Lily Gardner, Author at Criminal Element

A Modern Detective in a Retro Game

By Lily Gardner

March 31, 2016

The detective novel has been around for a long, long, long time. Most of us have read and enjoyed the canon, but now we want something different: a realistic storyline and detectives that feel like real people. Here are a few examples of what works for me.

Betting Blind: New Excerpt

By Lily Gardner

March 28, 2016

Betting Blind by Lily Gardner follows former P.I. Lennox Cooper as she attempts to help a friend avoid a scandal involving blackmail and eventually murder, while uncovering secrets that link to her past and deadly threats (Available March 29, 2016). In the rainy city of Portland, Matilda Bauer has been blackmailing her parole officer, Fulin…