Author, Compulsively Readable Thrillers
My new novel, A BITTER VEIL, will be out April 15, and PW has just weighed in. Here’s what they said: “The Iranian revolution provides the backdrop for this meticulously researched, fast-paced stand-alone… Anna Schroder, an English major at the University of Chicago, meets Nouri Samedi, an engineering student at the University of Illinois’s Chicago … Read more
We interrupt the photo journal of Cuba to bring you the great news that DOUBLEBACK, my Georgia Davis thriller that’s set both in Chicago and the Arizona border, is now on AUDIO. Katherine Joan Taylor is the narrator, and she did a fabulous job!! You can get it here and here, and soon, on Overdrive … Read more
For all the yet unpublished mystery writers who yearn to be traditionally published, my former publisher POISONED PEN PRESS has just announced a contest for you. Submit your finished manuscript and possibly win a published contract with them! I can attest to the fact that Poisoned Pen is a great place for an author to … Read more
If you’re a reviewer, we have something you might like. The Top Suspense group, of which I’m a member, along with Max Allan Collins, Bill Crider, Ed Gorman, Lee Goldberg, Vicki Hendricks and more, is publishing our second E-anthology in March. It’s called FAVORITE KILLS and we’re looking for advance reviews by mid to late … Read more
NB: Just wanted to let you know that the response yesterday was so overwhelming that I had to take it off free for the rest of today. I’m very sorry for the inconvenience, and I understand if you’re miffed. Still, to all those who downloaded it yesterday (over 16,000 of you.. ) a sincere THANK … Read more
In my quest to write my way around the genre, I have co-written a cozy mystery novella, THE LAST PAGE, which is set in a library. David J Walker, a fine Chicago author, was my partner in crime. Librarians, take note: We kill the library director. I entered the story into the Amazon Select program … Read more
I am amazed and honored to report that TOXICITY was among the books cited by the Chicago Tribune in their list of favorite 2011 Chicago authors’ books! Here’s the link to the article. Some of my other favorite authors were also listed, including Laura Caldwell, Dave Heinzmann, Jamie Freveletti, Marcus Sakey, all of whom are … Read more
I know, I know… ‘Tis the season for anthologies, and I’ve run across several, which I’ve already told you about. But TALES FROM THE BACKLIST is special. (And not just because my story is the first one… ahem…) It includes 19 stories by a group of us who call ourselves the BackList EBooks group. All … Read more
So it happened! My first Ellie Foreman novel, originally published in 2002, is now (finally) out on audio! You can find it on Audible— the narrator was actress Karyn O’Bryant, and she did a fabulous job. Btw, this all happened through ACX, and I couldn’t be more pleased. As I’ve said a couple of times, I … Read more
If you are one of my 3,400 closest friends, you’ve already received this. But, if you trashed it instead of reading it (no, I’m not offended), or if you’re not in my Address Book (a situation about which you may be quite satisfied), I thought I’d reprint it anyway. This is what’s going down in … Read more