Tim Dorsey loves Florida news headlines. Those headlines, along with small towns and black humor, fuel the Serge Storms novels readers have come to love. Dorsey’s nineteenth book in the series is Coconut Cowboy, a wacky blend of Easy Rider, a corrupt Southern town, and a serial killer out to set the world right.For those unfamiliar with the movie, Easy Rider was a 1969 … [Read more...] about Tim Dorsey wanted to write a wacky Easy Rider sequel
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Protecting yourself against synthetic identity theft
More than 12 million Americans became victims of identity theft in 2014, representing a new victim every two seconds and costing consumers $16 billion, according to Javelin's 2015 Identity Fraud Study. The most prevalent form of identity theft is synthetic identity theft, which rose at a rate of 125.9 percent between 2010 and 2013 and accounts for 88.3 percent of all identity … [Read more...] about Protecting yourself against synthetic identity theft
Friday Fotos — double Kauai rainbow
I went looking for something different this week, i.e., a photo that wasn't mine, and discovered this double Kauai rainbow photo that's listed as being in the public domain. Whoever took this did a great job and captured both rainbows. The top one is faint, but to catch it in the photo—bravo!My favs this week on Instagram [yinstagram display_images="liked"] … [Read more...] about Friday Fotos — double Kauai rainbow
Behind the Goddaughter stories with Melodie Campbell
The Toronto Sun has called Melodie Campbell Canada’s “Queen of Comedy” and Library Journal compared her to Janet Evanovich. The winner of ten awards, including the 2014 Derringer in the US and the 2014 Arthur Ellis in Canada, Campbell now has a new release, “The Goddaughter Caper.” This time around, Melodie Campbell is taking on mobsters and retirement homes.“I write … [Read more...] about Behind the Goddaughter stories with Melodie Campbell
A 2nd Double Trouble Contest!
The January Double Trouble Contest is over. Thanks for stopping by. While you're here, why not check out the Book & a Latte Contest? It's going on right now. Get notified of the next contest via email by joining The Snitch newsletter list.How to enter this January Double Trouble ContestClick on the book covers above to visit the interview post for each … [Read more...] about A 2nd Double Trouble Contest!