Big News: Five Second Editions, One Brand New Book, and a Summer You Won’t Forget If you’ve been waiting for a reason to dive into the world of Elliott Murphy and David Stilley — or revisit it — this is your moment. Between now and the end of July, I’m releasing second editions of all…
Wow – if I actually had a significant crime fiction audience, that being my genre, at least in terms of numbers, because at this stage I consider every single reader significant, anyway, my point is that it’s been too long since my last post. I offer my sincere apologies to anyone who might be bothered…
I have told myself and others that I am fortunate never to suffer from writer’s block. As though I am uniquely fortunate and possibly gifted in that sense, I seem to always be able to put words to paper when I sit down to write. And therein lies the unearthing of my truth – when…
I wrote the Elliott Murphy Series over fifteen years ago. I first published CROSSING OVER in 2007 but re-released the novel in 2022. Meanwhile, I began working on THE LINES WE CROSS in early 2021, and it was published in 2022. THE FINAL CROSS was written in four months and published in July last year.…
I’ve always been a fan of crime procedurals and writers such as John Patterson, David Baldacci, and Lee Child. Don’t worry; I also profoundly appreciate literary writers such as Hemingway. I’m also not too shallow to admit that I enjoy the series Criminal Minds, which revolves around the Behavioral Analysis Unit, which actually exists within…
If I get one question more than others during my brief career thus far as a mystery fiction writer, it would be, “How do you come up with your characters?” In the case of Special Agent in Charge David Stilley, the answer is easy: I know the guy! I haven’t completed any writing courses since…