New York Times bestselling author Steve Jackson's latest true crime book, SMOOTH TALKER, will be featured on the Investigation Discovery's Epic Mysteries show on April 9th, 2016, at 9pm ET. SMOOTH TALKER is the story of serial rapist Roy Melanson, his depredations, and the intrepid police work that went into bringing him to justice. Check out this preview. From The Preface of SMOOTH TALKER: He’s just a fat old man rotting away in a Colorado … [Read more...]
Burl Barer and Frank C. Girardot Jr. True Crime Collaboration: A TASTE FOR MURDER
Frank Rodriguez, a much-loved counselor of troubled teens, lies dead on the bedroom floor. His wife and stepdaughter are in shock, and so is the medical examiner when he performs the autopsy. Aside from being dead, Frank is in perfect health. Demanding to know the cause of her husband's death, Angie Rodriguez badgers the police, insisting that Frank was murdered. The cops attribute her assertions to overwhelming grief, but soon they too … [Read more...]
True Crime Author Steve Jackson Books Hot Topics On 48 Hours, Investigation Discovery
Author To Fight Defense Attorney's Subpoenas Holy Smokes! I'm suddenly a hot commodity with 48 Hours for two separate books I'm working on. And in the meantime, another book project about serial killer Roy Melanson will be the featured topic on the Investigation Discovery channel's new show Epic Mysteries in April. Working on a book in Oregon about a man accused of murdering his girlfriend and the mother of his child by pushing her off a … [Read more...]
Smooth Talking Serial Killer Subject Of True Crime By NYT Bestseller Steve Jackson
As seen on Investigation Discovery's Epic Mysteries series-from the New York Times bestselling author who "writes with muscle and heart" (Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author). One morning in July 1974, Anita Andrews, the owner and bartender at Fagiani's Cocktail Lounge in Napa, California, was found dead in her bar-raped, beaten, and stabbed to death in a bloody frenzy. Meanwhile a month after Anita's … [Read more...]