A good night for a mystery.
I’m working hard on my new book, The Chinatown Murders. I’m making good progress, exceeding my goal of two thousand words almost every day.
This book is about a true case that happened in Seattle. I can’t give you too many details about what happened because I don’t want to give away the plot. Let me just say that a serial rapist worked Chinatown for over two years. He was free to spread his reign of terror because his victims were undocumented aliens and afraid to go to the police. It seemed like a perfect case for Catrina Flaherty.
All of my books are based on true crimes. I insert my cast of players and sometimes invent facts here and there to enhance the story line, but basically, I can’t make this stuff up.
In The Chinatown Murders our rapist escalates. He accidently kills one of his victims and gets the biggest thrill of his life. It feels so good that he does it again. When Asian girls start dying, a friend goes to Cat. Catrina runs a parallel investigation to the one run by detective sergeant Tom Bremen, Catrina’s former lover. Needless to say, neither is eager to work with the other.
In the meantime, Cat’s relationship with Harvey Bernstein heats up. Could Catrina have finally met a man she can settle down with?
Remember the end of The Cartel Strikes Back? We left Ted’s little brother, Carlito, in quite a bind. He was arrested for a gangland killing.
In The Chinatown Murders attorney Chris Hardwick, Ted’s best friend, takes on Carlito’s case and fights corruption in the District Attorney’s office. The case takes a few twists and turns and we get to sit in the gallery and watch the two attorneys’ battle it out.
I have to give a big thanks to my friends Ron Ramey and Mike Gibbs. Ron is a retired attorney in Huston. He provides me with incredible insights into legal matters. I lay out the case for him and he tears it apart, showing me the weaknesses and pointing out new paths the case could take.
Mike is a veteran of more than thirty years on the San Diego Police Department. For several years now, he has read and corrected all of my “cop scenes.” He’s given me wonderful insight into how an officer’s mind works and corrected many inaccuracies in my fight scenes.
I owe them both a debt of gratitude.
This book is about a true case that happened in Seattle. I can’t give you too many details about what happened because I don’t want to give away the plot. Let me just say that a serial rapist worked Chinatown for over two years. He was free to spread his reign of terror because his victims were undocumented aliens and afraid to go to the police. It seemed like a perfect case for Catrina Flaherty.
All of my books are based on true crimes. I insert my cast of players and sometimes invent facts here and there to enhance the story line, but basically, I can’t make this stuff up.
In The Chinatown Murders our rapist escalates. He accidently kills one of his victims and gets the biggest thrill of his life. It feels so good that he does it again. When Asian girls start dying, a friend goes to Cat. Catrina runs a parallel investigation to the one run by detective sergeant Tom Bremen, Catrina’s former lover. Needless to say, neither is eager to work with the other.
In the meantime, Cat’s relationship with Harvey Bernstein heats up. Could Catrina have finally met a man she can settle down with?
Remember the end of The Cartel Strikes Back? We left Ted’s little brother, Carlito, in quite a bind. He was arrested for a gangland killing.
In The Chinatown Murders attorney Chris Hardwick, Ted’s best friend, takes on Carlito’s case and fights corruption in the District Attorney’s office. The case takes a few twists and turns and we get to sit in the gallery and watch the two attorneys’ battle it out.
I have to give a big thanks to my friends Ron Ramey and Mike Gibbs. Ron is a retired attorney in Huston. He provides me with incredible insights into legal matters. I lay out the case for him and he tears it apart, showing me the weaknesses and pointing out new paths the case could take.
Mike is a veteran of more than thirty years on the San Diego Police Department. For several years now, he has read and corrected all of my “cop scenes.” He’s given me wonderful insight into how an officer’s mind works and corrected many inaccuracies in my fight scenes.
I owe them both a debt of gratitude.
