Book Review: A COMMON EVIL by Billy Ray Chitwood
Not only do I write mysteries but I love reading them, too, especially the ones that take me to new places. This week’s book review is of A COMMON EVIL GO → The post Book Review: A COMMON EVIL by Billy...
View ArticleAn Excellent Liar
Big lies, white, lies, pretty little lies–Acapulco Detective Emilia Cruz is an expert at all of them. But in the Emilia Cruz police procedural mystery series, she hardly ever lies GO → The post An...
View ArticleThe Last Narco’s Last Supper
Whatever happened to El Chapo? After his arrest and imprisonment last February, the notorious leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel faded from the headlines. Not completely. El Chapo Guzman inspired the...
View ArticleLocating the Emilia Cruz Mystery Series
Spenser has all of Boston to roam through, solving mysteries with Hawk at his side and meeting Susan later for dinner at Locke-Ober. Wallander has Sweden’s fog and gloom to GO → The post Locating the...
View ArticleBoxing Up a Mystery Series
She came back a moment later with a box decorated in the traditional rayada carved lacquer technique. It was the size of a loaf of bread and the bottom was GO → The post Boxing Up a Mystery Series...
View ArticleLittle Silver Miracles
I’ve been thinking about visual inspiration lately, as I tackle KING PESO, the 4th Emilia Cruz mystery. Thankfully, Mexico is replete with visual cues to creativity, from large (the Basilica GO → The...
View ArticleAll the Best Fiction Books Deserve a Podcast
Finally, the Emilia Cruz series is not the exception and the podcast has landed. I had the honor of being interviewed by George Plunkett of ChoseMexicotoRetire.com this week. George asked GO → The post...
View ArticleEntice and Enlighten
Did you hear the recent radio ad from McDonald’s touting their fish sandwich with “homemade” tartar sauce? Just whose home was it made in? And given the millions of fish GO → The post Entice and...
View ArticleFilm Rights to Acapulco Mystery Series Acquired by Screenwriter
I am thrilled to announce, after weeks of negotiations between lawyers, that a contract for the film rights to the Emilia Cruz mystery series has been inked. Screenwriter and director Emily GO → The...
View Article10 Ways to Get a Clue
How many moving parts does it take to build a mystery novel? Do you want the short answer? (lots) Or the long answer? (lots and lots) Building Blocks Now, I’m not whining GO → The post 10 Ways to Get a...
View ArticleBook Review: The Garden of Dead Dreams
Etta Lawrence has staked everything on a year at a prestigious writing academy in the rainy Oregon woods. But truth be told, she’s an indifferent writer. She’s also distracted by GO → The post Book...
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Reshaping the Acapulco Skyline
[amazon asin=B00LCPG8PI&template=add to cart]Acapulco has alot to offer: beautiful beaches, water sports, cliff divers, iconic skyscrapers, swimming with the dolphins. Get off the beaten path and...
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Book Review: A Death in the Family by Michael Stanley
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY by Michael Stanley is a deeply authentic visit to Botswana, hosted by Detective David “Kubu” Bengu of the country’s Criminal Investigation Division. The novel stands alone but if...
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Author to Author with British Mystery Writer M.A. Comley
British author M.A. Comley is here to talk about her multiple mystery series. Her latest book IN PLAIN SIGHT, 3rd in the DI Hero Nelson series, came out last week and quickly shot to the top of...
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When Detective Emilia Cruz Meets Santa Muerte
Every Detective Emilia Cruz novel uses unique aspects of Mexican culture to create crimes and situations that would not be possible anywhere else. In PACIFIC REAPER, Emilia confronts the cult of Santa...
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New Release! PACIFIC REAPER, the New Detective Emilia Cruz Novel
New release! Detective Emilia Cruz goes up against the cult of Santa Muerte, Mexico’s forbidden saint of death in PACIFIC REAPER, the 5th novel in the series set in Acapulco. Without giving anything...
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What Happened to the Jesse Stone Mystery Series?
When mystery author Robert B. Parker passed away, I mourned the end of the Spenser and Jesse Stone mystery series, as well as his Westerns featuring the enigmatic Virgil Cole. Sunny Randall, not so...
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Author to Author with Brian Stoddart
I’m thrilled to host mystery author Brian Stoddart, creator of the Superintendent Le Fanu historical series set in India in the 1920’s. Think Sherlock Holmes meets The Jewel in the Crown, with a bit...
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Author to Author with Susan Spann
I’m thrilled to host Susan Spann, author of the Hiro Hattori mystery series. Even if you don’t like sushi, you’ll be riveted by this series featuring a ninja warrior in medieval Japan. 1 Carmen...
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Gripping Audible Mystery Series Flies You to Acapulco
The first four books in the Detective Emilia Cruz series set in Acapulco are all available on Audible from Tantor Media! The books are narrated by the fabulous Johanna Parker, who also voiced the...
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