
Why is "normal" good?
Lethal Fetish is now available (via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Pen-L) . And real controversy may be hot on fiction’s heels! The day...

Uncovering Cover Art
The cover art for Lethal Fetish, my upcoming mystery novel in the Riley series features sultry, salacious, even lascivious images. Conor...

1981 = WKRP + 64K RAM + Frogger + Bread Bowls
One of my favorite endeavors in the course of writing is research. I relish digging into maps, photos, magazines, and recordings to...


Pestilence Payback
Murder on the Fly, the second installment of the “Riley the Exterminator” mystery series, is available for pre-ordering at...


Longing to Belong
In Poisoned Justice, I used a murder mystery to walk the line between vengeance and justice—a most difficult philosophical problem. One...


Hard-boiled or Soft-hearted?
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you might not be associating romantic love with crime noir. A reader of POISONED JUSTICE wrote...


Christmas shopping made easy!
Looking for the perfect gift for the lover of mystery, mayhem and maggots? Poisoned Justice was released yesterday! It’s available for...


Uncovering a Cover
According to Thomas Edison, “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” And in my experience writing is about...


A San Francisco Treat
In December, I snuck away for a long weekend in San Francisco to research settings for my next book in the Riley Mystery series. Having...