My Favorite Detective Stories

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonToday's episode of My Favorite Detective Stories:D.P. Lyle. is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Today Best Book(2) Award nominated author of 17 books, both non-fiction and fiction, including the Samantha Cody, Dub Walker, and Jake Longly thriller series and the Royal Pains media tie-in novels. His essay on Jules Verne's THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND appears in THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS, his short story "Even Steven" in ITW's anthology THRILLER 3: LOVE IS MURDER, and his short story "Bottom Line" in FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME. He served as editor for and contributed the short story "Splash" to SCWA's anthology IT'S ALL IN THE STORY. He is International Thriller Writer's VP for Education, and runs CraftFest, Master CraftFe

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonOur guest this week  is Rick Pullen. Rick is an award-winning investigative reporter, magazine editor, a novelist who lives in Virginia. He is a member of the folio 100, the 100 most influential people in magazine publishing.He was a finalist for the editor of the year in 2015 and spent most of his career in Washington, DC. He started writing fiction in 2011, Naked Ambition published in May 2016 was his first in the Naked City series of thrillers and immediately became a bestseller, Naked Truth. a sequel was released in September 2018.  Volume one of The Apprentice, a fast-paced serial about a rookie reporter thrust into the Washington political nightmare was released in December 2017. Rick is a member of the international thriller writers. Also mystery writers of America, the Authors Guild, and the national press club.

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy Favorite Detective Stories:Barbara Nickless is the #1 Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the “blisteringly original” Sydney Parnell crime novels featuring a railway cop and her K9 partner. About the series, Jeffery Deaver promises “you'll fall in love with one of the best characters in thriller fiction.” The series has been optioned for television and has won two Colorado Book Awards and the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence. The first book in the series was a Suspense Magazine “best of 2016” selection. Barbara’s essays and short stories have appeared in Writer’s Digest,Criminal Element, Penguin Random House, and other markets. She also teaches creative writing to veterans at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Barbara is often in the Rocky Mountains where she loves to hike, cave, and

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonOur guest this week is New York Times-bestselling author Michael Koryta. A former newspaper reporter and private investigator, his work has been translated into more than 20 languages and have won or been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Edgar® Award, Shamus Award, Barry Award, Quill Award, International Thriller Writers Award, and the Golden Dagger. They’ve been selected as “best books of the year” by numerous publications. Those Who Wish Me Dead is currently in production as a major motion picture starring Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Tyler Perry, Jon Bernthal and Aidan Gillen and directed by Taylor Sheridan. THE CHILL, his first novel under the Scott Carson name, was called "a terrific horror/suspense/disaster novel, with characters you root for and a story that grips from the first page" by Stephen

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonDana King Dana has earned Shamus Award nominations for two of his Nick Forte novels, A Small Sacrifice and The Man in the Window. He also writes the Penns River novels, of which the fifth novel in the series, Pushing Water, released from Down & Out Books on May 4. His work has appeared in the anthologies The Black Car Business, Unloaded 2, The Shamus Sampler 2, and Blood, Guts, and Whiskey. He is a member of ITW, PWA, and Sisters in Crime. We both attended IUP, Indiana University of Pa. in the seventies.Purchase link: https://downandoutbooks.com/bookstore/king-pushing-water/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://ww

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest to today is Joseph Wambaugh. Joe is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his first novels were set in Los Angeles, California, and its surroundings, and featured Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He has been nominated for 4 Edgar Awards (winning 3), and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.The son of a police officer, Wambaugh was born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He joined the United States Marine Corps at age 17 and married at 18. Wambaugh received an associate of arts degree from Chaffey College and joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1960. He served for 14 years, rising through the ranks from patrolman to detective sergeant. He also attended California State Univers

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: Amazon Subscribe to day for the How to Rocket Your PI Business Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-rocket-your-pi-business-podcast/id1507578980?mt=2&app=podcastAdam Platinga  holds a B.A. in English with a second major in Criminology/Law Studies from Marquette University. He has written thirteen nonfiction articles on various aspects of police work for the literary magazine The Cresset. His first book, 400 Things Cops Know, was nominated for an Agatha Award and won the 2015 Silver Falchion award for best nonfiction crime reference. It was hailed as “truly excellent” by author Lee Child and deemed “the new Bible for crime writers” by The Wall Street Journal. He followed up with Police Craft: What Police know about community crime and violence. It is a thought-provoking and revelatory examination of policing

