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...]
Frank C Girardot Jr on the Movie Version of A TASTE FOR MURDER
Frank C Girardot Jr discusses what he imagines a movie version of the true crime book he co-wrote with Burl Barer, A TASTE FOR MURDER, might look like. A TASTE FOR MURDER will be available from WildBlue Press on March 8th and featured on the Investigation Discovery show “Epic Mysteries” on March 12th! … [Read more...]
True Crime Author Steve Jackson Interviewed For 48 Hours Story On Oregon Murder Case
Show aired March 5 In the course of working on a potential book in Oregon about a man accused of murdering his girlfriend and mother of his child by pushing her off a cliff in 2009, I suddenly became a focal point of a January hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case. Pre-trial efforts to dismiss a case are not unusual. However, the defense attorney, Mike Arnold, partly based his witness questioning during testimony on the … [Read more...]
Burl Barer Reveals Angie Rodriguez’s Terrible Past
Finding her husband dead on their bedroom floor was not the only horrific experience in Angie Rodriguez's life. Burl Barer reveals information about the past the main woman featured in his new true crime book, A TASTE FOR MURDER, co-written with Frank C Girardot Jr. A TASTE FOR MURDER will be available from WildBlue Press on March 8th and featured on the Investigation Discovery show “Epic Mysteries” on March 12th! Order your copy today! … [Read more...]
Frank C Girardot Jr on Obtaining Information for A TASTE FOR MURDER
Frank C. Girardot Jr tells of how he, along with co-writer Burl Barer, gathered information for their upcoming true crime book, A TASTE FOR MURDER. A TASTE FOR MURDER will be available March 8th and featured on the Investigation Discovery show "Epic Mysteries" on March 12th! Pre-order your copy today to ensure you get yours on launch day! … [Read more...]
Burl Barer on Co-Writing A TASTE FOR MURDER with Frank C Girardot Jr
Edgar Award winning author Burl Barer discusses his experience co-writing upcoming true crime book, A TASTE FOR MURDER, with Frank C Girardot Jr. A TASTE FOR MURDER will be available March 8th and featured on the Investigation Discovery show "Epic Mysteries" on March 12th! Pre-order your copy today to ensure you get yours on launch day! … [Read more...]
Frank C. Girardot Jr on the Inspiration Behind A TASTE FOR MURDER
Find out the inspiration behind Burl Barer and Frank C Girardot Jr's upcoming true crime book, A TASTE FOR MURDER. Get your copy on March 8th, 2016! … [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...]
My Association with Postmortem Ted Bundy
True Crime author Kevin Sullivan Reflects On His Connection To A Serial Killer This piece was previously published with a typo that mis-dated the below picture of Ted Bundy at 1984, when he would have been in prison in Florida. According to Kevin Sullivan, the picture below was taken in 1975 or 1976 in Utah. Ted Bundy was never supposed to be a part of my life. I’d first heard about the guy after his escape from Colorado, and I remember … [Read more...]
WHEN FALL FADES by Amy Leigh Simpson: Book One in The Girl-Next-Door Series!
A "Must-Read Romance For 2015"--Serena Chase, USA Today One dying secret. One missing truth. And a whole lot of trouble… Sadie Carson is an expert on unfinished business. Five years after the derailment of her dreams she’s just barely existing, using her job as a hospice nurse to give others the one thing she can’t seem to find—closure. So when her elderly neighbor Charlie, a brilliant conspiracy nut known for harassing the FBI, is … [Read more...]