Based off the crimes made famous by Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, We Were Killers Once by Becky Masterman wonders what if Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were working with a third man—and what if he was still alive… On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter…
Jeremiah Beaufort became my monster while I was thinking of stories for my fourth book in a series with retired FBI agent Brigid Quinn. She adores her late-in-life husband Carlo, an ex-priest. They couldn’t be more different, and she continues to hide her past several years into their marriage. I was talking to my agent…
Becky Masterman, author of the Brigid Quinn mystery series, introduces us to her newest novel, We Were Killers Once. Based off the crimes made famous by Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, We Were Killers Once wonders what if Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were working with a third man — and what if he was…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week is a week of threes! Becky Masterman released the thrilling 3rd installment in the Brigid Quinn series, and Greg…
A Twist of the Knife by Becky Masterman is the 3rd book in the Brigid Quinn series (available March 21, 2017). Ex-FBI agent Brigid Quinn, now happily settled in Tucson, doesn’t visit her family in Florida much. But her former partner on the force, Laura Coleman—a woman whose life she has saved and who has…
Fear the Darkness by Becky Masterman is the second thriller in the Brigid Quinn series about an ex-FBI agent whose niece has some glaring psychopathic tendencies (available January 20, 2015). It’s hard to recognize the devil when his hand is on your shoulder. That’s because a psychopath is just a person before he becomes a…
