How Can You Defend a Guilty Person? Part II

My client was guilty! No question about it. Seventeen year old, Jim, found his wife in bed with another man. Jim went beserk and kicked the defend a guilty personother man out but did worse to his wife–he strangled her around the throat with his hands. Then, trying to avoid detection, he spray-painted her body in gang grafitti, and dumped her …

Flashover Research for Writers

My third book is called, Flashover, which refers to a point in a fire when the gases are so hot they explode like a bomb and destroy anything in the vicinity.  Obviously, it’s a dangerous situation for fire fighters and they avoid it at all costs.  The book is about a serial arsonist/murderer who keeps setting newer …

Tax Returns—Why Think About Them

Since February 1, most of you received your tax documents in the mail.  And a few of you are actually thinking of filing your tax returns early this year—well, very few!Colin photo

It always amazes me to listen to lawyers riding the elevators between court rooms chuckle about how they’ve “beaten” the government again—by getting a tax refund after …

Serial Arsonists on “Castle”

For those of you who have been hooked on the TV seriesCastle, you may have caught an episode this month involving a serial arsonist who becomes a murderer also.  The main character, Richard Castle, is a successful writer who probably got bored and decided to investigate real crimes.  I’m glad the writers of the show chose …

FLASHOVER — My New Book is Out

I’m  excited to announce that my third book, Flashover will be published on Sept. 1, 2013!Flashover Cover_Layout 1

Like my previous books, this is a suspense crime novel set in Minneapolis.  The main character is a young, female prosecutor named Zehra who is ambitious to become a judge.  She is assigned a case of an alleged arsonist and hopes a …

Measles Outbreak in Minneapolis

Health officials are battling an outbreak of measles spreading in the large Somali community in Minneapolis.  In Pennsylvania a case of measles is traced to an Indian child.  There’s a measles outbreak tracked to Maryland.  A potential measles outbreak is brewing in Boston.

What’s going on?

Measles has almost been eradicated from the United States.  So why is …

An Undiscovered Crime

I’m thrilled because my new book Reprisal will be published September 1 and available for purchase in early September.

It’s a thriller/mystery about an undiscovered crime–terrorists plan to use American children as weapons of mass destruction.  Do you remember all the Somali young men who disappeared from the Twin Cities in the past two years?  They were kidnapped …