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Terry Shames

Writing About Serious Issues

By Terry Shames

January 5, 2017

I once asked forensics specialist and author D.P. Lyle what he thought was at the core of criminal behavior. His answer was that most criminals are, in one way or another, trying to save face. Six novels later, I’m still exploring that concept. What is so compelling that it drives a criminal to take someone’s…

An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock: New Excerpt

By Terry Shames

December 21, 2016

An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock by Terry Shames is the 6th book in the Samuel Craddock Mystery series (Available January 3, 2017). When the Jarrett Creek Fire Department is called to douse a blaze on the outskirts of town, they discover a grisly scene: five black young people have been murdered. Newly elected Chief…

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