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• ThrillerFest, CraftFest, Master CraftFest Now Open For Registration

  

  THRILLERFEST XI EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Your ThrillerFest team is already hard at work planning for next July's conference where we'll feature 2016... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio Returns With An Interview of Jan Burke by Hank...

  

  Crime and Science Radio returns Saturday 9-12-15 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time with an interview of Jan Burke by Hank Phillippi Ryan Crime and Science Radio:... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• My Post on ITW’s Readers’ Corner in Suspense Magazine

  

  Thanks to John and Shannon Raab I was featured in the International Thriller Writers' Readers Corner in the latest issue of Suspense Magazine. If you don't... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio Returns With Some Great Shows This Fall

  

  After a couple of months off, Jan Burke and I are back with some very fun shows on Crime and Science Radio. I mean, Hank Phillippe Ryan turns the tables on Jan... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Why Did Two Girls Want to Kill For Slender Man?

  

  I previously posted about the Slender Man hoax and how it went viral on the internet and led to the attempted murder of a young girl by two of her friends. The... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Stupid Criminals: Man Attempts to Gnaw Off His Fingerprints

  

  If you have a record or an outstanding warrant or two, you might not want the police to ID you when you're arrested for driving a stolen vehicle. I truly hate... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Meow Meow: The Walking Dead

  

  Meow, Meow. No, not that kind. This kind: A new "club drug" has appeared on the scene. Straight out of India. Meow Meow is also called MCAT, drone, white... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Q and A: Can a Crochet Hook Be Used For Murder?

  

  Q: I'm wanting the victim in my next mystery novel to be murdered with a crochet hook. The attacker and victim would be facing each other. The hook would be... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Getting Rid Of A Body Isn’t Easy

  

  Killers often think that disposing of a corpse is easy. And important. If there is no body surely they can’t be charged with murder. Right? Fortunately,... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The Plague—Yes That Plague—Is Alive and Well

  

  The Black Death. It hit Europe in the mid 1300s and killed millions—-some say 100 million or between 1/3 and 1/2 of Europe’s population. It changed history. It... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Francis Craig: Another Jack The Ripper Candidate?

  

  Perhaps the most famous serial killer of all time is Jack the Ripper. Part of his popularity resides in the fact that he has never been positively identified. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Preacher Killed By Poisonous Snake—-Again.

  

  Mark 16:17-18 (King James Version)17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Fingerprint Toxicology: Your Drug History in Your Prints

  

  When someone takes cocaine, they experience all its effects fairly quickly. Also, the body immediately goes to work destroying the drug. That’s what the body... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Are the Brain’s of Psychopaths Different?

  

  There has been a long running debate on whether those labeled as psychopaths, or sociopaths, have an anatomical, or perhaps a chemical, basis for their... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• THE ASSASSINS: A Great New Thriller From Gayle Lynds

  

  Buy his book now!!My friend Gayle Lynds has a terrific new international thriller out – THE ASSASSINS.  Nelson DeMille says he was hooked on page one. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• RUN TO GROUND Promotion/Sale at iBooks

  

  My third Dub Walker thriller RUN TO GROUND is on sale for a limited time as part of an iBooks promotion. Along with some other excellent books.Check it out:... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• CraftFest Classes and ThrillerFest Panels on CD and MP3

  

  If you missed this year’s ThrillerFest and CraftFest, or maybe you were there but missed some of the classes and panels you wanted to experience, all is not... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• 7-13-15: ITW’s 2015 Honorees

  

  2015 Thriller Award Winners Nelson DeMille, ThrillerMasterKathy Reichs, Literary Silver Bullet AwardBEST HARDCOVER NOVELMegan Abbott – THE FEVER (Little, Brown... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Muscle Proteins and the Time of Death

  

  In any homicide, one the most important things, along with the cause and manner of death, that the ME must determine is the approximate time of death. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Plants, Poisons, and Political Murder

  

  Russian millionaire businessman Alexander Perepilichnyy and Chinese billionaire Long Liyuan might have something in common. A pretty but deadly plant. The... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE