my interview with the author of Slaughter's Houndhere: 

There's also a review of his new editorial collaboration with John Connolly (Books To Die For), as well as another interview with Dec at the New Mystery Reader web…

My novel Damaged Goods is FREE on Kindle for 4 days. Jack McGuigan posted this 5-star review on Amazon: “l have to say I think this one was your best. However he needs to drop the question and ask her. I think I am in love with Cindy as she is the perfect mate. Good job on this book my friend.” …

Having nothing to do with the Superstorm’s impact, my novel Damaged Goods is available on Kindle for FREE for 5 days.

Anita Cooper was three times a victim. Her father’s death crushed her dreams of college and success. Then her purity was drowned in powerless anxiety, and her virtue crushed by unspeakable humiliation. Rod Mantooth stole both her innocence and her father’s priceless legacy, a secret treasure that could have rebuilt her life. Anita was lost until fate brought her…

I have just uploaded it to Kindle.  It will stay there for 90 days so that I can do a small amount of promotion. Later I'll also put it on Nook for a while.  Nook hasn't performed well for me, but some of my fans own Nooks.

The cover is my own, and the formatting was done by Guido Henkel at G3 Studios.  He is reasonable, good,…

Book Title:   DEATH ON A GALICIAN SHORE

Author:  Domingo Villar

ISBN:   9780349123417

Location:  Spain

Series:   Inspector Leo Caldas

Year of Publication:   2011

Publisher:   Little Brown



Book Synopsis



One misty autumn dawn in a quiet fishing port in northwest Spain, the body of a sailor washes up in the harbour.

 

Detective Inspector Leo Caldas is called in from police headquarters in the nearby city of Vigo to sign off on what appears to be…

Kimberly Black posted this 5-star review of Collateral Damage: “Loved this book...I am a big Hannibal Jones fan! It is a good read and keeps you interested all the way through! Highly recommend! …

Death Lies Beneath, which was published in the UK in July, has now been published in hardcover in the USA by Severn House and is also now available as an e book on Kindle, Nook and Kobo.

Death Lies…

In a recent taekwondo class I was instructing the students in the single bahng mahng ee form. For those of you who can't read Korean, that is the single stick. The form is lengthy and complex. I've told my students many times (and I apologize to the creator of this form) that I think the single stick is boring. Or rather, I have seen too many times boring forms performed by competitors at tournaments. I…