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My Favorite Detective StoriesKatie Tallo| My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 186Katie studied Film and English at Carleton University, TV Broadcasting at Algonquin College and filmmaking at the prestigious Summer Institute of Film and Television and Women in the Director’s Chair. In the two decades that followed, Katie enjoyed an award-winning career as a screenwriter and director, collaborating on projects in animation, television and motion pictures. Supported by the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts, her films screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Sudbury Cinefest, Local Heroes International Film Festival and the NSI Film Exchange.In 2013, Katie’s first-ever manuscript, Gone Monday, won...2022-11-081h 02
My Favorite Detective StoriesSarah Burr | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 185There's always murder and mystery in the works for Sarah. #FollowMe for Murder, first in the Trending Topic Mysteries, shines the spotlight on a social media influencer after she discovers a dead body in her clients' store, forcing her to untangle a web of secrets in her small, beachside town.Sarah is also the author of the award-winning paranormal cozy mystery You Can't Candle the Truth, first in the Glenmyre Whim Mysteries. Readers are introduced to candle shop owner Hazel Wickbury. Hazel has a secret. She knows when someone is going to die. This power, known as...2022-11-011h 23
My Favorite Detective StoriesCatriona McPherson | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 184Catriona was born in Scotland and lived there until 2010, then immigrated to California where she lives on Patwin ancestral land. A former academic linguist, she now writes full-time. Her multi-award-winning and national best-selling work includes: the DANDY GILVER historical detective stories, the LAST DITCH mysteries, set in California, and a strand of contemporary standalone novels including Edgar-finalist THE DAY SHE DIED and Mary Higgins Clark finalist STRANGERS AT THE GATE. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, The Crimewriters’ Association, The Society of Authors and Sisters in Crime, of which she is a former national president....2022-10-2547 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesLori Duffy Foster | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 183Lori Duffy Foster is a former crime reporter who writes fiction and nonfiction from the hills of Northern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and four children. She was born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, where a part of her heart remains.Her short fiction has appeared in the journal Aethlon, and in the anthologies Short Story America and Childhood Regained. Her nonfiction has appeared in Healthy Living, Running Times, Literary Mama, Crimespree and Mountain Home magazines.A Dead Man’s Eyes, the first in the Lisa Jamison mystery/su...2022-10-1851 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesPaula Munier | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 181Paula Munier is a literary agent and the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in the series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and named the Dogwise Book of the Year. Blind Search was inspired by the real-life rescue of a little boy with autism who got lost in the woods. The Hiding Place debuted in March, 2021.Her latest Mercy Carr mystery, The Wedding Plot, releases July 19, 2022 through Minotaur Books.Paula credits the hero dogs of Mission K9 Rescue, her own rescue d...2022-10-0447 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMarc Cameron | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 180New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron’s Jericho Quinn Thriller Series debuted in 2011. Since then, he’s written eight Quinn novels and four Arliss Cutter novels featuring a deputy US marshal based in Alaska, including the most recent Cutter, BONE RATTLE, and the upcoming COLD SNAP (April 2022 from Kensington Publishing Corp.) Marc is the author of five Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan novels for the Tom Clancy estate, including the most recent, SHADOW OF THE DRAGON and the upcoming CHAIN OF COMMAND (November 2021 from GP Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random House.)A retired Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal...2022-09-2758 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesBJ Magnani | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 179Barbarajean Magnani, PhD, MD, FCAP—Professor of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and Medicine, and the former Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA—is internationally recognized for her expertise in clinical chemistry and toxicology. During her career, she received three Outstanding Speaker Awards from the Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC); and from the College of American Pathologists (CAP)/CAP Foundation, the 2012 Outstanding Communicator Award, the 2014 Distinguished Patient Care Award, and the 2014 Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian Award. Dr. Magnani also received the Distinguished Career in Teaching Award from the Tufts University School of M...2022-09-2058 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMariah Fredericks | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 178Mariah Fredericks was born and raised in New York City, where she still lives today with her family. She is a graduate of Vassar College with a BA in history. Her novel Crunch Time was nominated for an Edgar in 2007. Her Jane Prescott series, set in 1910s New York, has twice been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her next novel, The Lindbergh Nanny, will be published in November, 2022.Mariahfredericksbooks.com Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them...2022-09-131h 07
My Favorite Detective StoriesDave Zeltserman | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 177Boston-based author Dave Zeltserman's crime and horror novels include SMALL CRIMES, PARIAH, KILLER, OUTSOURCED, THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD, A KILLER'S ESSENCE, MONSTER, and THE BOY WHO KILLED DEMONS, and he's been published in seven languages. SMALL CRIMES has been made into a Netflix film starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Molly Parker, Gary Cole, Robert Forster, and Jacki Weaver. THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD and OUTSOURCED are currently in film development.His books have been picked by NPR, the Washington Post, American Library Association, Booklist, and WBUR as best novels of the year, and his Julius Katz mystery stories...2022-09-0646 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMatt Cost | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 176Matt Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014 he was released and began writing. And that’s what he does. He writes histories and mysteries. "Love in a Time of Hate" is the third historical by Cost. "Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War; At Every Hazard", was published in 2015, in which Emmett Collins grows into manhood during the Civil War. "I am Cuba" was published in 2020. It was recently awarded the silver award for historical fi...2022-08-3043 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesDeborah Lucy | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 175Deborah Lucy was born in Southsea and bought up in Portsmouth, the island city. Her