Blog Post How to Write Police Mystery Thrillers: Getting it Right! 500
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How to Write Police Mystery Thrillers: Getting it Right! By John Schembra

Are you writing police mysteries thrillers? Want to get it right? I do, too, though I may have an advantage, having been a police officer for 30 years. Although the home setting for my books is the San Francisco PD, sometimes protagonists must seek the help of other police or federal agencies. This presents a problem, as not all law enforcement agencies conduct investigations the same way. Each agency has their own set of procedures and though general investigative protocols…
A Vince Torelli Mystery, Book 3: Blood Debt 3d covers
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A Vince Torelli Mystery, Book 3: Blood Debt by John Schembra

A former soldier who becomes a San Francisco police homicide investigator after the war, Vince Torelli is dedicated, intelligent and highly principled--all skills that serve him well given the difficult, almost impossible murder investigations he's assigned that force him to the razor edge with equally resolute, extremely ruthless masterminds.   Continue the Series: Chapter 1   Vince paced back and forth in front of his desk, hoping for the call from the Department Operations Center advising that the tactical team…
Denim Blues Mysteries by Karen Wiesner 2023 Boxed Set
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Denim Blues Mysteries by Karen Wiesner

Featuring Den and Sylvia, Orlando and Keeya, and Tyler and Erin. Briar's Point is a whimsical little town with its fair share of colorful characters, crime, and a Cupid suffering from the denim blues... See if you can find denim blue in each story!   Book 1: On the Rocks A missing engagement ring leads to murder... It's been a month since Denim McHart hung up his private investigating career after he ended up with a bullet in his leg.…
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Denim Blues Mysteries, Book 2: Love is Blind by Karen Wiesner

Featuring Den and Sylvia, Orlando and Keeya, and Tyler and Erin. Briar's Point is a whimsical little town with its fair share of colorful characters, crime, and a Cupid suffering from the denim blues... See if you can find denim blue in each story!     (ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and some on Angus & Robertson) [wp_social_ninja id="216469" platform="reviews"] Continue the series: Chapter 1   Friday, 4.52 p.m.  …
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Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume III by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. and     Continue the series:   First Sight A Falcon's Bend Series Novella  Fall…
Falcon's Bend Series, Book 6: Pretty Fly 3d cover
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Falcon’s Bend Series, Book 6: Pretty Fly by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. and     Continue the series: Prologue   "No trait is more justified than revenge…
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Falcon’s Bend Series, Book 5: As Patient as Death by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound.   and   Continue the series:     "Beware the fury of a patient man."…
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Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume II by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. and     Continue the series:   Murder on the Heartstrings A Falcon's Bend Series…
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Falcon’s Bend Series, Book 4: Romantic Notions by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. and     Continue the series:     "The meeting of two personalities is like…
Falcon's Bend Series, Book 3: The Fifteenth Letter 3d cover
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Falcon’s Bend Series, Book 3: The Fifteenth Letter by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. and   Continue the series:       "His sights were always fixed on unmade…
Falcon's Bend Case Files, Volume I (The Early Cases) 3d cover
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Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volume I (The Early Cases) by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. and   Continue the series:   Broken Wings A Falcon's Bend Series Novella    Summer…
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Falcon’s Bend Series, Book 2: Tears on Stone by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound.   and     Continue the series:   "Though I do not expect the terror...will…
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Falcon’s Bend Series, Book 1: Degrees of Separation by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler

Falcon's Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. and   Continue the series:   "A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle…