Forensics & Faith

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Last week I received this letter from a reader. This is my favorite kind of fan letter--one that speaks of three generations within the same family all reading my novels.
My family loves your books! This is a picture of three generations of fans! My Mom, my sister, my daughter and my daughter-in-law love reading your books! We are constantly passing them around to each other and anxiously awaiting your newest book! Thank...

In the never-ending cycle of trying to keep up with all the news about e-readers and e-books, I bring you these tidbits.
1. Amazon is going to start allowing users to lend e-books. There are some rather stringent parameters, to be sure, but still this is a new concept for Amazon. It wasn't that long ago when the company's Jeff Bezos was reportedly talking down B and N...

I hate Halloween.
I know, I know. I’m a suspense novelist who kills people and writes about things that go bump in the night. You’d think Halloween would be my favorite day. Nuh-uh.
Can’t say when I grew to hate it so. I certainly did my share of trick-or-treating as a kid, collecting my sackful of candy and hogging it down for weeks afterward. And when my kids were little, I did the dutiful mom thing and took them around. Never...