novels are the first and second in a series involving DI Temple. In her working life, Deb has been able to work alongside a number of senior investigating officers as they’ve investigated major crime, murder, missing persons, abduction and kidnaps. She’s been at the 7am starts and 3am finishes, the ‘golden hour’s’, the highs, the lows, the breakthroughs, arrests, the slog. The politics. For three years she worked in the missing adults and children arena, with police, government policy advisers and charities. ...2022-08-2344 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesCathi Stoler | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 174Cathi Stoler is an Amazon Best Selling author. Her new Urban Thriller, LAST CALL, the 2nd book in the Murder on the Rocks Mystery series, featuring The Corner Lounge bar owner, Jude Dillane, was published in November 2020 by Level Best Books. The third book in the series, STRAIGHT UP, was released in November 2021. Her series, with Blackjack player, Nick Donahue, includes the novel OUT OF TIME, and the novella, NICK OF TIME. She is also the author of the three-volume Laurel & Helen New York Mystery series, which includes TELLING LIES, KEEPING SECRETS, and THE HARD WAY, and a three-time...2022-08-1640 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesWendall Thomas | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 173Wendall Thomas teaches in the Graduate Film School at UCLA, lectures internationally on screenwriting, and has worked as an entertainment reporter, development executive, script consultant, and film and television writer. Her first Cyd Redondo novel, Lost Luggage, was nominated for the Lefty and Macavity Awards for Best Debut Mystery of 2017. Her second, Drowned Under, was nominated for a Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery of 2019 and an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and Fogged Off has been nominated for Best Humorous Mystery of 2021. Her short fiction appears in the crime anthologies Ladies Night (2015), Last Resort (2017), and the Anthony nominated...2022-08-0958 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesEddie Frierson | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 172A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Eddie helped pitch his Hillwood High School baseball team to a State Championship in 1977. He then threw collegiately for the UCLA Bruins. While at UCLA he obtained his degree in Theatre Arts and by-passed the dream of a professional baseball career in order to pursue his love for acting. With his acclaimed one man show “MATTY” Frierson combines the best of both worlds and, as an “Honorary Member” of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, he has gone farther in baseball through the stage than he ever could have on the field. MATTY was th...2022-08-021h 07
My Favorite Detective StoriesSherry Harris | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 171Sherry Harris is the Agatha Award nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale mystery series and the Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon mysteries. Sherry is a past president of Sisters in Crime, a member of the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, the New England Chapter of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Sherry loves books, beaches, bars, and bargain hunting — not necessarily in that order. She is also a patent holding inventor.Sherry and her husband are living in Northern Virginia until they figure out where they want to move to next....2022-07-2648 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesSarah Stewart Taylor | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 170Sarah Stewart Taylor is the author of the Sweeney St. George series and the Maggie D'arcy series. She grew up on Long Island, and was educated at Middlebury College in Vermont and Trinity College, Dublin, where she studied Irish Literature. She has worked as a journalist and writing teacher and now lives with her family on a farm in Vermont where they raise sheep and grow blueberries. https://www.sarahstewarttaylor.com/Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here...2022-07-1954 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesAndrew Patterson | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 169A. B. Patterson is an award-winning Australian writer who knows first-hand about corruption, power, crime and sex. He was a Detective Sergeant, working in paedophilia and vice, and later he was a Chief Investigator with the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. Born in Sydney, he grew up in Europe, returning to Australia as an adult and commencing his career in law enforcement, and other government agencies. He lives in Sydney and loves to holiday in France. Harry’s World was his first book in 2015, and it won several awards internationally. In late 2018, the sequel, Harry's Quest, hit the shelves. He has...2022-07-121h 06
My Favorite Detective StoriesJoanna Schaffhausen | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 168Joanna Schaffhausen wields a mean scalpel, skills she developed in her years studying neuroscience. She has a doctorate in psychology, which reflects her long-standing interest in the brain―how it develops and the many ways it can go wrong. Previously, she worked as a scientific editor in the field of drug development. Prior to that, she was an editorial producer for ABC News, writing for programs such as World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and 20/20. She lives in the Boston area with her husband, daughter, and an obstreperous basset hound named Winston Winner 2016, Mystery Writers of America/St. Martin’s Mi...2022-07-0542 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesEdith Maxwell | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 167Edith was first recognized for her fiction writing at the age of eleven. She won the Pasadena Star News contest for her short story, “Viking Girl” and walked away with the prize money of $2.00!In 2013 she left high-tech to write mystery fiction full-time and is now living her dream. Edith is a lifetime member of Sisters in Crime, and is a member of Mystery Writers of America. She is also a long-time member of the Society of Friends (Quaker) and a past Clerk of Amesbury Friends Meeting. Her art story was featured in the National Endowment for the...2022-06-2848 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesEmilya Naymark | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 166Emilya Naymark was born in a country that no longer exists, escaped with her parents, lived in Italy for a bit, and ended up in New York, which promptly became a love and a muse.She is the author of the novels Hide in Place and the upcoming Behind the Lie, out February 8, 2022.Her short stories appear in A Stranger Comes to Town, edited by Michael Koryta, Secrets in the Water, After Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift, River River Journal, Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017, When not writing, Emilya works as a...2022-06-2150 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMax Folsom | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 165A writer who never dreamed of writing fiction? An avid reader all her life, an editor, reviewer, speech writer, Max Folsom never envisioned herself an author, a mystery writer.