I’m abetting the Criminal Element again, this time with an article about the most spectacular modern art forgery scandal of the last twenty years. Between 1994 and 2008, Knoedler & Company — the oldest art gallery in the United States — … Continue reading
I’ll be appearing at Book Carnival in Orange, CA (348 S. Tustin Street) on Saturday, 3 June at 2:00 p.m. to talk about The Collection, read an excerpt, and sign books. Book Carnival is an independent bookstore dedicated to mysteries … Continue reading
In yet another scrape with the Criminal Element, I talk about an operation smuggling a different sort of pot (not the green kind) from Thailand into the U.S. A crowd gathered outside the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, on … Continue reading
It was time to dig for some more room here at the Burrow, so I’ve made perhaps the most changes at one time since I built the place. The Collection is the start of a series. The DeWitt Agency Files … Continue reading
A post for my blog went free-range on me and ended up on Criminal Element. It’s a true-crime story that may sound a mite familiar if you know what The Collection is about: “In December 2002, two burglars broke into … Continue reading
I’ll once again be a guest on Garrett Miller’s Rated G internet radio program on Monday, 24 October, at 8:00 a.m. PDT. We’ll be talking about The Collection and whatever else Garrett comes up with, which can be pretty random. … Continue reading
This is the final cover for The Collection. It’s surprising how consistently this version was the first pick for the people I asked, including my favorite indie bookstore owner. It reminds me of 1960s Saul Bass movie posters — appropriate, since … Continue reading
If you can, please do me a favor: go to my Facebook author page and look at the latest cover concepts for The Collection. (It’s a public page, so you don’t need to belong to Facebook to see it.) The … Continue reading
The wheels are rolling on The Collection. I’ve applied for a copyright; I have working Kindle and ePub editions; and the cover art is underway. I’ve tentatively set 31 October as the release date — we’ll see if everything comes … Continue reading
Remember The Collection? The first installment in my new DeWitt Agency art-crime series? Yeah, maybe not so much. What happened to that, anyway? What happened is that I started querying agents, a process that hasn’t improved since the last time … Continue reading