Ron Franscell: Should crime writers profit from somebody else’s tragedy?

By Ron Franscell | December 29, 2014

Every crime writer has heard this little heckling voice, usually from the cheap seats, but sometimes from inside his own head. It isn’t always loud, but it’s often piercing. My 2008 true crime, The Darkest Night, recently enjoyed a revival on bestseller lists when its long-awaited digital edition was released a couple weeks ago. It’s […]

Meet the prosecutor in DIXIE’S LAST STAND: WAS IT MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE?

By John Ferak | December 26, 2014

In DIXIE’S LAST STAND, readers will follow the turbulent lifestyle of Defiance, Iowa, resident Dixie Shanahan, but nobody had a more pivotal role in the outcome of the case than Iowa prosecutor Charles Thoman. Thoman drew the assignment from his bosses at the Iowa Attorney General’s Office to handle the criminal proceedings against Dixie. In […]

Tremendous input from true crime readers helps finalize our DIXIE’S LAST STAND cover

By John Ferak | December 18, 2014

  At WILDBLUE PRESS, we’re a true-crime book publishing firm like nobody else. Why? Because we consider your input essential in our most vital work. It’s a known fact that many readers of all shapes and sizes make a decision whether to buy a book based on the title and based on the cover. Over the […]