“It was an impossible concept to me,” she says. “I couldn’t conceive of how an author would come up with a story and all its details, just as I couldn’t understand how a composer could hear the music and put it to paper. But one afternoon sitting in the back yard, the scene of private detective Baker Somerset finding the dead body at her office came to me full...2022-06-1447 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesShannon Baker | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 164Shannon Baker lives on the edge of the desert in Tucson with her crazy Weimaraner and her favorite human. Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1. She lived in Flagstaff for several years and worked for the Grand Canyon Trust, a hotbed of environmentalists who, usually, don’t resort to murder. She is the proud recipient of Writer of the Year for 2014 and 2017-18 awarded by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.https://shannon-baker.com/Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime...2022-06-0736 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesAndy Straka | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 163The first hint of Andy Straka's future as a mystery writer came at the age of four when he appeared at his small-town neighbor's back door carrying a butcher's knife. Thankfully, the neighbor called Andy's mother instead of social services. A bestselling, award-winning author, Andy's novels include the recently released Split City, the first in a new amateur sleuth series, the #1 bestselling private eye novel A Witness Above (part of the Shamus Award-winning Frank Pavlicek series), and a number of other crime novels and thrillers. A past finalist for the Agatha and the Anthony Awards, he is also the...2022-05-3144 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJohn Gaspard | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 162John is author of the Eli Marks mystery series as well as four other stand-alone novels, "The Greyhound of the Baskervilles," "A Christmas Carl," "The Sword & Mr. Stone" and "The Ripperologists." He also writes the Como Lake Players mystery series, under the pen name Bobbie Raymond. In real life, John’s not a magician, but he has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less – that’s no small trick. He’s also written multiple books on the subject of low-budget filmmaking. Ironically, they’ve made more than the films.Those books ("Fast, Cheap and Under Cont...2022-05-2449 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesLori Robbins | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 161Brooklyn-born Lori Robbins’ debut novel, Lesson Plan for Murder: A Master Class Mystery, won the Silver Falchion for Best Cozy Mystery and was a finalist in the Readers’ Choice and Indie Book Awards. Murder in First Position, is the first in her new On Pointe Mystery Series, published by Level Best Books. Her next novel, Murder in Second Position came out in November of 2021. Robbins is also working on a second Master Class Mystery, Linked to Murder. She is a vice president of the New York chapter of Sisters in Crime and is a member of both Mystery Writers of A...2022-05-1739 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesEdwin Hill| My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 160Edwin Hill is the author of the critically-acclaimed Hester Thursby mystery series, the first of which, Little Comfort, was an Agatha Award finalist, a selection of the Mysterious Press First Mystery Club and a Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books selection. Formerly the vice president and editorial director for Bedford/St. Martin's (Macmillan), he now teaches at Emerson College and has written for the LA Review of Books, The Life Sentence, Publisher's Weekly, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. He lives in Roslindale, Massachusetts with his partner Michael and their lab, Edith Ann.https://www.edwin-hill.com/Today’s...2022-05-1038 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJulie Hennrikus | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 159Julie is a published mystery writer. She writes the Clock Shop Mystery series under the name Julianne Holmes and the Theater Cop series as J.A. Hennrikus. She uses the pen name Julia Henry for the Garden Squad Series and her fifth in the series is due out in the fall of 2022. She is on the board of Sisters in Crime, and a member of Mystery Writers of America and the New England chapter of Sisters in Crime.She blogs regularly with the Wicked Authors.https://jhauthors.com/ Today’s episode is brought to...2022-05-0348 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesElaine Isaak | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 158Author and editor Elaine Isaak credits first grade teacher Mrs. Krackhardt for nurturing an early enthusiasm for reading by allowing her to stay inside and read during recess—and she hasn’t looked back! She withdrew from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was studying sculpture, to pursue her own interests in business and writing.In addition to the many novels detailed on the Rocinante Books site, her stories have appeared in anthologies ranging from Warrior Women (Prime Books, 2016) to Fantasy for the Throne (Gray Rabbit, 2018).Elaine had an extensive writing credits to her name...2022-04-2651 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMichael Craven | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 157Michael Craven is a freelance advertising writer and creative director. He has worked at some of the country’s most creative agencies on both national and global accounts, and has won numerous industry awards.Prior to his freelance career, he was an executive creative director at kbs, part of the team running BMW and BMW Global. He was also a VP/CD at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, working on Microsoft, Burger King, Coke Zero and more.Michael is also the author of three crime novels, all published by Harper Collins. THE DETECTIVE & THE CHINESE HIGH-FIN (2016), THE DETECTIVE & THE PIPE GIRL (2014), an...2022-04-1950 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesTessa Wegert | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 156Tessa Wegert is the author of the Shana Merchant series of mysteries, which includes Death in the Family, The Dead Season, and Dead Wind (2022). A former freelance journalist, Tessa’s work has appeared in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Adweek, and The Economist. Tessa grew up in Quebec and now lives with her husband and children in Coastal Connecticut. Tessa is a member of International Thriller Writers (ITW), Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime New England, and Sisters in Crime New York.https://www.tessawegert.com/ Today’s episode is brought to you by Jo...2022-04-1251 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesBridget Finnegan | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 155Bridget Finnegan is an illustrator, designer, animator, publisher and author. A versatile illustrator and designer, Bridget has been able to stretch her legs creatively over her career with projects including the creation of packaging, dolls, websites, maps, technical illustrations and multifaceted advertising campaigns. She has illustrated, written and published several books under her company’s imprint, Dawdle Publishing, LLC. Her novel Odettes sports a unique setting and very interesting private detective Jessamyn Jakes. Bridget has a degree in photography from Washington University and an MBA from Plymouth State University. She lives in Durham, NH with her family.ht...2022-04-0538 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesDale Phillips | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 154Dale T Phillips is a New England writer, spent his formative years in Maine, and has lived and worked in a number of different places. