Dead Lines
The third novel in the Lydia Barnwell mystery series has just been released to rave reviews. Read the first chapter now.
Crime writer Parker Stevens is found murdered hours after revealing he solved a cold case that has eluded Pittsburgh police for three decades. Detective Lydia Barnwell and her partner, Lyle Jeffrey, investigate, uncovering Parker’s tangled personal life and financial woes. As they delve into the cold case, a convicted pedophile emerges as a suspect in both murders, leading to a chase and a shocking revelation about the killer’s true identity. Barnwell goes off on her own, defying the instructions of her boss, to unravel a web of lies and betrayals, ultimately bringing justice to both the slain writer and a long-forgotten victim.. What drives her to risk her career to bring a killer to justice?
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My latest short story
My short story, “After a Brief Illness,” will appear in House of Long Shadows on Saturday, December 13th at 11 a.m. Eastern.
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New short story to be published
My short story from 1950’s Dubuque’s Iowa, “After a Brief Illness,” will be published later this month in the anthology House of Long Shadows.
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A free read: my short story
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A new Lydia Barnwell mystery is now available
The third Lydia Barnwell police procedural is now available on all platforms. When crime writer Parker Stevens is murdered hours after revealing he solved a cold case that has eluded Pittsburgh police for years. Detective Lydia Barnwell hunts for his killer while probing the long-forgotten case at risk to her career. A BookBub reviewer calls
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