I Digress…
Isabella’s Blog
Isabella is also a member of ROGUE WOMEN WRITERS and MURDER BOOKS
A REAL COP’S TAKE ON FICTIONAL WOMEN WITH A BADGE
I confess to a love-hate relationship with police procedurals—be they novels, TV shows, or movies. After 22 years wearing a gun and badge, I’ve followed the shifting image of the female police officer/detective/federal agent with interest. For the most part, the...
Five Lessons from the Yellow Brick Road
The FBI National Academy is an advanced course for law enforcement executives from around the world. For approximately three months, over 200 men and women move into college-style dorms at the FBI training campus at Quantico. The academic portion of the program is...
The FBI’s Real Mind Hunters
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,...
Two words to never say when someone’s life is on the line
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...