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono, studied writing with Stephen King, and has worked for over twenty-five years as a Technical Writer in a number of major industries, translating the work of software developers into clear instructions for using computer software.He has published novels, over 70 short stories, collections, articles, jokes, and poetry, and has appeared on stage, television, and in Throg, an independent feature film.https://www.daletphillips.com...2022-03-2941 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesSarah Smith | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 153She studied English at Harvard, where she spent Saturdays in the library reading mysteries. She studied film in London and Paris. Her bestselling series of Edwardian mysteries, starring Alexander von Reisden and Perdita Halley, has been published in 14 languages. Two of the books have been named New York Times Notable Books. The Vanished Child, the first book in the series, is being made into a musical in Canada. Crimes and Survivors, about the Titanic and the people who survived her wreck, was published right in the middle of the pandemic--a good time to think about survival. Sarah’s young ad...2022-03-2246 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJeffery James Higgins | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 152Jeffrey James Higgins is a former reporter and retired supervisory DEA special agent who writes thriller novels, creative nonfiction, short stories, and essays. He has wrestled an IED away from a suicide bomber, fought the Taliban in combat, and chased terrorists across five continents. He received both the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Heroism and the DEA Award of Valor. He lives with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia. His most recent novel Unseen: Evil lurks among us follows the story of rookie Homicide Detective Malachi Wolf, as he investigates a string of murders in Washington, DC and uncovers bo...2022-03-1534 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesLisa Grey Re-air | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 151Lisa Gray is an Amazon #1, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She previously worked as the Chief Scottish Football Writer at the Press Association and books columnist at the Daily Record Saturday Magazine. Her debut novel, Thin Air, was a Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestseller and was Amazon.com’s third-bestselling Kindle eBook of 2019. Bad Memory was a Wall Street Journal bestseller and long-listed for the McIlvanney Prize. Dark Highway, the third book in the Jessica Shaw series, was published in November 2020. Lisa now writes full-time.https://lisagraywriter.com/Today’s epis...2022-03-0853 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesKaren Odden | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 150Karen Odden received her Ph.D. in English literature from New York University and subsequently taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her first novel, A Lady in the Smoke, was a USA Today bestseller and A Dangerous Duet and A Trace of Deceit have won awards for historical mystery and historical fiction. Her fourth mystery, Down a Dark River, became available November 9, 2021. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Karen was awarded a 2021 Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Karen currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband, her two children, and her r...2022-03-0150 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJames Ziskin | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 149James Ziskin is the author of the Anthony® and Macavity Award-winning Ellie Stone Mysteries. His books have also been finalists for the Edgar®, Barry, and Lefty awards. A linguist by training, he studied Romance languages and literature at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his graduate degree, he worked in New York as a photo-news producer and writer, and then as Director of NYU’s Casa Italiana. He spent fifteen years in the Hollywood post production industry, running large international operations in the subtitling/localization and visual effects fields. His international experience includes two years working and studying in Fran...2022-02-2248 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesAlafair Burke | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 148Alafair Burke is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is a New York Times bestselling author of 18 crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two series—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, and the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid.[1] Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She currently lives in New York City and is a professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law. She has served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America and as president of its Ne...2022-02-1535 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesBruce Coffin | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 147Bruce is the award-winning author of the bestselling Detective Byron mystery series. A former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine's largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Bruce spent four years investigating counter-terrorism cases for the FBI, earning the Director's Award, the highest award a non-agent can receive.Winner of Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel, Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best...2022-02-081h 05
My Favorite Detective StoriesSybil Johnson | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 146Sybil Johnson grew up in the Pacific Northwest. She fell in love with mysteries reading Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew. In junior high, she discovered Agatha Christie. After high school graduation, Sybil moved south to attend the University of Southern California, majoring in Computer Science. After twenty years of designing and writing code and managing programmers and software development projects, she turned to a life of crime writing.Her short fiction has appeared in Mysterical-E, Spinetingler Magazine, King’s River Life Magazine, Crimson Dagger, and Silver Moon Magazine.A past president of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles, Sybil co-chaired th...2022-02-0144 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesDavid Hodges | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 145A former superintendent with Thames Valley Police, David Hodges is a prolific crime writer and author of fourteen crime novels plus an autobiography on his life in the police service. His debut crime novel received critical media acclaim and a welcome accolade from Inspector Morse's creator, the late great Colin Dexter, and since then he has become the author of several successful stand-alone thrillers, including BLAST and TARGET (formerly Endeavour Media, now Lume Books).In particular, his Somerset Murder Series (Joffe Books), set on the mist-shrouded Somerset Levels in England and featuring the exploits of feisty detective...2022-01-2547 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJudy Murray | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 144Judy Murray is a real estate broker with a not-so-secret passion for deals, divas, and danger. Her passion for mysteries