DARKNESS ALL AROUND

Sean Collins returns to his hometown after an eleven year absence claiming to have killed his ex-wife Risa's best friend before he left. A man has already confessed to the killing and has been in prison for years. Risa's new husband Alan, running for Congress, has plenty of reasons why he wants Sean to drop his claim and leave town. Risa, caught between the two men and the slippery facts, decides she needs to find out the truth for herself.

Coming October 18, 2011

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NEVER WAVE GOODBYE

Lena Trainor has put her only daughter, Sarah, on the bus to camp Arno, only to find out fifteen minutes later that the bus was phony and Sarah and three other children have been kidnapped. This tense chronicle of a parent's worst nightmare asks whether the power of love can overcome an evil deed.Never Wave Goodbye on Facebook

In paperback May, 2011

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SLOW COMING DARK

Interviews with death row inmates done shortly after Gary Gilmore's execution, at the start of the "new" death penalty in America. The book is an attempt to give voice to those we have sentenced to death.

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WHAT MURDER LEAVES BEHIND

Profiles of survivors of murder victims in the aftermath of their tragedy. Much of what I learned about the victim's family's experience helped me in writing Never Wave Goodbye. A sad subject but the families interviewed here often show exemplary courage and humanity.

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