Tag: Suspense-Thriller-Mystery
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Writing about crime?
The role of the Public Defender and how to portray them accurately in fiction, presented by Mystery Writers of America (NW) 19 Sept. $10 for nonmembers
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Dreamcatcher
When a string of brutal murders terrorizes a small town, crime reporter Tazia Drake is drawn into an investigation. Guided by chilling visions rooted in her Sioux heritage, she races to uncover a killer who hides in plain sight. Blending psychological suspense, Native spirituality, and a touch of the supernatural, The Dreamcatcher is a gripping thriller about…
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News Bits 20 July 26
(Nationally published short story) (How write picture books) (playwright’s play produced) Idaho writer James Patrick Focarile has been published by the Saturday Evening Post. You can read his story, “What Whiskey Won’t Cure,” online on their website. Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, author of the delightful The Horse Who Wanted to Fly, is teaching a workshop —…
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Crossing the In Between
The thrilling conclusion to BEASTCHASER, the blockbuster new paranormal thriller trilogy by R.D. Copsey is here. The story follows Ryder McLean, a young travel writer plagued by a series of waking dreams that take him to a primitive yet futuristic world, where he finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation led by Badger, a member of…
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The Three-Story Murders
Olivia Yates returns for the second in her Dingle Point Cove series. There’s tension in Dingle Point Cove as the well-being of its oldest citizens is under threat. A big healthcare company wants to close all the local senior homes and uproot the residents into a new three-story mega-facility. And they’ll stop at nothing to…
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Common Ground
R. D. Copsey, whom we’ve recently interviewed, published the third Will Hickock Mystery, Common Ground, a mix of mystery, mayhem and murder in the small mountain bike resort town of Shambles, Idaho. If you’ve read the first two installments, you know that Will’s on again, off again romance with Carla Montforte has taken a back…
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Brenda Stanley
She covered crime and court stories for years as a television journalist for the NBC affiliate in Eastern Idaho. Her books (seven and counting) are typically mysteries, and often YA, but also incorporate historical fiction, cozy romance, the paranormal. Do you have a writing routine? Where and when do you write? I write almost every…
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Forensic Anthropology!
The Northwest chapter of the Mystery Writers of America is hosting an online session on Saturday 18 October. “Join us for a fascinating discussion about the field of forensic anthropology and how it can be used to inform your crime fiction writing. Forensic anthropologist Dr. Katie East breaks down the science to help you create…
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Michael Weitz
His first novel, a mystery titled, Even Dead Men Play Chess, was published in 2007. There are two more books in that series, The Grandmaster’s King, and Till Tomorrow. His newest novel, We Be Dragons, is a coming-of-age story set within a small rural community in 1986 and features fantasy elements (Dungeons & Dragons). Do you have a writing…
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Murder at Buttercup Acres
EMTs in Dingle Point Cove are used to calls from nursing homes. But an SOS from Buttercup Acres Assisted Living about a dead stranger in a resident’s room is a first. And Paige Bottomley, the gutsy widow who stumbles over the body is thrust into the mayhem of deceit, fraud, kidnapping and murder. On the…
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Daniel L. Copeland
Remember a few months ago when IWU shared the news that he’d completed his YA dytopian series — the Derrick King Series, comprised of eight books? Meet the author! (PS: he has a standalone novel, the Witch of November, out as well; it’s a thriller, with a touch of mystery and a touch of sci-fi.)…
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Feast on this YA Dystopian Series
All eight books are now available in the Derrick King series. Plus: a new standalone mystery-thriller. Derrick King Novels, Books 1 through 8 Standalone Mystery-Thriller Novel THE WITCH OF NOVEMBER— When Karen Parker’s husband dies from cancer, she sells their farm and moves her boys, Tommy and Paul, to Cleveland, where she hopes to rebuild…
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James Patrick Focarile
He’s an author who’s popping up with increasing frequency online — most recently in the GUILTY Crime Story Magazine Issue 012 (Amazon link) as well as this free-to-read-online flash fiction piece, “No Regular John“. His chosen genres are in the crime/mystery/thriller realm, and he’s been published in both online and print magazines and journals. His…