began with smart girls like Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden, grew deeper with not-to-be-ignored women like Miss Marple and Nora Charles. Judy incorporates her extensive knowledge of all things real estate with a passion for the Chesapeake Bay where she now lives Her debut novel Murder in the Master introduces Helen Morrisey, a sharp-tongued, gutsy and mature woman long on loyalty and short on romance. https://www.judymurraymysteries.com/ Today’s episode is broug...2022-01-1849 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJule Selbo | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 143Jule Selbo is novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Her debut crime mystery novel, 10 DAYS: A DEE ROMMEL MYSTERY (Pandamoon Publishing, August 2021) is the first in a series. She worked in the Los Angeles film world for two decades, writing for HBO’s Prison Stories, for George Lucas’ Young Indiana Jones, Aaron Spelling’s Melrose Place, Universal’s Hercules, Fox’s Space Above and Beyond, Warner Bros, Life Goes On and other series. Film credits include Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame Part Deux, Cinderella II, Columbia Pictures Hard Promises and more. Her theatre plays include Boxes (produced in regional theaters, including it...2022-01-1148 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMarcy McCreary | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 142After graduating from George Washington University with a B.A. in American Literature and Political Science, Marcy pursued a career in the marketing communications field for 25 years and held roles in marketing and sales at various magazine publishing companies and content marketing agencies.When she was laid off from a job a few years ago and looking for something to keep her busy and challenged, she decided to write a novel, The Deeper You Dig. Her second novel, The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon (CamCat Publishing) was published on September 7, 2021. She is currently writing a sequel to this novel.2022-01-0449 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesColin Conway | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 141Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Colin Conway is the author of The Cozy Up series which pushes the envelope of the cozy genre. Libby Klein, author of the Poppy McAllister series, says COZY UP TO DE...2021-11-1645 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesCaroline Mitchell | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 140Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. A New York Times, USA Today and Amazon No.1 bestselling author, Caroline Mitchell originates from Ireland and now lives with her family on the coast of Essex. A former p...2021-11-0251 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesEdmund Pickett | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 139Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights.Edmund Pickett was born and raised in the Rocky Mountain region of the western United States, in a town of 12,000 people. I've tried living in more crowded places, such as Denver...2021-10-1940 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesDavid Swinson | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 138Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights.David Swinson grew up in Washington, DC, Beirut, Mexico City and Stockholm, the son of a foreign service officer. He is a retired police detective from the Metropolitan Police Department in Wash...2021-10-0532 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesDan Padavona | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 137Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights.Thriller and horror author Dan Padavona grew up in Cortland, New York, outside the beautiful Finger Lakes, where he earned degrees from SUNY Cortland and SUNY Oneonta. He entered the Nationa...2021-09-2257 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesPauline Rowson | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 136Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Pauline Rowson can often be found walking the coastal paths of England looking for a good place to put a body! So far she has managed to avoid arrest...2021-09-0753 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMargaret Murphy | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 135Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights.Margaret Murphy writes internationally acclaimed and bestselling psychological thrillers under her own name, and forensic thrillers as Ashley Dyer and AD Garrett. She is a past Chair of the UK Crime W...2021-08-2455 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJ.C. Fields | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 134Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. J.C. Fields is the author of the award-winning suspense novels, The Sean Kruger Series. His book, A Lone Wolf is a #1 Best Selling Audiobook and the start of a new...2021-08-1045 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMark Edward Langley | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 133Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. When Mark Edward Langley was 9, he moved to a south suburb of Chicago, where he lived until 18 and his father was transferred to Houston, TX. Langley took a job with...2021-07-2745 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesChris Racknor | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 132Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Chris Racknor has a Ph.D. in physics and lives in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. He has been an astronomy teacher, physicist, competitive strongman, varsity rugby player, and stay-at-home dad. He...2021-07-1342 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJason Dalgliesh | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 131Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Jason Dalgliesh was born on the south coast of England and grew up in Hampshire, UK. He has worked in the power transmission industry, the retail sector, call centres...2021-06-2951 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesTammy Euliano | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 130Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John’s new novella Liberty City Nights. Tammy Euliano, MD, is a practicing anesthesiologist and tenured professor at the University of Florida. In addition to a prolific list of academic publications, YouTube teaching videos, and numerous...2021-06-1548 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesRobert McCaw | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 129Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Robert B. McCaw grew up in a military family traveling the world. After graduating from Georgetown University, he served as a lieutenant in the US Army before earning his JD degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Upon graduation from law school, he spent a year as a judicial clerk for Supre...2021-06-0840 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesRachel McCarthy James Rebroadcast | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 128Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s new prequel Liberty City Nights. Sign up for the email newsletter at Http://www.johnhoda.com to get the book free.What makes Rachel a wonderful guest for this show is her research skills and persistence which led to Solving a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery, The Edgar