Looking into Elliot Bay
I’m loving writing The Chinatown murders, but it’s creeping me out. The book opens inside the mind of the serial killer as he makes his first kill. We continue to see the world through his depraved eyes As the book continues, we go back and forth between the killer and Catrina in their intricate game of cat and mouse.
I am not demented killer, but I have to think like one when I write his scenes. I somehow get lost in his head as I write, but when I stop and read what I’ve just written, I’m shocked at the state of his depravity. Last night I dreamed about a lost bear cub finding a home with us and a new baby in our lives. Maybe my subconscious mind is cleansing itself of the horrible things I’ve been thinking while I sleep.
Whatever my mental state, I think you’re going to like this book. It’s set in Seattle and if you live there, you will recognize the scenes, places and some of the people. If you’ve never been to Seattle, you will come away feeling like you know the town.
I had never been to New York, but Connie and I watched so much Law and Order I felt like I knew the town. After a Christmastime visit in 2003, we came home and every time we watched Law and Order we said “I know that place. Remember when …”
I hope that after you’ve read the book, you will take a trip to Seattle (in the summer when it’s not raining) and feel the same way.
As always, I have a twist at the ending that you won’t see coming. I ask readers to write me if they figure out the ending. I even put up a prize for my beta readers who guessed the ending to The Cartel Strikes Back. I didn’t get a single person write me to say they got it before the reveal.
The Chinatown murders has a similar ending. If you guess it before I reveal the ending, please drop me a line.
In the meantime, if you haven’t yet read The Cartel Strikes Back, you should get it right away. Not just because it’s a rousing good tale, but because it is the prelude to so much that happens in The Chinatown Murders.
In The Cartel Strikes Back, Ted and crew are back in Mexico. After the world’s most wanted drug lord, El Posolero, makes a daring escape from prison, he vows revenge on the man who sent him there, Ted Higuera. I don’t want to give away too much of the story, but several of the plot lines in The Chinatown Murders start in The Cartel Strikes Back.
Click here to get your copy.
Stay tuned and I’ll keep you posted on my progress. It won’t be too long now until I make my call for beta readers. In the meantime, have a great week.
I am not demented killer, but I have to think like one when I write his scenes. I somehow get lost in his head as I write, but when I stop and read what I’ve just written, I’m shocked at the state of his depravity. Last night I dreamed about a lost bear cub finding a home with us and a new baby in our lives. Maybe my subconscious mind is cleansing itself of the horrible things I’ve been thinking while I sleep.
Whatever my mental state, I think you’re going to like this book. It’s set in Seattle and if you live there, you will recognize the scenes, places and some of the people. If you’ve never been to Seattle, you will come away feeling like you know the town.
I had never been to New York, but Connie and I watched so much Law and Order I felt like I knew the town. After a Christmastime visit in 2003, we came home and every time we watched Law and Order we said “I know that place. Remember when …”
I hope that after you’ve read the book, you will take a trip to Seattle (in the summer when it’s not raining) and feel the same way.
As always, I have a twist at the ending that you won’t see coming. I ask readers to write me if they figure out the ending. I even put up a prize for my beta readers who guessed the ending to The Cartel Strikes Back. I didn’t get a single person write me to say they got it before the reveal.
The Chinatown murders has a similar ending. If you guess it before I reveal the ending, please drop me a line.
In the meantime, if you haven’t yet read The Cartel Strikes Back, you should get it right away. Not just because it’s a rousing good tale, but because it is the prelude to so much that happens in The Chinatown Murders.
In The Cartel Strikes Back, Ted and crew are back in Mexico. After the world’s most wanted drug lord, El Posolero, makes a daring escape from prison, he vows revenge on the man who sent him there, Ted Higuera. I don’t want to give away too much of the story, but several of the plot lines in The Chinatown Murders start in The Cartel Strikes Back.
Click here to get your copy.
Stay tuned and I’ll keep you posted on my progress. It won’t be too long now until I make my call for beta readers. In the meantime, have a great week.
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