1–What is the title of your latest release? THE DIABOLICAL 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Bruno Johnson is a wanted fugitive – and unless he helps the Costa Rican police, they’re turning him in. Bruno has to juggle the safety of his family while trying to solve a multiple murder. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? In the end of the first Bruno Johnson book, The Disposables, Bruno, his wife Marie and his father flee with some rescued children to Costa Rica to hide from the law. Books two through ten Bruno returns to the States to rescue others. Book eleven, The Diabolical is the first book set entirely in Costa Rica. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Oh, without a doubt. I love to write his point of view and love his moral compass. I could easily sit down with him and just let him tell stories from his past. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Loyal, honorable, and moral. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I always shied away from setting a book in Costa Rica because I wasn’t comfortable working…

I see that your new book, THE SINISTER, is the ninth book in the series. Can it be read as a standalone story for readers who may be new to the series? THE SINISTER can most definitely be read as a standalone. I wrote this purposely to work as a standalone. I quickly and economically give the reader the information they need to understand the back story.   How would you describe your main character, Bruno Johnson, to readers? Bruno Johnson is an ex-cop, ex-con who rescues children from toxic homes in South Central Los Angeles. He couldn’t do it as a cop because of all the rules and policies so now he goes outside the law to rescue the children.   From the book description, it says that family plays a big part in THE SINISTER. Does having the main character deal with family issues increase the anxiety or sense of danger? Bruno Johnson is a real person with real problems. He rescues children and women from hostile environments and the story—each novel–always overlaps into his family. He keeps the children he rescues which means his family continues to grow. With a bigger family comes more problems. I’m very…