My Writing Journey
Thriller 101 podcast by David Gwyn - The most useful, no-nonsense resource I’ve found for thriller writers. David brings the rare combination of working novelist and professional editor, which shows in every episode. Weekly guest authors offer sharp, practical insights into the craft—often with a sense of humor that keeps it grounded.
Plottr software - When spreadsheets stop being enough, Plottr is the logical upgrade. It’s powerful without being rigid, and ideal for visualizing chapter order and narrative flow. I use it to track structure, clues, legal beats, and character arcs—cleanly, flexibly, and without fighting the tool.
I have no financial interest in either of these resources.
After decades of writing words that served other people’s agendas, I’ve finally turned my attention to murder.
My debut novel, Tell Me Who Dies, opens with a solved cold case, a bestselling true crime book, and a detective forced to walk the razor’s edge between truth and fiction.
Step into the shadows with me—where justice is never clear, and every answer comes at a cost.
Leading Characters
Julian Blackwell is a bestselling crime novelist. He moves effortlessly through the literary and investigative worlds. His latest work—a true crime book—led to an arrest in a cold case and now it's trial time.
Findlay Munro. Cold cases are his exile, his punishment. Then comes the case he can’t refuse—and doesn’t want. He’s no hero chasing headlines. He’d rather labor in the shadows than step into the light.
Nora Fraser, the Cold Case unit’s newest detective, sharp-eyed and relentless. Her genealogy charts, ViCAP queries, and neon notes reveal a mind always connecting the dots.
Be a witness to a murder ...or two.
The plot thickens. Not everyone is guaranteed to survive to the final page.
"This is a cross between a psychological thriller and a courtroom drama."