Do you ever wonder what it would be like to look into the mind of a killer? What would you do if a killer were hunting you? What if you’re child was the target? What if the killer was someone you knew? To quote Friedrich Nietzsche: He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. In SILENT WITNESS, my Cerridwen Press release, the killer was someone who loved the story’s heroine, Faith McKenzie obsessively, and was willing to do anything to make her his, even if it meant killing her to keep her from belonging to anyone else. Ask any author who writes dark romantic suspense and they’ll tell you, it ain’t no walk in the park at times. I think even for writers who create fictitious killers it’s still disturbing to consider that there are really such depraved people living in the world amongst us. To make a believable killer you have to do your homework. For me, I love to watch Forensic Files and 48 Hours Mystery on TV. You can gain a great deal of knowledge simply…

Hollywood Headlines #1 November 2009On Sale: October 27, 2009Featuring: Calvin Dean; Felix Dunn; Tina Bender320 pages ISBN: 0505528053EAN: 9780505528056Mass Market Paperback$6.99 Contemporary Women’s Fiction, Romance Suspense, Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com Scandal Sheetby Gemma Halliday The L.A. Informer is Los Angeles’s premier tabloid magazine, reporting on all the latest celebrity gossip, scandals and dirt. They’re not above a little sensational exaggeration and have even been known, on occasion, to bend the law in pursuit of a hot story. Their ace reporter, Felix Dunn, has just been promoted to managing editor. Now, he’s got his work cut out for him keeping the magazine running smoothly while keeping his staff in line… Tina Bender is the Informer’s gossip columnist extraordinaire. She knows everything about everyone who’s anyone. And she’s not afraid to print it. That is, until she receives a threatening note, promising, “If you don’t stop writing about me, you’re dead.” Teaming with a built bodyguard, a bubbly blonde, and an alcoholic obituary writer, Tina sets out to uncover just which juicy piece of Hollywood gossip is worth killing over. From gossip to murder — this writer is not afraid to print news that may get her killed. The first…