When I turned in the manuscript for I Will Ruin You, the Kentucky Supreme Court had not yet ruled on Kit’s appeal. I had read the appeal and had some serious concerns about its chances of leading to a new trial. Ultimately, I decided there was no benefit in addressing those concerns in the …
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When I am interested in a book, the very first thing I do is go online and read reviews. I pass over most of the reviews the publisher may post online and instead head right for the reader reviews. I want to know what other people have to say about a book before I make a purchase. I'll read both the …
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I've always loved browsing bookstores. I'd wander over to the new nonfiction releases and start thumbing through titles that interested me. Then Amazon came out with the Kindle, and physical books lost their allure. If I found a book online that I liked, I could have it downloaded to my device in a …
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I finally got word on the audiobook release for I Will Ruin You. The official release date is July 23, 2024. While I was hoping for an earlier release, there are some advantages to the later release date. For one, once the audiobook is released the story will be available to a whole new set of …
On this day, May 11, 2019, Kit Martin was arrested at the Louisville International Airport and charged with the murders of three of his neighbors. Current Governor and then-Attorney General Andy Beshear announced the arrest at a news conference. He offered no information about what new evidence had …
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Over the past two years, I may have been a bit harsh on Detective Leonard Scott Smith. I singled him out in the post, A Detective's Sleight of Hand. I criticized his mishandling of important clues in my last post, All About Snakes and Airplanes. I'm sure I had some negative things to say about him …
