The Top Summer Reads of 2023 Here are the top reads for the summer of 2023.   The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard (Blackstone Publishing) Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly Press) Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper (Mulholland Book) A Killer’s Game by Isabella Maldonado (Thomas & Mercer) COME CLOSER by […]

Top Ten Anti-Heroes in Crime Novels, Film and Television    As a crime writer, I have always been drawn to the dark sides of the mind and the dark sides of life. That’s why I also have a special love for the anti-hero as a main character. I think it’s most interesting to write about […]

Ten True Crime Podcasts By L.R. Dorn In developing the idea for and then writing With a Kiss We Die, the first in our unconventional new crime series, we listened to a lot of true crime podcasts. The ones that most influenced us are broken down into two categories. The “investigation” podcast has the crime […]