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A Coroner’s Guide to Writing Autopsy Scenes: Dr. Christina VandePol

The banner shows a modern autopsy table. If your crime book contains an autopsy scene, you want to get it[…]

Please welcome guest author Laura Essay, who will discuss her novel centered on the opioid crisis, and what inspired her[…]

The first time I saw Brian Thiem, he was reading from his novel, Red Line, and I was awed. Not[…]

As you know, I love Vanity Fair. At the back of the magazine is a “Proust Questionnaire” where they ask[…]

A very Happy Memorial Day to those who served, and those who still do~ I’m spread out over the end[…]

It is to my chagrin what whenever I post a photo of my two admittedly adorable Australian Doodles, Seamus and[…]

I was recently at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia, a yearly event I enjoy attending because it[…]

I’m always hunting for a bit of wisdom. Sometimes the right quote will shoot me in the right direction. Or[…]

Whether it’s a bus belching fumes as it rounds a corner, or the sweet scent at the back of a[…]

The place we keep our treasured books varies from reader to writer, providing inspiration and research, but who knew bookshelves[…]