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Do you love California wine? Great food? Mysteries? Indulge your tastes on Wattpad. You can now read Chapter 1: An Open Door, on Wattpad. Tara’s shoulder slammed into the passenger door as the big old pickup flew around a bend. She wanted to tell Roberto to slow down and speed up at the same time, […]

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Book 1 in the new Tara Rezeck Mystery Series is now available for pre-order on Amazon at a special low price. If you order the book before its launch day on March 22, you’ll be able to get it for just 99 cents. Pre-order here. What it’s about Wildfires swept across California wine country in […]

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The first book in a brand-new mystery series Launching March 22, 2018 That’s right, a brand new mystery series, about a young legal investigator named Tara Rezeck, will launch in less than a month. And here’s your first look at it—a striking cover by the one and only David C. Cassidy. The book is now […]

Simultaneously proud and ashamed of my country

Patriotism is a strange thing. It has always seemed to me to be a little artificial to claim some personal credit for things that other people do in the name of the group or country you come from. But at the same time, the shame on behalf of your country feels very real. This weekend, […]

Why do I like writing?

Why do I like writing? Some people I know say “I don’t like writing; I like having written.“   To an extent, I can understand that. I love the feeling of accomplishment that comes when I complete a piece of writing, whether it’s an article for a magazine, a book, a story or even a […]

Don't miss your chance to win an e-reader stuffed with 34 novels

Love a mystery? Here’s your your chance to win 34 crime fiction novels on a sweet new Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet. Including: Palm Trees & Snowflakes—A Lei Crime Kindle World Christmas mystery by Scott Bury Unleashed—The first Sydney Rye mystery by Emily Kimelman Who Murdered Garson Talmadge by David Bishop And 29 more! But […]

Lest we forget: 100 years since Passchendaele

Today is Remembrance Day, variously called Armistice Day or Veterans Day in various countries. 99 years ago, the First World War came to an end. Over the years and many wars since then, on the anniversary of this day we pause to think about the war and the people who fought, were wounded and died […]