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A madman's New Year's deadly rampage in New Orleans ... 52 years ago. Even our grim history repeats itself.![]()
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Evil at the Front Door: Notorious Louisiana
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Louisiana – famous for its Mardi Gras, spicy cuisine, and Dixieland jazz – is also the scene of some of the most notorious crimes in the country. Bestselling authors Ron Franscell and Rebecca Morr...
The Fremont Canyon Bridge near Casper WY is an especially haunted—and sanctified—place for me. From there in 1973, my two friends and next-door neighbors, Amy Burridge and Becky Thomson, were thrown by two local creeps with terror, rape, and murder in mind (the subject of my NYTimes bestseller "The Darkest Night"). One died and one miraculously survived. So it twisted my gut to see a Facebook post and video this weekend by an Idaho bungree-jumping outfit inviting people to "throw your meat" from that heartbreaking bridge.![]()
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The backlash from horrified Casper people was noticed by reporter Clair McFarland at the Cowboy State Daily, who did a marvelous story about it. (See a link in the Comments.)![]()
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(This marvelous photo is by my friend and brilliant photographer Rose Fry.)
Great news! My mystery "Deaf Row" is a crime-fiction finalist in the 2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, announced today. Winners will be announced Oct. 1 and I think the old codgers could use the encouragement!![]()
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(If you haven't yet read "Deaf Row" see the handy link to print, ebook, and audio in the Comments.)
Please join my conversation with bestselling mystery writer Anne Hillerman about her new novel "Lost Birds." 2pm today at the Placitas (NM) Community Library—and it's free!
I am delighted to join my old friend and bestselling author Anne Hillerman as the moderator for a book chat about her new mystery "Lost Birds," at 2pm June 23 at the Placitas Community Library. If you're a fan (as I am) of her Manuelito/Chee/Leaphorn novels—which extend the lives and stories of characters from her late father Tony Hillerman's mega-bestselling Southwestern mysteries—please join us. It's free!
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