I’m obsessed with “good guys.” You know the ones—they’re actually bad but hiding in plain sight as “good.” “I know there are young men that take advantage of young women and vice versa, but I know for a fact that Brock is not one of those people. He is respectful and caring, talented, and smart…
A lot of research goes into my novels in order to make them believable. Beyond making sure the details are accurate, some of the things I’ve learned are literal lifesavers and some are just plain fascinating. Here's a short list of fun facts I’ve learned over the course of my career, including while researching my…
This week's edition of True Crime Thursday is the first two chapters of The Lost Girls by John Glatt—the chilling account of the three Cleveland women that were kidnapped and imprisoned in a basement for a decade by Ariel Castro. They were held in brutal captivity—and managed to make it out alive. “This is their…
After the Woods by Kim Savage is a thriller that follows the aftermath of a traumatic two-day kidnapping in the woods, and when someone turns up dead in those same woods a year later, the two friends must relive the tragic event (Available February 23, 2016). “Statistically speaking, girls like me don't come back when…
Desperate Measures by Jo Bannister is the 3rd police procedural in the series following Deadly Virtues and Perfect Sins, where Gabriel Ash discovers his kidnapped wife and kids are still alive some four years later and goes to extraordinary lengths to seek justice and save his family (Available December 8, 2015). When Gabriel Ash's wife…
The Short Drop by Matthew FitzSimmons is a debut novel that follows the story of Gibson Vaughn, a legendary hacker and former marine, that works to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of childhood friend Suzanne Lombard from a Pennsylvania convenience store (Available December 1, 2015). A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of…
What You See by Hank Phillippi Ryan is the 4th thriller in the Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan series (available October 27, 2015). Why would a father abduct his own child? A wedding is planned in Jane Ryland's family, but there's a disaster instead. Nine-year-old Gracie-supposed to be the flower girl-has been taken by her…
In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward is a standalone thriller about a 30-year-old kidnapping that is once again relevant today (available September 29, 2015). The deepest secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves in this richly atmospheric, compellingly written, and expertly constructed crime debut from an emerging talent. Derbyshire, 1978: a small town in…
Saving Sophie by Ronald H. Balson is a legal thriller about a Chicago attorney whose daughter is kidnapped and taken prisoner to Palestine (available September 15, 2015). Jack Sommers was just an ordinary attorney from Chicago. That is, until his wife passed away, his young daughter was kidnapped, and he became the main suspect in…
On Track for Murder by Stephen Childs is a 19th Century mystery about an Englishwoman in Australia forced to sleuth her way through a murder that hits close to home (available September 2015). Traveling from England to Australia in the late nineteenth century, Abigail Sergeant and her brother, Bertrand, are looking forward to their new…
