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Thriller Thursday: T.J. Lane. Poster Child for New Generation of Killers?

On Tuesday, T.J. Lane, 18, was sentenced to three life sentences for shooting three students to death in an Ohio high school cafeteria after pleading guilty for the February 2012 shootings at Chardon High School. Instead of showing any remorse–either … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: This Week In Crime

Today’s Thriller Thursday features two current cases, one local (Iowa) and the other national. Iowa City, Iowa On January 3, Kirk Levin, age 21 was arrested and charged with murdering his mother and kidnapping another woman within hours of his … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: True Crime TV

Because I’m going to be inundating you with posts about INTO THE DARK’s blog tour, my Thriller Thursday posts are going to be short and sweet for a while. For the next few weeks, I’m stealing Catie Rhodes‘ idea of … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: Houston Candy Man by Catie Rhodes

With Into The Dark’s blog tour in full swing, I’m going to be doing something different with Thriller Thursdays the next few weeks. A lot of the posts will be short and sweet, featuring unsolved crimes. Today I’m reblogging a … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: Celebrity Stalkers

***I have NO idea what’s going on with the header image. None of them seem to be working. Sorry for the ugliness today! Obsessive October is flying by, and today we’re talking about the superstars of the stalking world: celebrity … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: Team Killers

Serial September is rolling full steam ahead (cliché alert), and this week, we’re talking about team killers. Two men are responsible for making true crime into a genre of its own: Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. Truman Capote told their … Continue reading

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Thriller Extravaganza WINNERS

First off, thank you to all the amazing authors who participated in Thriller Extravaganza: R.J. Ellory, Margie Lawsen, Kathy Bennett, Allison Brennan, and Vicki Hinze. Everyone gave thoughtful posts with great information on writing killer thrillers. And thank you to … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: Crossing Genres with Vicki Hinze

I can’t believe we’ve already reached the end of Thriller Extravaganza! Thank you so much to all my WANA supporters as well as my other social media friends for doing such an awesome job of getting the word out. The … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: Allison Brennan talks writing a killer thriller series

We’re on week four of Thriller Extravaganza, and I’m excited to welcome one of my favorite authors, Allison Brennan. I could have asked Allison to write on just about any thriller related topic, but since I’m starting my own series … Continue reading

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Thriller Thursday: Thriller Extravaganza Welcomes R.J. Ellory

September 4th, 2012: This post by R.J. Ellory is a month old and was posted before the disappointing news broke about his poor choice of leaving himself 5-star reviews under fake names. Even worse, he attacked fellow authors. Ellory has … Continue reading

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