Need Father’s Day ideas? How about a couple of thrilling spy reads? As a retired CIA…
Carmen Amato
Could notorious spy and traitor Aldrich Ames defeat AI?
I took multiple polygraph tests during my 30-year career as an intelligence officer with the CIA.…
You Can Decode the News Like a Cold War Warrior
As fallout over the firing of Fox New anchor Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon continues…
3 Life Lessons from a Gathering of Strangers
We sometimes learn–or relearn–life lessons in unexpected places. I recently joined 14 women creatives at a…
Jailbirds
While chatting with fellow author Shelley Blanton-Stroud (grab her free book, COPY BOY) for an upcoming…
Book Review: THE DEAD CERTAIN DOUBT by Jim Nesbitt
THE DEAD CERTAIN DOUBT is a noir gem, peppered with American muscle cars, a hard-drinking hero,…
New Release! BLACKMAIL AT THE GALLIANO CLUB
New release! Today is release day for BLACKMAIL AT THE GALLIANO CLUB, the second book in…
The 3 Golden Rules of Lying and Deception
You’ve been granted a tour of the original Central Intelligence Agency headquarters building outside Washington, DC.…
Book review: THE MONOGRAM MURDERS by Sophie Hannah
I love reading a good mystery as much as I love writing them! Here’s what I…
Upcoming New Release! Blackmail at the Galliano Club
Blackmail BLACKMAIL AT THE GALLIANO CLUB is slated for release on 16 February 2023! The Galliano…
Book Review: SWEETLAND by Dareth Pray
Debut thriller SWEETLAND takes off like a rocket and never loses speed. Author Dareth Pray is…
Best Prohibition-era Reading
A tall frosty glass of Prohibition, ballplayers and mobsters? I drank up a dozen books while…
Arrests made in the next chapter of 43 MISSING
Mexico’s Truth Commission investigating the mass disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College…
Release Dates for the Galliano Club series
New release dates! All three full-length novels in the Prohibition-era Galliano Club series are scheduled for…
Collaboration Opportunity for Food Bloggers
Are you a food blogger? Love to cook Italian? Are you looking for a fresh, fun…
Book Review: A NEAPOLITAN INTRIGUE by Kate McVaugh
Past and present collide in this clever thriller that moves between present-day Naples, Italy, and Berkeley,…
Could Gas Prices Make You a Victim of Fuel Thieves?
A month ago, the catalytic converter was hacked out of my daughter’s car as it was…
Spying on Elon Musk?
Elon Musk hardly needs an introduction these days, but here goes. He’s the richest man in…
President Trump vs Mexican drug cartel labs
Mark Esper has written about his stint as secretary of defense during the last year of…
How a Real Cliff Diver Tames Her Fears
Ellie Smart is a professional cliff diver, but not an adrenaline junkie. Riiiight. A native of…
At least you didn’t fall into a narco sinkhole
Imagine taking a nap on your sofa one afternoon, only to be awakened when the floor…
New Release! Road to the Galliano Club
ROAD TO THE GALLIANO CLUB, prequel to the Galliano Club historical thriller series, is available now…
Book Review: COMMAND AND CONTROL by David Bruns and J.R. Olson
I was already a fan of this author duo’s espionage thrillers but COMMAND and CONTROL by…
Book Review: SHARPE’S ASSASSIN by Bernard Cornwell
First off, let me confess that I’m such a fan of the Richard Sharpe historical thriller…
2021 Gift Guide from the Mystery Ahead newsletter
My 2021 Gift Guide features everything a mystery lover needs for the year ahead. Keep scrolling…