2023 Pre-Orders — SpoCompton, River City, & Sandy Banks!
I’ve got three major titles coming out in the remainder of 2023, and all three are already available for pre-order! The first one is out on July 8, and it’s the fifth book in...
Author: Frank
I Found a Way at FindaWay
So, listen up (see what I did there?) — I think audiobooks are cool. I know I like to listen to them. Some of my favorite reading experiences over the past decade have been...
Taking stock of 2022 – What's Done & What's Learned
Note: This is a post that originally appeared on 10 Criminal Minds, a panelist blog that I belonged to for several years. It has been lightly edited to reappear here, at the end of...
Hallmarks of the Job re-issue!
I recently re-released my novella Hallmarks of the Job as a standalone story. What is Hallmarks of the Job about? Well… Meticulous private investigator Stanley Melvin likes to keep his work grounded in reality, not...
Top 10 Police Procedural Series (TV and Books)
Every once in a while, a top ten list can be fun. I thought I’d throw one together for something I know a little about — police procedural series! These include both books and...
Tatted Ups and Downs
I have a tattoo. Do you? It wasn’t always the case. When I first became a cop in 1993, the tattoo culture was in its infancy, still the purview of bikers and sailors. Tattoos...
Well, Now I Can Officially Say…
… that I am an award-winning author! I mean, technically, I won a pair of poetry awards back in 1987 for my poem “La Vida,” but since I write crime fiction, using that long-ago...
It's All River City!
Since the very beginning of writing stories set in River City (RC), I made a point to differentiate between “the main series” and “other works.” Spoiler alert — this is no longer true. Aside...
End of the Run
Today, episode #166 of Wrong Place, Write Crime went live. The episode featured special guest co-host Colin Conway and me interviewing guest Mark Bergin. It’s the second half of a great interview, and you...
Jack Mac is Back!
Almost a decade ago, I wrote and published At This Point in My Life, a mystery featuring retired police detective Jack McCrae. I saw it as a standalone title. And, to be fair, it...