• Mystery Writing: Why I Start with the Victim

    If you’ve ever tried to write a murder mystery, you know how quickly the elegant puzzle becomes a tangle. You need clues, red herrings, suspects, motive, misdirection, a detective worth following, and a final reveal that feels both surprising and inevitable. But before I ask who solves the murder, I ask a quieter, darker question: […]

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  • four witches around a cauldron reading copies of Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern.

    Walpurgis Night, Moving Boxes, and the Best-Laid Launch Plans…. I had a plan. A beautiful one. I had developed an elaborate media and marketing campaign for the launch of Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern. There were graphics to make, posts to schedule, newsletters to write, little flourishes to arrange — all of it designed […]

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  • Want to be an Advanced Reader of “Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern”

    For all you “Forensic Astrology Fans,” the wait is over. Book Two in the series, “Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern,” is coming your way on May 1, 2026. Here’s a sneak peek: Detective Hunter Davis has spent his career trusting hard evidence, not horoscopes. But when San Francisco crime boss Sean Muldooney is murdered […]

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