This is Marina O’Reilly.
Thanks, Jo McGuire, also from Ireland, for sending the photo and sending Marina’s kind words about Secrets and Shamrocks. How exciting it is to know that I get a thumbs-up from readers in Ireland !
Another Southern Festival of Books Panel
Attempting to reveal the secrets of “Plotting the Perfect Mystery.” Still a secret but we had fun trying.
Photos from the Southern Festival 2017
Sisters in Crime
Southern Festival 2017
It’s that time again! The Southern Festival of Books is scheduled for October 13-15 in downtown Nashville, at the Legislative Plaza and Nashville Public Library. It’s a wonderful FREE event for readers and writers.
I’ll be on two panels:
- “Sisters in Crime” Friday, Oct. 13, 1:30-3:00 with other “Sisters.” It will take place at the Public Library, Conference Room 1B.
- “Plotting the Perfect Mystery Novel” Saturday, Oct. 14, 12:00-1:00. This one will be at the Teen Center.
Book signing will follow these sessions. I’ll be talking about Secrets and Shamrocks, my latest mystery.
Check out the Southern Festival website for more information.
http://humanitiestennessee.org/programs/southern-festival-books-celebration-written-word.
Please join me at these events!
Secrets and Shamrocks book
Book Signing at Parnassus!
Please put Sunday, April 9, 2:00 p.m. on your calendar!
I will be at Parnassus Bookstore. Join me at this charming venue to visit with other writers and readers, enjoy some shamrock cookies, and talk about Secrets and Shamrocks. I am interested to hear your comments. I will read a couple of excerpts and answer your questions.
Photos from Killer Nashville 2017
Killer Nashville 2017
It’s that time again! Writers of mystery, thrillers, crime – everything related – look forward to this weekend in August. Dates this year are August 25-27. I am on a panel about true crime, talking about An Unfinished Canvas and A Season of Darkness, books I co-authored that followed two high-profile crimes in Nashville. Conference information is available at www.killernashville.com if you’re interested in the full schedule.
A Big Day at Parnassus!
Fun! Thanks to all who came inside on such a beautiful spring day. 
Lost Innocence Audiobook
My first audiobook!
“Lost Innocence” was a narrative I wrote for an anthology of true crime stories in the Twentieth Century. My story tells of the Marcia Trimble murder, which shook Nashville to its core in 1975 and was not solved for more than three decades.
The tragic story appears in its entirety in A Season of Darkness (Berkley, 2009), co-authored with Doug Jones. The abbreviated version, along with more than a dozen true crime stories, appears in Masters of True Crime (Prometheus, 2012).
It was exciting to hear the reading on the audiobook!
Book Signing at Parnassus!
Please put Sunday, April 9, 2:00 p.m. on your calendar!
I will be at Parnassus Bookstore. Join me at this charming venue to visit with other writers and readers, enjoy some shamrock cookies, and talk about Secrets and Shamrocks. I am interested to hear your comments. I will read a couple of excerpts and answer your questions.