Book 2 of the Liz Danger series, Rest In Pink, is out today on all eBook platforms and in trade paperback and hardcover. The 3rd book, One In Vermillion, will publish on 18 September, just four weeks away. We’ve got a draft of the first book in our next series…

I guarantee, as it is investigated, that it will be discovered that at least seven things went wrong that resulted in the tragedy that is the Maui Wildfire. I am not being morbid or milking a tragedy here. I am saying that we must learn from what happened in order…

As with every possible disaster, there are a number of variables to consider, thus one answer doesn’t fit all. But I’m trying to give you an idea of the warning signs of the point at which people stop helping each other during a disaster. And after that, they turn on…

We recently had a tornado touch down here in Knoxville. We were not in the path and only had a tree broken, but were without power for half a day. Not a big deal and I spent most of that time chainsawing the tree. A neighbor came by with his…

Lavender’s Blue, my first collaboration with Jennifer Crusie in 14 years is out today. And because absence makes the heart grow fonder, we’re publishing Rest In Pink in 4 weeks and One In Vermillion in 8 weeks. Can’t get enough of a good thing. …

Because of the idiosyncrasies of Amazon, the trade paperback and the hardcover of Lavender’s Blue are now available for purchase. Delivery varies with some people telling me they’re getting their copies tomorrow, which means they’ll have them before me. We’re not thrilled about the cost but Lavender is a long…

We’ve finalized the cover for the first book in the Liz Danger series, Lavender’s Blue. We hope you like it and the book even more. It will be out in July, followed in quick succession by Rest In Pink and One In Vermillion. The books are available for pre-order on…

I’ve enjoyed all three seasons of Happy Valley. Great characters and fast-paced storytelling. Spoiler alerts ahead. The only small gripe was the fact the plots relied HEAVILY on coincidence. To an extent that really, really, stretched credulity. But that was okay because the emotional impact of the stories allowed one…

A single event can have strange historical ripples. In 1702 a yellow fever epidemic wiped out 10% of the population in less than three months. This was five hundred people out of a population of five thousand. The city attempted to deal with recurrent outbreaks by regulating livestock inside the…