Rain, Cities, and the Atmosphere That Holds a Crime Novel Together
The city in Mother’s Prophecy rains constantly. That is not a stylistic choice. It is a structural one. The atmosphere […]
Writing the Epilogue: Why I Chose to Account for Everyone
Most crime novels end with the arrest. Mother’s Prophecy ends with the lives. Every character who makes it to the
The Detective Nobody Trusted: How Vincent Cantrell Became the Heart of the Investigation
Cantrell is not an easy man. He is aggressive, territorial, and carries a scar that maps his worst day. He
What I Learned From Reading Autopsy Reports for Two Years
Before I wrote a single scene in the morgue, I spent two years reading actual case records. Not for the
Why Organ Trafficking Is Still One of the Least-Covered Stories in American Crime
The operation at the center of Mother’s Prophecy is fiction. The phenomenon it is based on is not. Organ trafficking
Sasha Saborczk and the Problem of Writing a Difficult Mother
Sasha is not a sympathetic character in the traditional sense. She is controlling, unpredictable, and in the end, catastrophically dangerous.