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When I am Picking Up Dead Squirrels
My friend Vicky Bingaman is a wildlife rehabber who takes in injured creatures, nurses them back to health, and pushes them back out into the wild. You can’t feed a Cooper’s hawk or a rat snake on cat kibble. So … READ MORE »
Posted in Mar Preston, Mystery novels
Tagged crime, crime fiction, murder, mystery, mystery fiction, no dice, Payback, Pine Mountain Club, Santa Monica, thrillers
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Perils and Pitfalls in Writing About Your Home Town
I live in a mountain village in rural California and my third mystery suspense novel, Payback, is set in fictional Sierra Mountain Village, somewhat like the village where I live. But I assure you; only nice people live here in … READ MORE »
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Tagged crime, crime fiction, murder, mystery, mystery fiction, no dice, noir, Payback, Pine Mountain Club, rip-off, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Police Department, thrillers
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Coming Back to Santa Monica
I spent this weekend as a Santa Monica resident for the first time in seven years. Interesting! Technically my new digs are across the street, the dividing line between Santa Monica and Mar Vista. Coincidentally it’s the same area that … READ MORE »
Posted in Mar Preston, Mystery novels
Tagged crime, crime fiction, murder, mystery, mystery fiction, no dice, noir, rip-off, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Police Department, SPCA, thrillers
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Murder: Knowing Why
My second murder mystery has been published, titled Rip-Off. People ask why you write one kind of book and not another. Why whodunit murder mysteries in my case? Why not literary family fiction? I worked decades as an academic researcher … READ MORE »
Posted in Mar Preston, Mystery novels
Tagged crime, crime fiction, murder, mystery, mystery fiction, no dice, noir, rip-off, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Police Department, SPCA, thrillers
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I’m Surprised When Nobody Dies
Because I’m immersed in my third murder mystery set in Santa Monica, I read other murder mystery authors almost exclusively. Why? I’m interested inthe dark trappings of murder and death. It’s the puzzle. It’s keeping violence and mayhem at a … READ MORE »
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What You Don’t Know
What happens when an idea for a book strikes and won’t leave you alone? What if it’s something you know nothing about? Such as organized crime in Santa Monica as in my second Dave Mason mystery titled Rip-Off? I read Chechen … READ MORE »
Posted in Mar Preston, Mystery novels
Tagged crime, crime fiction, murder, mystery, mystery fiction, no dice, noir, organized crime, rip-off, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Police Department, thrillers
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