Charles Salzberg is a former magazine journalist who recently turned to a life of crime—fictitiously, of course. His acclaimed Swann series boasts four titles (with a fifth on the way); these include Swann’s Last Song, which was nominated for a Shamus Award, and Swann’s Lake of Despair, which was nominated for two Silver Falchions and…
Michael Kardos is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of the novels The Three-Day Affair and Before He Finds Her, as well as the story collection One Last Good Time. He also wrote the textbook The Art and Craft of Fiction. A native of New Jersey, Kardos now lives with his wife and family in Starkville, Mississippi, where he is the co-chair…
When plotting your books, do you take inspiration from established ghost stories and particular events or weave the story from whole cloth? I make them up! The Broken Girls, for example, started with an idea of a body found in a well. I wanted to know who she was and how she got there, and…
Christi Daugherty has covered crime and murder for years as a newspaper reporter and journalist in cities including Savannah, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. After moving to England nearly 20 years ago, she wrote the internationally bestselling Night School series of thrillers for young adults under the name CJ Daugherty. Her latest, The Echo Killing,…
Sebastian Rotella is the celebrated author of The Convert’s Song and Triple Crossing, which the New York Times Book Review named its favorite debut crime novel and action thriller of 2011; he also authored the non-fiction work, Twilight on the Line, which was a New York Times Notable Book. A senior reporter covering international security issues…
Tracee de Hahn is the author of the Agnes Lüthi Mysteries series, which includes Swiss Vendetta and the recent A Well-Timed Murder. After completing degrees in architecture and European history at the University of Kentucky, she moved to Europe and spent several years in Switzerland. Now, she lives in Virginia with her husband, a Swiss…
Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of thrillers including Numbered Account, Rules of Deception, Rules of Vengeance, Rules of Betrayal, and The Devil’s Banker. The Patriot’s Club won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel in 2006. Reich’s newest, The Take, marks the launch of a new series featuring Simon Riske, a…
C. J. Tudor is the debut novelist of The Chalk Man. Before becoming a full-time writer, she held a variety of jobs that included trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, shop assistant, ad agency copywriter, voiceover artist, and dog walker; in the early ’90s, she was also a television presenter for the show Moviewatch, for which she…
Aimee Hix is a former defense contractor turned mystery writer. Her debut novel, What Doesn’t Kill You (available January 8, 2018), introduces PI Willa Pennington and is set against the shady backdrop of Washington, D.C. It’s the first in a three-book deal with Midnight Ink. Ms. Hix spent two decades as a federal contractor before…
Read this exclusive Q&A with A. J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window, then make sure you're signed in and comment for a chance to win a copy of this electrifying debut psychological thriller! A. J. Finn is the pseudonym of veteran editor Dan Mallory, whose debut novel, The Woman in the Window,…