nominated book The Man from the Train is her first book. She co-wrote with her father Bill James, whose name you might know from Michael Lewis's book and the Movie of the same name Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and Jona...2021-05-2548 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesLisa Gray | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 127Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Lisa Gray is an Amazon #1, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She previously worked as the Chief Scottish Football Writer at the Press Association and books columnist at the Daily Record Saturday Magazine. Her debut novel, Thin Air, was a Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestseller and was Amazon.com’s third-b...2021-05-1155 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesSheldon Siegel | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 126Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Sheldon Siegel is the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon best-selling author of the critically acclaimed legal thriller series featuring San Francisco criminal defense attorneys Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez. He is also the author of the thriller novel The Terrorist Next Door featuring Chicago homicide detectives David Gold and A.C. Battle. Sheld...2021-04-2741 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesSimon McCleave | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 125Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareSimon McCleave was born in South London. When leaving University, he worked in television and film development. He was a Script Editor at the BBC, a producer at Channel 4 before working as a Story Analyst in Los Angeles. He worked on films such as 'The Full Monty' and television series such as the BBC Crime Drama 'Bet...2021-04-1341 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesKaren Dionne | My Favorite Detective Stories Episode 124Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of the award-winning psychological suspense novel The Marsh King’s Daughter, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the U.S. and in 26 other languages. Her follow up novel, The Wicked Sister (August 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons), is also an international bestseller and Publish...2021-03-3043 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesDaniel Waters | Episode 123Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Daniel Waters is a native of Southern New Jersey. He graduated from St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and has been publishing stories and essays since 1981; his work has appeared in the Journal of The American Medical Association, The New Physician, The Examined Life (Univers...2021-03-161h 04
My Favorite Detective StoriesDavid Stever | Episode 122Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareOur guest today is David Stever. David is a novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He writes the Johnny Delarosa mystery-thriller series, debuting with, AUBURN RIDE, paying homage to the great detective fiction of the past. The series has been called “noir for the 21st Century.” Fans of hard-boiled, crime thriller books, complete with sexy femme fatales, will lov...2021-03-0334 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMatt Coyle | Episode 121Today’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available for pre-order now. You can get them through Amazon right now:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Matt Coyle is the author of the bestselling Rick Cahill crime series. Matt knew he wanted to be a crime writer at age thirteen when his father gave him Raymond Chandler’s THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER. Matt’s books have won the Anthony, Shamus, Lefty, Ben Franklin Silver, Foreword...2021-02-1751 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesJames D.F. HannahToday’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers. You can get them through Amazon right now:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareJames D.F. Hannah is the Shamus Award-winning author of the Henry Malone novels, as well as the novel THE RIGHTEOUS PATH. A native of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, Hannah was an award-winning former journalist and columnist before moving into governmental public relations. He lives with entirely too many cats in Louisville, Kent...2021-02-0252 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesEpisode 119 - Robert DugoniToday’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available for pre-order now. You can get them through Amazon right now: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle, which has sold more than 6 million books worldwide. He is also the author of The Charles Jenkins espionage series, and the David Sloane...2021-01-201h 03
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 118 - Andy MaslenToday’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available for pre-order now. You can get them through Amazon right now:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share My guest is today is Andy Maslen. Andy was born in Nottingham, England. After leaving university with a degree in psychology, he worked in the business for thirty years as a copywriter. In his spare time, he plays blues guitar. He lives in Wiltshire. He is the author of the D...2021-01-0651 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 117 - Steve BerryToday’s episode is brought to you by John’s full series of crime thrillers available for pre-order now. You can get them through Amazon right now:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of nineteen novels His books have been translated into 40 languages with 25,000,000 copies in 51 countries. They consistently appear in the top echelon of The New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller lists. History lies at the heart of every...2020-12-2343 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 116 - John A HodaToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: Amazon John A. Hoda is a real-life PI, Business Coach, Podcaster of My Favorite Detective Stories, and author of four books on the business of private investigations. His cases have headlined in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Haven Register. He has been a lifetime athlete, running marathons, playing adult soccer, and semi-professional football. He has created the FBI Agent Marsha O’She crime thri...2020-12-0947 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 108 - Mark LangleyToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonOur guest this week is Mark Edward Langley. Mark was instilled with the love for the American West at a young age by his father after revisiting it throughout childhood, his connection to the land and people became irrevocable.He spent almost 30 years working in the corporate world and retired at the end of 2016 to focus on his career as a novelist. His f...2020-08-1839 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 107 - J Todd ScottToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonJ. Todd Scott was born in rural Kentucky and attended college and law school in Virginia, where he set aside an early ambition to write to pursue a career as a federal agent. His assignments have taken him all over the U.S and the world, but a badge and gun never replaced his passion for books and writing. He now resides in the A...2020-08-0448 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 