It’s a pleasure to welcome bestselling author Barbara Nickless to the site. Gone to Darkness, the latest in Barbara’s series featuring Sydney Parnell and her K9 partner, is out now from Thomas & Mercer. Today, Barbara answers the question every author fields at one point or another: why do you write?
Today, I welcome author Margaret Lucke to the site. Margaret’s latest Claire Scanlan Haunted House Mystery, House of Desire, is out now from Oakledge Press. In her guest post, Margaret explains how sometimes characters not only demand to be written, but can take over the (planned) story entirely.
It’s a pleasure to have author Michelle Dunne on the site today. Michelle’s latest, While Nobody Is Watching, is out now from Bad Press Ink, and introduces Corporal Lindsey Ryan, “a born soldier with no choice but to carve a new place in a world that seems to have no real idea what to do with someone like her.”
It’s an honor to have Shamus Award-winning author Paul D. Marks (White Heat) on the site today. Paul’s latest, The Blues Don’t Care, first in the Bobby Saxon series, is out now from Down & Out Books. Today, Paul shares his thoughts about balancing reader entertainment against historical accuracy, particularly when that history involves “things that are offensive and disturbing.”
I’m pleased to welcome Reece Hirsch back to the site today. Hirsch’s latest thriller, Dark Tomorrow, second in the Agent Lisa Tanchik series (Black Nowhere), is out now from Thomas & Mercer. Today, Hirsch shares what it’s like to write a novel about a realistic society-crippling scenario, a massive cyber attack on the United States, only to have another one, the COVID-19 pandemic, happen as your book is published.
Paul Levine’s latest Jake Lassiter legal thriller, Cheater’s Game, a story that incorporates the recent college admissions scandal, is out now (Herald Square). Today, Paul has been kind enough to stop by the site and share an excerpt from the book.
