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 at the University of Southern...
So it’s New Year’s Day again, is it? I’ve been living in a chocolate fog for the last two weeks and it’s snuck up on me. It’s New Year’s Day and I’m not hung over, and that’s a very good thing. In fact, I haven’t...
Derek Pacifico’s recent Crime Writer’s Homicide School was another sizzler. This is my third session with Sgt Pacifico, a law enforcement trainer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. I didn’t need to worry about being bored...
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...
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 newspapers in English for...