106 - D. P. LyleToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonToday's episode of My Favorite Detective Stories:D.P. Lyle. is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Today Best Book(2) Award nominated author of 17 books, both non-fiction and fiction, including the Samantha Cody, Dub Walker, and Jake Longly thriller series and the Royal Pains media tie-in novels. His essay on J...2020-07-2154 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 105 - Rick PullenToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonOur guest this week is Rick Pullen. Rick is an award-winning investigative reporter, magazine editor, a novelist who lives in Virginia. He is a member of the folio 100, the 100 most influential people in magazine publishing.He was a finalist for the editor of the year in 2015 and spent most of his career in Washington, DC. He started writing fiction in 2011, Naked Ambition published in...2020-07-0852 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 104 - Barbara NicklessToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy Favorite Detective Stories:Barbara Nickless is the #1 Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the “blisteringly original” Sydney Parnell crime novels featuring a railway cop and her K9 partner. About the series, Jeffery Deaver promises “you'll fall in love with one of the best characters in thriller fiction.” The series has been optioned for television and has won two Colorado Book Awards an...2020-06-2337 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 103 - Michael KorytaToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonOur guest this week is New York Times-bestselling author Michael Koryta. A former newspaper reporter and private investigator, his work has been translated into more than 20 languages and have won or been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Edgar® Award, Shamus Award, Barry Award, Quill Award, International Thriller Writers Award, and the Golden Dagger. They’ve been selected as “best books of the year”...2020-06-091h 02
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 102 - Dana KingToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonDana King Dana has earned Shamus Award nominations for two of his Nick Forte novels, A Small Sacrifice and The Man in the Window. He also writes the Penns River novels, of which the fifth novel in the series, Pushing Water, released from Down & Out Books on May 4. His work has appeared in the anthologies The Black Car Business, Unloaded 2, The Shamus Sampler 2, and Blood, G...2020-05-2646 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 101 - Joseph WambaughToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest to today is Joseph Wambaugh. Joe is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his first novels were set in Los Angeles, California, and its surroundings, and featured Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He has been nominated for 4 Edgar Awards (winning 3), and was named a Grand Master by the M...2020-05-1257 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 100 - Adam PlatingaToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: Amazon Subscribe to day for the How to Rocket Your PI Business Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-rocket-your-pi-business-podcast/id1507578980?mt=2&app=podcastAdam Platinga holds a B.A. in English with a second major in Criminology/Law Studies from Marquette University. He has written thirteen nonfiction articles on various aspects of police work for the literary magazine The Cre...2020-05-0546 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 99 - Bill VincentToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.How to Rocket Your PI Business PodcastSubscribe now so you don't miss an episode - Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-rocket-your-pi-business-podcast/id1507578980?mt=2&app=podcastSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3XyqgbdrlWbBpnTBYvFYDk?si=CUKb-dBwSKG-9Wt5koq_IgBill Vincent is a former police officer and is...2020-04-281h 14
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 98 - Katherine Ramsland ReturnsToday's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.My returning guest is Katherine Ramsland Dr. Ramsland holds graduate degrees in Forensic Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Philosophy. She teaches Forensic Psychology at DeSales Univerisity in Pennsylvania. She has written on the subjects of serial killers, crime scene investigations forensic science, mass murder, and sex offenders.https://www.desales.edu/academics/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/katherine-ramslandThank you for...2020-04-2159 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 97 - Connie DialToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonConnie Dial is a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department where she rose through the ranks as one of the first female patrol officers, promoting to detective, lieutenant and retiring as a captain and the commanding officer of the LAPD’s Hollywood division. She has a BA in Literature and Journalism from California State University in Los Angeles and is a graduate of the...2020-04-141h 23
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 96 - Christina DuranToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Christina Duran is a licensed private investigator who specializes in tracking down missing and exploited children. We talk about her passion for investigations and go in-depth with her very first case as a licensed PI that went to court. I was fascinated by her work in the Dominican Republic on Human Trafficking cases.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Amatrixinvestigations/2020-04-0747 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 95 - Frank ZafiroToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest today is Frank Zafiro Frank served in the U.S. Army from 1986-91 in Military Intelligence as a Czechoslovak linguist. In 1993, he became a police officer in Spokane, Washington. During his career, he worked as a patrol officer, corporal, and detective before entered into leadership roles, becoming a sergeant in 2002. He was fortunate enough to command patrol officers, investigators, K-9 officers (and their d...2020-03-311h 24
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 94 - Matt SpaierToday's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Matt is a 1996 graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a BS Criminal Justice. Since 2005, he is the president of Satellite Investigations specializing in Personal Injury investigations and Security Risk management.Their Personal Injury division focuses on Plaintiff Investigations to assist attorneys in gathering information on their claims and making assessments on how to proceed depending on liability...2020-03-241h 11
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 93 - Nancy RommelmannToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest today is the investigative Journalist Nancy Rommelmann To the Bridge, a True Story of Motherhood and Murder - July 2018The case was closed, but for journalist Nancy Rommelmann, the mystery remained: What made a mother want to murder her own children? On May 23, 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith drove to the Sellwood Bridge in Portland, Oregon, and dropped her two children into the Willamette River. Forty m...2020-03-1745 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 92 - Rachele' DavisToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level. New Hope Investigations was founded at the start of 2016 by Rachele’ Davis, a former crime analyst for her local police department. After seven years in local government and seven years prior to that as a teacher, Rachele’ found herself drawn to the private sector of investigations and the challenge of building her own business. Her master's degree in crimin...2020-03-101h 04