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.How to Rocket Your PI Business PodcastSubscribe now so you don't miss an episode - Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-rocket-your-pi-business-podcast/id1507578980?mt=2&app=podcastSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3XyqgbdrlWbBpnTBYvFYDk?si=CUKb-dBwSKG-9Wt5koq_IgBill Vincent is a former police officer and is a NCAA college Umpire He has over 30 years' experience in the private sector specializing in litigation, fraud, surveillance, asset discovery, background intelligence, due diligence and location of witnesses and defendants. Have been the lead investigator in numerous multi-million dollar verdict cases. Two time recipient of the National Association of Legal Investigators Directors Award and Life Member. Made numerous presentations to the investigative and legal society in matters dealing w

Today's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.My returning guest is Katherine Ramsland Dr. Ramsland holds graduate degrees in Forensic Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Philosophy. She teaches Forensic Psychology at DeSales Univerisity in Pennsylvania. She has written on the subjects of serial killers, crime scene investigations forensic science, mass murder, and sex offenders.https://www.desales.edu/academics/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/katherine-ramslandThank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonConnie Dial is a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department where she rose through the ranks as one of the first female patrol officers, promoting to detective, lieutenant and retiring as a captain and the commanding officer of the LAPD’s Hollywood division. She has a BA in Literature and Journalism from California State University in Los Angeles and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. She worked for many years as a journalist before her career in law enforcement. She earned her JD law degree while working as a narcotics detective and since her retirement from the LAPD had had nine books published.Her latest work The Snow Raven is the sixth installment in the Josie Corsino mystery series, and it will be released by The Permanent Press in the fall of 2020.http://www.conniedial.comThank you for listening.

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Christina Duran is a licensed private investigator who specializes in tracking down missing and exploited children. We talk about her passion for investigations and go in-depth with her very first case as a licensed PI that went to court. I was fascinated by her work in the Dominican Republic on Human Trafficking cases.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Amatrixinvestigations/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-l-duran-lpi-38b3371a/Phone: 213-342-1767Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest today is Frank Zafiro Frank served in the U.S. Army from 1986-91 in Military Intelligence as a Czechoslovak linguist. In 1993, he became a police officer in Spokane, Washington. During his career, he worked as a patrol officer, corporal, and detective before entered into leadership roles, becoming a sergeant in 2002. He was fortunate enough to command patrol officers, investigators, K-9 officers (and their dogs!), and the SWAT team. Frank retired from law enforcement in 2013 as a captain in order to write full time and to teach. From 2013-17, he taught law enforcement subject matter at the community college and university, and leadership as a national instructor for a prominent police institution. He also occasionally teaches a series of writing workshops. Frank earned a BA in History from Eastern Washington Uni

Today's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Matt is a 1996 graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a BS Criminal Justice. Since 2005, he is the president of Satellite Investigations specializing in Personal Injury investigations and Security Risk management.Their Personal Injury division focuses on Plaintiff Investigations to assist attorneys in gathering information on their claims and making assessments on how to proceed depending on liability. Their Risk Management division focuses on professional services assistance for Risk Management teams both in the corporate and private industry.He developed www.investigators-toolbox.com, an online resource community for Private Investigators throughout the United States.He is the owner of Pi-Perspectives, a weekly podcast show available on all podcast platforms and on Youtube. He has written a chapter in the t

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest today is the investigative Journalist Nancy Rommelmann To the Bridge, a True Story of Motherhood and Murder - July 2018The case was closed, but for journalist Nancy Rommelmann, the mystery remained: What made a mother want to murder her own children? On May 23, 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith drove to the Sellwood Bridge in Portland, Oregon, and dropped her two children into the Willamette River. Forty minutes later, rescuers found the body of four-year-old Eldon. His seven-year-old sister, Trinity, was saved. As the public cried out for blood, Amanda was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison. Embarking on a seven-year quest for the truth, Rommelmann traced the roots of Amanda’s fury and desperation via thousands of pages of records, meetings with lawyers and convicts, and interviews with fr

