This is an interview I ran more than a year ago, as a Monday post. In light of the senseless tragedy in Connecticut, I couldn’t bring myself to talk about true crime this week. Instead, I’m sharing this interview for all my new followers. Matt O’Brien is the journalist who wrote Beneath The Neon: Life … Read the rest →
On July 13, 10-year-old Lyric Cook and her 8-year-old cousin, Elizabeth Collins disappeared from Evansdale, Iowa–just fifty miles from where I live in Marion. They left for a bike ride, and hours after they were reported missing, the girls’ bikes and purses were found near Meyers Lake. A search of the lake turned up no … Read the rest →
Because I’m going to be inundating you with posts about INTO THE DARK’s blog tour, my Thriller Thursday posts are going to be short and sweet for a while. For the next few weeks, I’m stealing Catie Rhodes‘ idea of talking about my favorite true crime television shows. This week’s victim is A&E’s Cold Case … Read the rest →
With Into The Dark’s blog tour in full swing, I’m going to be doing something different with Thriller Thursdays the next few weeks. A lot of the posts will be short and sweet, featuring unsolved crimes. Today I’m reblogging a great post by my friend and critique partner Catie Rhodes. It’s an intense but fascinating … Read the rest →
It’s release month for INTO THE DARK, and I have something truly special planned. The homeless living in the storm drains beneath Las Vegas play an important role in INTO THE DARK. Stretching hundreds of miles beneath the city and known as the tunnels, the drains are a refuge for around 200 of the city’s … Read the rest →
Back on topic for obsessive October–stalkers. We’ve covered a few famous cases, but what you need to remember is that ANYONE can be stalked. According to results from the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 1 in 6 women (16.2%) and 1 in 19 men (5.2%) in the United States have experienced stalking … Read the rest →
I know, October is supposed to be about obsessions and stalkers. And next weeks post will be all over it. But since we’re in the scariest month of the year and there is a great new anthology out, I wanted to tell you guys all about it. From Amazon: TALES FROM THE MIST will take … Read the rest →
In my debut novel, Into The Dark, the heroine faces a stalker who will stop at nothing to possess her. Stalking is a very real–and very terrifying–crime, and I’m devoting the entire month of October to profiling stalking crimes. Social media is an awesome tool. It’s not only a key for an authors brand, but … Read the rest →
In the past thirty years, there have been over seventy-five such cases in civilized societies (half in the U.S.). No one knows how many people have been killed. A rare few enter the profession as predatory “angels of death,” but many transform into killers on the job, sometimes via benign motives. These killers do not stand … Read the rest →
Serial September is rolling full steam ahead (cliché alert), and this week, we’re talking about team killers. Two men are responsible for making true crime into a genre of its own: Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. Truman Capote told their story when he wrote In Cold Blood. If you’ve read it (and if you haven’t, … Read the rest →
Stacy Green is the best selling author of psychological thrillers and mystery with a dash of romance. As a stay at home mom, she's blessed with making writing a full-time career. She lives in Iowa with her supportive husband, daughter, and their three fur-babies.