Now that I’m a mom, I find that I routinely dole out advice to my son. I expect—or at least, hope—that he will heed the words of hard-won wisdom garnered from years of…oh, who am I kidding? He’s going to do whatever he does. Just like I did. During their training...
When I began researching my new book, which features a team of FBI agents hunting a serial killer, I had to dig into the real story behind the FBI’s famous Behavioral Analysis Unit. There have been many fictionalized accounts of these agents and the work they do,...
From the Murder Books blog: Isabella Maldonado here, as a new member of the Murder Books squad, I’d like to highlight how one aspect of my career in law enforcement helped me become a better writer. For a bit of background, I retired as a police captain...
During a recent guest appearance on a Rogue Women Writers virtual event, I was asked about my background as a commander of special investigations and forensics in my former police agency. The question regarded public misconceptions about criminal...
Click below to hear the fantastic interview with Isabella on the Meet the Thriller Author podcast.
How many of us have read great crime novels (or seen TV shows or movies) featuring the romantic exploits of law enforcement officers? Invariably gorgeous, they run from one passionate entanglement to another. I often chuckle when I see these depictions. As I...
On November 1st, The Cipher, the first book in an all-new series from Isabella Maldonado, is set to rocket into bookstores. Maldonado, the talented force behind the Veranda Cruz mystery novels, will be stepping away from that series to introduce readers to FBI Special...
Article by Jennifer Hillier: As a woman of color who writes thrillers, I often feel like the oddball at almost every writing event I attend. Historically, the broad genre of crime fiction has belonged to white men, and while I’ve learned so much about writing from...
It’s not easy being a cop. Even in the best of times, you get beaten on, spit on, vomited on, urinated on, and bled on. Some law enforcement officers get shot, stabbed, or hit by a car. Everyone who puts on a badge knows this. We go in with our eyes wide open. What we...
Completely unprepared for living in an arid climate, I moved to the Phoenix area several years ago. My knowledge of the desert came from watching Wil E. Coyote chase the roadrunner around rocks and dunes as a child. Before moving here, I had spent a week at a dude...
