My most recent true crime book is HER DEADLY WEB about the deaths of the husbands of Raynella Dossett Leath. My newest fiction thriller is FALSE FRONT, the fifth book in the Lucinda Pierce mystery series.
Welcome to my website where you can view my book trailers, read book descriptions, sample a chapter, see what I'm reading and more. I post my blog on Writing is a Crime.
I blogged throughout the trial of Casey Anthony on Writing Is a Crime. If you missed any of the posts, they're all archived on the site. But I'm now writing about other things, keeping you updated on all of my books, commenting on life and crime, and celebrating anything that strikes my fancy.
Appeared on The Today Show, 48 Hours, 20/20, The Biography Channel, Justice with Judge Jeanine, Forensic Files, Deadly Women, Behind Mansion Walls, Joy Behar Show, Nancy Grace, Issues with Jane Velez Mitchell and other programs
My Latest Fiction
Twisted Reason
Lucinda faces a puzzling case where she has to figure out if it is a case of murder before she can figure out whodunit. The book opens with a nicely dressed corpse on a front porch and ends at a poor man's imitation Disneyland.
Along the way, Lucinda encounters couples struggling with parents suffering from dementia, aches with memories of her deceased mother and wonders why acorns seem to show up everywhere.
The first full-length, in depth account of the Caylee Anthony case
When news broke of nearly three-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across the nation. The search for Caylee made front-page headlines. But there was a huge question mark hanging over the case: the girl's mother.
This is the story of one of the most shocking, confusing and horrific crimes in modern American history.
Diane Fanning, who wrote a book on Casey Anthony's case, talks about the woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter and how her relationship with her parents changed after her arrest.