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 91 - August NormanToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest this week is August Norman. Originally from central Indiana, thriller and mystery author August Norman has called Los Angeles home for two decades, writing for and/or appearing in movies, television, stage productions, web series, and even commercial advertising. A lover and champion of crime fiction, August regularly attends the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference and is an active member of the Mystery Wri...2020-03-0346 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 90 - Kelly RiddleToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Kelly Riddle is the President of Kelmar Global Private Investigations, He has written 12 books, founded and sat on the boards of notable private investation associations and is a much sought-after speaker at conferences and seminars. He has an online school for private investigators and has grown his business from 5 investigators in 1989 to over 61 with staff support and a management structure. NAIS T...2020-02-2549 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 89 - Mark BerginToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: Amazon Mark Bergin graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism, then worked four years as a newspaper reporter and photographer, winning the Virginia Press Association Award for general news reporting, before joining the Alexandria, Virginia, Police Department in 1986. Twice named Police Officer of the Year for narcotics and robbery investigations, he served in most of the posts described in APPREHENSION, his debut no...2020-02-1846 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 88 - Michael JulianToday's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Michael Julian is the CEO/President of MPS Security & Protection, a division of National Business Investigations, Inc., founded in 1967 by his father Ron Julian. The company provides corporate executive protection, threat and risk mitigation, and security. Michael is licensed in multiple states as a Private Investigator and Security Professional, is a graduate of the Executive Protection Institute and Executive Security International, a...2020-02-1140 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 87 - Andrew Welsh-HugginsToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonBy day, Andrew Welsh-Huggins is an editor and reporter for the Associated Press in Columbus, focusing on criminal justice topics. By earlier in the day, he is the author of six mysteries featuring Andy Hayes, a former Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback turned private eye. Of Andrew’s most recent book, Fatal Judgment, Publishers Weekly said, “Intriguing . . . Fans of Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone books...2020-02-0453 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 86 - Rod GagnonToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Rod Gagnon started in the distressed asset investigations business in 1984 with a repossession agency in New Hampshire when he was a few years out of high school. From that simple beginning, he has gone on to specialize in financial fraud investigations and the enforcement of Court Judgments that range from $1,000 to $20,000,000 from California to Florida. His work includes finding financial account r...2020-01-2845 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 85 - Max WirestoneToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMax Wirestone is the writer of the Dahlia Moss mystery series. He's also a librarian by day, a dad by night, and a ne'er-do-well in most of the times in between. He lives in Kansas with his husband, son, and altogether too many books. We explore his mysteries set in the gaming community as well as the the 4 queens of crime: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, D...2020-01-2140 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 84 - Michele StuartToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Ms. Stuart is a licensed Private Investigator in the State of Arizona with twenty years of experience specializing in the areas of Financial, Open Source Investigations (OSINT), Corporate Investigations, and Intelligence/Counter Intelligence. She started her investigative career as an Economic Fraud Investigator. She provides seminars on her specialized investigative techniques in Open Source Investigations (OSINT). Over the past years she...2020-01-2142 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 83 - Casey BarrettToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonCasey Barrett is a Canadian Olympian and the co-founder and co-CEO of Imagine Swimming, New York City's largest learn-to-swim school. His short fiction, essays, and books coverage have appeared in The Village Voice, Mystery Tribune, Crime Reads, Booktrib, and elsewhere. A provocative voice in the swimming and Olympic community, he has won three Emmy awards and one Peabody award for his work on NBC's broadcasts o...2020-01-0749 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 82 - Intermountain PI Podcast Interview w/ Scott FulmerToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.private investigation, picoach, private eye, pi, detective, mystery, true crime, novel, writing, favorite, detective stories, crime, drama, thrillerHe’s been a police officer and an insurance fraud investigator. However, for the last 22 years of his life he’s been a successful private investigator. Not to mention an author of numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction. Now, he’s slowly turning the busines...2019-12-3149 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 81 - Nick KolakowskiToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonNick Kolakowski is the author of "Boise Longpig Hunting Club" (Down & Out Books) as well as the "Love & Bullets" trilogy of novellas from Shotgun Honey. His short fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Plots with Guns, Mystery Tribune, and various anthologies. He lives and writes in New York City, where he's inspired every day by whatever weirdness he witnesses on the subway.Website: http://n...2019-12-2452 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 80 - Joe ThorntonToday's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.My guest today is Joseph D. Thornton. He has been a licensed private investigator in Maine since 1975 and in Massachusetts since 2005. He owned and operated Lawyers Investigating Service in Maine performing civil and criminal investigations for trial lawyers throughout New England until 1995. He also has been licensed and worked extensively in New Hampshire, North Carolina and Florida. Between 1999 and 2005 Joe was a...2019-12-1737 min
My Favorite Detective StoriesMFDS 75 - John JantunenToday's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonJohn Jantunen lives with his wife and two sons in Capreol, Ontario. His debut novel, Cipher, was shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize while his second, A Desolate Splendor, was also an apocalyptic thriller. No Quarter is his third book.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that...2019-11-1254 min