by Gayle Lynds Do you have 4:00 a.m. insomnia? I remember when it started for me, a gazillion years ago before my writing career took off and I was furiously writing ad copy, articles, and novels to pay the bills while raising kids and stepkids. The old days, with big old computer and research and...
by Isabella Maldonado How many of us have read great crime novels (or seen TV shows or movies) featuring the romantic exploits of law enforcement officers? Invariably gorgeous, they run from one passionate entanglement to another. I often chuckle when I see these depictions. As I discovered when I...
by Jenny Milchman I used the brackets because even though I’m not fostering a child, this was a serious stretch for me. In fact, taking charge of a human might’ve been easier. I’m the type who weighs in on Medium articles when parents have issues. Kids don’t usually faze me—and when they do, I...
Here’s what we Rogues talked about, researched, and revealed in March… First, Sherry Knowlton took us on a guest blog trip to Botswana. She discussed the process of researching her latest book, Dead on the Delta, which involved safaris, elephants, and lions — oh my! After a year of the pandemic,...
by Lisa Black One afternoon last month I held the hands of a man who had, one night over thirty years ago, raped and murdered both a grown woman and an eleven year old girl. I held them in neither anger nor comfort but as part of my job as a forensic specialist—I was in the courtroom to...
Five of Alma Katsu’s novels combine history with horror or the supernatural, including THE HUNGER (international award winning, Stoker nominated, and one of the best horror novels of all time per NPR) and THE DEEP (Stoker nominated). But her latest book, RED WIDOW, is also her first spy novel,...
by The Real Book Spy Joe Pickett is back! If you follow me on The Real Book Spy, or have ever browsed my Twitter feed, then you likely already know how excited I am about the release of Dark Sky — my Rogue pick for March. I’ve never kept it a secret how much I love CJ Box’s work, or that he’s my...
by Karna Small-Bodman This month marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination attempt on our 40th President, Ronald Reagan…a date that is seared in my memory! My connection began when President Reagan announced his selection of Jim Brady as White House Press Secretary and gave...
A Thumb Print and What Came of It In America, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (Mark Twain, 1835-1910), was the first to introduce fingerprinting into fiction. In his memoir, Life on the Mississippi, he wrote a chapter entitled, “A Thumb Print and What Came of it.” (James R. Osgood & Co.,1883). Twain...
Well, not entirely kidding. There were (surprisingly) some really good things. This month marks a full year of quarantining for many of us who didn’t have to leave home to work. We are grateful, John and I, to have been able to stay here. Remember last March as the pandemic was just starting to...
