A Welcome Murder by Robin Yocum is set in the gritty Rust Belt town of Steubenville, Ohio, told through the perspectives of five different, deeply memorable characters. Steubenville’s (Ohio) population has been declining since it peaked in 1940. According to Wikipedia, a 2010 census shows the number of residents has decreased faster than any other urban…
When I was the crime reporter at the Columbus Dispatch, I was covering the story of a gang member who had been shot and killed. As I was interviewing a detective in the homicide squad about the case, I asked him if they had any suspects. He said, “We’re looking at a few people, but…
A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum is part coming-of-age story, part cold-case murder mystery set in a small town in Ohio. It is nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. When Travis Baron was just five months old, his mother disappeared. She was last seen jumping from a pleasure boat into the Ohio…
A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum is coming-of-age mystery where young Travis Baron searches for answers about his mother's mysterious disappearance so many years ago (Available April 5, 2016). Amanda Baron died in a boating accident on the Ohio River in 1953. Or, did she? While it was generally accepted that she had died when…
