The 3 Golden Rules of Lying and Deception
You’ve been granted a tour of the original Central Intelligence Agency headquarters building...
Release Update and Excerpt: Blackmail at the Galliano Club
Blackmail BLACKMAIL AT THE GALLIANO CLUB is slated for release on 16 February 2023! The Galliano...
Best Prohibition-era Reading
A tall frosty glass of Prohibition, ballplayers and mobsters? I drank up a dozen books while...
New Release! MURDER AT THE GALLIANO CLUB
New release MURDER AT THE GALLIANO CLUB is now available in Kindle and paperback editions. The...
Release Dates for the Galliano Club series
Release dates! All three full-length novels in the Prohibition-era Galliano Club series are...
Arrests made in the next chapter of 43 MISSING
Mexico’s Truth Commission investigating the mass disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa...
Killer Nashville’s success story
There is a success story behind the Killer Nashville International Mystery Writer’s Conference....
Collaboration Opportunity for Food Bloggers
Are you a food blogger? Love to cook Italian? Are you looking for a fresh, fun collaboration...
Researching Prohibition at the West End Brewery #bestjobever
Researching the 1920’s for the Galliano Club books naturally means I have to research beer. Yes,...
Could Gas Prices Make You a Victim of Fuel Thieves?
A month ago, the catalytic converter was hacked out of my daughter’s car as it was parked on a...
Spying on Elon Musk?
Elon Musk hardly needs an introduction these days, but here goes. He’s the richest man in the...
President Trump vs Mexican drug cartel labs
Mark Esper has written about his stint as secretary of defense during the last year of President...
How a Real Cliff Diver Tames Her Fears
Ellie Smart is a professional cliff diver, but not an adrenaline junkie. Riiiight. A native of...
At least you didn’t fall into a narco sinkhole
Imagine taking a nap on your sofa one afternoon, only to be awakened when the floor collapses,...
The Best Thrillers set in Exotic Locations
I was recently invited to curate a page on Shepherd, a new book discovery website. Warning, this...
New Release! Road to the Galliano Club
ROAD TO THE GALLIANO CLUB, prequel to the Galliano Club historical thriller series, is available...
2021 Gift Guide from the Mystery Ahead newsletter
My 2021 Gift Guide features everything a mystery lover needs for the year ahead. Keep scrolling to...
NEW EVIDENCE IN 43 MISSING TRUE CRIME
It only took 7 years, but the real truth behind Mexico’s most notorious true crime is finally...
Hard truths about the war on drugs from a retired US intel officer
Chris Reed, deputy editorial and opinion editor for the San Diego Union-Tribune, recently wrote a...
A pivotal bone-chopping moment of awareness
On his radio show National Security This Week, thriller author and former US military intel...
Detective Emilia Cruz’s Origin Story
What is Detective Emilia Cruz's origin story? How was the mystery series invented? Well, it...
Killer Nashville on Writing International Mystery and Crime Fiction
Killer Nashville, the international mystery writers conference, is a gold mine of inspiration and...
Carmen Amato featured in “How to Publish a Book: Three Options Instead of One” by Andrew Hallam
Andrew Hallam recently profiled Carmen Amato's author journey in an article about book publishing...
Inside my CIA Career: Parting Words
I had a retirement photo opportunity with then-CIA Director John Brennan. He greeted me with a CIA...