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PTSD

Q&A with Christina Dodd, Author of Because I’m Watching

By Crime HQ

September 6, 2016

Christina Dodd, author of Because I'm Watching, shares what she's currently reading, some of her favorite fictional sleuths, and writing characters with PTSD in this exclusive Q&A! Describe Because I’m Watching in five words. Best book I've ever written.

After the Woods: New Excerpt

By Kim Savage

February 20, 2016

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…

Fresh Meat: Caught Read-Handed by Terrie Farley Moran

By Laura K. Curtis

July 5, 2015

Caught Read-Handed by Terrie Farley Moran is the second in the Read ’Em and Eat cozy mystery series set in the quirky Florida town of Fort Myers Beach (available July 7, 2015). Sassy and Bridgy are at it again in the second book in Terrie Farley Moran’s mystery series about a café complete with bookshop…

A Commemorative Bouquet of Links for Memorial Day

By Crime HQ

May 25, 2015

For this Memorial Day, we offer our best wishes, deepest thanks, and a commemorative bouquet of military-related links:   Author Joseph Koenig's personal list of the Best Fiction of World War II. “Afghanistan: My Green Zone Symphony,” is a 4-part feature on his deployment by military veteran Weston Ochs, author of the SEAL Team 666,…

Empathy Through Art: Understanding War and PTSD

By Karin Salvalaggio

May 14, 2015

There’s no doubt that experiencing events that are foreign to our daily lives through the eyes of fictional characters is a way of broadening our understanding of the world around us. At times, a well-written novel can open our eyes and hearts to issues better than news reports. T.C. Boyle’s harrowing account of the day-to-day…

Fresh Meat: Trauma by Michael and Daniel Palmer

By Kate Lincoln

May 10, 2015

Trauma by Michael Palmer and Daniel Palmer is a medical thriller about a neurosurgical resident, who, after an awful mistake, retreats home, where her brother's PTSD offers an irresistible medical challenge (available May 12, 2015). Who isn’t captured by the horror of a single error yanking a life off the rails, and not one's own,…

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