People often ask me which aspects of my varied careers in journalism, diplomacy, and academia have served me best in my current foray into crime fiction writing. All contributed plenty, of course. But looking back, I’d say that during eleven years as a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service, I learned quite a few…
On April 11, 1963, a six-year-old boy named Wim Slee went missing from Voorburg, an inland town in the south of the Netherlands. Immediately, authorities began searching the area. Police dogs traced a scent to a spot on the bank of the Vliet canal, an ancient waterway originally dug by the Romans that ran through…
The indignities of age just keep getting heaped upon the shoulders of our hero, the intrepid, incorruptible Russian police detective Arkady Renko. In his professional life, he’s been forced into a pointless desk job by his politically ambitious boss. In his personal life, his longtime lover Tatiana Petrovna has chosen her career as an investigative…
This fourth installment of the K-Team series finds our private investigators continuing their work looking into cold cases for the Paterson Police Department. Former police officer Corey Douglas—whose retired K9 unit dog Simon Garfunkel gives the squad its name—has his eye on one case in particular. The human members of his team all agree that…
Mysteries featuring historical figures shed light on the times in which they lived. It’s a bonus when the setting is a gorgeous destination. Welcome to Newport, Rhode Island, July 1900. Edwin and Elizabeth Morgan are summering at their Grecian-inspired summer cottage, Beacon Rock, a stunningly beautiful mansion. Emmaline (Emma) Cross and her fiancé, Derrick Andrews,…
