The GASPING FOR AIR Audiobook is Now Available! We are thrilled to announce the release of the audiobook for S.L. Ditmars' thriller, GASPING FOR AIR: Book Two In The 'Big Dog Series' narrated by Steve Rausch. In GASPING FOR AIR, we rejoin the indomitable U.S. Marshal J.W.North, now a part of the Serial Criminal Task Force. Teamed with his canine companion Ares and partner Ben Kellum, North is on the trail of the notorious Truck Stop Killer, a … [Read more...]
M. William Phelps Explains: A Serial Killer’s Fictional Counterpart
'And all of it is about him [Happy Face Killer]. His insecurities. His fantasies. His anger. His narcissism. His inadequacy. His incompetence. His failures as a man.' Over the course of 12 years, I received over nine thousand pages of letters from a violent psychopath. Keith Hunter Jesperson became known as the "Happy Face Killer" after doodling (with no intention of it becoming his nickname) a smiley face on a letter he wrote to a newspaper. … [Read more...]
🎃THIS HALLOWEEN🎃 Get THE DEAD SOUL, M. William Phelps’s Crime Thriller📖The Author Discusses “The ‘Dead Souls’ that Inspire Me”👻
M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 45 books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. THE DEAD SOUL is his first novel. It's an engrossing, image-forward investigative thriller. It started with seeing this young girl on a class field trip to the Boston (Massachusetts) Tea Party Ship and Museum. I saw her and several classmates walking along the bow … [Read more...]
Meet Award-winning Investigative Journalist and Author M. William Phelps
William Phelps is the creator, host, writer, and executive producer of the #1 Apple podcast hit franchise PAPER GHOSTS and the New York Times best-selling author of 42 nonfiction books. He won the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. He has written for numerous publications, including AARP's "The Arrow," Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine, and Hartford Courant. Phelps consulted on the … [Read more...]
THE SHADOWMAKER by T.J. Champitto Is Now Available In Audiobook—Experience the Heart-stopping International Thriller Preformed by Brandon J. Peterson
A mythical diamond has been discovered. Loyalties will be tested. Lives will be lost. The first book in Champitto's trilogy, The Shadowmaker, is yet another international thrill ride from the acclaimed, award-winning author. Stolen diamonds, fearless thieves, and a hidden truth that will forever change them. THE SHADOWMAKER hurtles through the dark underworld of organized crime into a pursuit of self-discovery as the battle between good and evil … [Read more...]
Sylvester Stallone Calls Making HUNTER “Unfinished Business” and IMDb Lists Filming as in “Pre-Production”
Recently, fans of Sylvester Stallone speculated in a Facebook group dedicated to the Italian Stallion whether his popular TV show, Tulsa King, would return for a second season. However, Stallone has other projects he is more interested in pursuing, such as a film adaptation of James Byron Huggins' 2018 release, HUNTER. Stallone has already put HUNTER into pre-production and discussed the project further in a December 2022 interview with … [Read more...]
Reader’s Guide For Ron Franscell’s DEAF ROW
Visit ronfranscell.com for the latest from the author including a download of this guide for book clubbers! … [Read more...]
GASPING FOR AIR: Book Two In The ‘Big Dogs Series’ by S.L. Ditmars
SL Ditmars writes another fast-paced, page-turning police procedural... I love the characters and the dogs, Ares and Addy, who make the story even richer... I very much and highly recommend this book. -K.L. Peacock, author of THE CROSSINGS series and Public Safety Writers Association Member About The Book JW North and his "big dog" Ares are back. This time North is a U.S. Marshall and member of the Serial Criminal Task Force. North, Ares, and … [Read more...]
Crime Fiction Author S.L. Ditmars Answers: “Why are your bad guys so bad?”
If you have read my blog posts before, you know I spend a lot of time making my stories feel real and accurate. It is why I have such a large beta reader team. I don't want my books to be full of technical errors or too much jargon to be an enjoyable read. A friend asked me once, why do you have your antagonists kill the way they do? Do you really need that much violence, blood, or sex crimes? The simple answer is, no, I don't have to do that. … [Read more...]
Ron Franscell Answers “Which is harder to write: true crime or crime fiction?’
DEAF ROW will be available in hardback, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats on February 14, 2023! … [Read more...]