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level. New Hope Investigations was founded at the start of 2016 by Rachele’ Davis, a former crime analyst for her local police department. After seven years in local government and seven years prior to that as a teacher, Rachele’ found herself drawn to the private sector of investigations and the challenge of building her own business. Her master's degree in criminal justice, resourcefulness, productivity level, and innovation have already served her well in this capacity. Rachele’ obtained her private investigator licenses through both Missouri and Kansas in 2016. In Adoption related investigations Rachele' also provides some general investigative services on a case-by-case basis. She works in various capacities for individuals, attorneys, and businesses. Rachele' regularly stays up-to-date with current trends and changes in the

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonMy guest this week is August Norman. Originally from central Indiana, thriller and mystery author August Norman has called Los Angeles home for two decades, writing for and/or appearing in movies, television, stage productions, web series, and even commercial advertising. A lover and champion of crime fiction, August regularly attends the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference and is an active member of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Sisters in Crime. COME AND GET ME, August’s debut thriller featuring investigative journalist Caitlin Bergman, was listed in Suspense Magazine’s Best of 2019 issue in the Debut category and SINS OF THE MOTHER, the second in the Caitlin Bergman series, will be released in September 2020 by Crooked Lane Books.Website: http://www.AugustNorman.comFacebook:

Today's Episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Kelly Riddle is the President of Kelmar Global Private Investigations, He has written 12 books, founded and sat on the boards of notable private investation associations and is a much sought-after speaker at conferences and seminars. He has an online school for private investigators and has grown his business from 5 investigators in 1989 to over 61 with staff support and a management structure. NAIS The National Association of Investigative Specialists named him on of the Top 25 PI's of the 20th Century. I count Kelly as a mentor and colleague striving to make our profession as professional as possible.Connect with Kelly: https://www.kelmarglobal.com/Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you hav

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: Amazon Mark Bergin graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism, then worked four years as a newspaper reporter and photographer, winning the Virginia Press Association Award for general news reporting, before joining the Alexandria, Virginia, Police Department in 1986. Twice named Police Officer of the Year for narcotics and robbery investigations, he served in most of the posts described in APPREHENSION, his debut novel, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant. Kirkus Reviews calls APPREHENSION “compelling,” and said Bergin is a “gritty and authentic new voice in police fiction" Bergin lives in Alexandria and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with his wife Ruth, an attorney and former public defender. They have two children. Write him at berginwriter@gmail.com, Facebook friend him at Mark Bergin, writer or follow his blo

Today's episode is brought to you by ThePICoach.com. There you can find info about my PI Coaching services and my books, both of which will help you take your PI business to the next level.Michael Julian is the CEO/President of MPS Security & Protection, a division of National Business Investigations, Inc., founded in 1967 by his father Ron Julian.  The company provides corporate executive protection, threat and risk mitigation, and security. Michael is licensed in multiple states as a Private Investigator and Security Professional, is a graduate of the Executive Protection Institute and Executive Security International, and Board Director or member of several national and international industry associations.  His security training includes behavioral threat assessment, active shooter survival, executive and asset protection, self-defense, defensive and evasive driving, close protection, aviation security, protective surveillance and counter-surveillance, and covert protection. Besides Active Shooter, he

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: AmazonBy day, Andrew Welsh-Huggins is an editor and reporter for the Associated Press in Columbus, focusing on criminal justice topics. By earlier in the day, he is the author of six mysteries featuring Andy Hayes, a former Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback turned private eye. Of Andrew’s most recent book, Fatal Judgment, Publishers Weekly said, “Intriguing . . . Fans of Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone books will be pleased.” Andrew is also the editor of the Columbus Noir anthology, upcoming in March from Akashic Books. His 2009 nonfiction book, No Winners Here Tonight, is the definitive history of the death penalty in Ohio. His short mystery fiction has appeared in Kings River Life, Down And Out Magazine, Tough, Mystery Weekly Magazine and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. When he’s not writing or reporting, Andrew enjo