Last week I introduced you to Will “Deck” Decker, a no-nonsense third generation cop from San Francisco with a talent for hunting serial killers. Now, I’d like you to meet Drake Mortimer Devere (aka The Vulture). The quintessential psychopath, Drake is charming, manipulative, cunning, and empty inside. The son of a drug-addicted prostitute, Drake was […]
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Last month I introduced you to Olivia Rockwell, Fog Harbor’s resident forensic psychologist. Now, I’d like you to meet Will “Deck” Decker. Deck is a no-nonsense third generation cop from San Francisco. He breaks the rules sometimes, with good reason, but not the rules that matter. After his father, Henry, retired from the SFPD as […]
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Last month, I welcomed you to Fog Harbor, the sleepy seaside town with its share of secrets…and murders. Now, I’d like you to introduce forensic psychologist, Olivia Rockwell. Olivia started asking why after they carted her dad, Martin, away for murder when she was eight years old. She knows what she saw. A body, for […]
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I am so excited to reveal the cover and blurb for Watch Her Vanish, the first book in my brand new suspense series. Look carefully, there are dark secrets hiding in those trees… **** Fear hits her like a wave crashing against the sheer cliffs nearby. She sees the woman’s feet first, then the […]
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You’re going to Pelican Bay State Prison. Can you handle it? My supervisor said some version of those words to me eleven years ago. When I was (gasp!) still in my twenties and only one month into my job as a forensic psychologist, assessing violence risk for life term inmates. Not wanting to show her […]
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“But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.” –Mitch Albom One of my best lifelong friends […]
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When I began my writing journey nearly six years ago, I knew I would write under a pseudonym or pen name. As a forensic psychologist working in a high-stakes role, I imagined the inmates I evaluated Googling my name, only to find out I’d written thrillers inspired by my day job. Thrillers about psychologists who […]
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I hope you all are in the midst of a merry holiday season! Christmas came early for me this year in the form of some very exciting publishing news I can’t wait to share with all of you. A few months ago, I was contacted by Jessie Botterill, Associate Publisher with Bookouture, about the possibility […]
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I have a confession to make. I love Hallmark Christmas movies. Unexpected viewing for an author who spends most of her time writing about the dark side of humanity, these sweet and sometimes schmaltzy movies have taught me a lot about the art of the thriller. Don’t believe me? Well, you’ve clearly never spent two […]
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I’ve always wanted to write a serial killer book. That probably sounds a little strange, but it’s true! From Dexter to Hannibal Lecter to James Patterson’s Kyle Craig, it’s safe to say these guys are fascinating. Deadly and deranged but fascinating nonetheless. As a psychologist and author, I’ve long had a yearning to take a […]
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Serial killers age. They turn into old men. Though that fact may seem obvious, most of us probably conjure the infamous Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer, both of whom were around age thirty when they were apprehended. But within the last few years, with the advent of forensic genealogy, there’s been an uptick in the […]
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As all our stories do, my story begins with my mother’s. An English teacher and closet poet, she gifted me her love for words, and her uncanny knack for stringing them together. Words are the thread, the stitches that bind the fabric of all my memories of her. Five years old, her reading to me […]
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