Coronavirus Edition: Free Audiobooks!

How about some free audiobooks while you’re stuck indoors? Well, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve JUST finished re-recording the fourth Ellie Foreman novel with my very favorite narrator Nan McNamara. (She has now recorded 4 of the 5 Ellie Foreman thrillers). I’m delighted with the finished version, and I hope you will be … Read more

The Ghost Village of Tyneham, UK

They call it the Ghost Village. World War Two caused tremendous disruption in Britain—a kind we didn’t see in the States. Several ancient villages were used by the army as training zones for target practice. They included Balsdean in East Sussex, which had a Norman church dating back to the 11th century and was bombed … Read more

Murder on the Quai — The Backstory, with Cara Black & Aimee LeDuc

  Aimée Leduc is a chic, no-nonsense Paris-based PI and heroine of 15 mysteries, by Cara Black, a New York Times bestselling author. In June Cara released Murder on the Quai, a prequel revealing how Aimée first became a detective. Cara has won multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, a Washington Post Book … Read more

The Incidental Spy — Where It Came From

Hi, all. Now that the The Incidental Spy is out in print and ebook, I thought I’d tell you where I got the idea. This segment is part of an interview that I will excerpt all week on the blog. In addition, there’s a summary of wartime spies in the US that you might not know about … Read more