Please Excuse My Badge
More than two decades with a gun and badge changes you—for better and for worse.
Defending the Indefensible
I’ll never forget the day the Nazis came to Northern Virginia.
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...
JLo teams with Netflix for film adaptation of “The Cipher.”
Jennifer Lopez will produce and star in the feature vehicle, written by Isabella Maldonado. Lopez will play FBI agent Nina Guerrera, who finds herself drawn into a serial killer’s case after he strategically posts complex codes and riddles online. The codes correspond...Isabella on The Joys of Binge Reading
Clicking the link below will redirect you to Jenny Wheeler’s website, The Joys of Binge Reading, where you can listen to Jenny interviewing Isabella. Click here to listen
The Falcon on Shelf Reflection’s list of most anticipated books of 2022
This was a recent series I discovered and have really enjoyed. It’s Criminal Minds meets Steven James’ serial killer series. Read Book 1, The Cipher, and Book 2, A Different Dawn, so you’re ready for the third installment! Click here to read 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...
