Podcast appearances and mentions of John A Hoda

Episode 219:       Welcome to this week's episode of PI-Perspectives. Today is a special show. Today we finish our 3 part series focusing on the Art of Investigation, Revisited. This is the second volume of an amazing collection of investigators who each write a chapter on the characteristics it takes to be a successful Investigative professional. The book is the brainchild of Dr. Chelsea Binns from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and celebrated investigator, Bruce Sackman. On each show we will focus on several of the chapter writers. Today Please welcome our guests, Michael Bret Hood, Raj Dhanlall and John A Hoda  Links:      Matt's email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com   Linkedin: Matthew Spaier       www.investigators-toolbox.com   Michael Bret Hood on Linkedin: Michael Bret Hood Michael's email: 21puzzles@gmail.com Raj on Linkedin: raj Dhanlall Raj's email: raj.dhanlall@pwc.com John on Linkedin: John A Hoda John's email: Hodagen@Gmail.com www.johnhoda.com 
 
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Katie studied Film and English at Carleton University, TV Broadcasting at Algonquin College and filmmaking at the prestigious Summer Institute of Film and Television and Women in the Director's Chair. In the two decades that followed, Katie enjoyed an award-winning career as a screenwriter and director, collaborating on projects in animation, television and motion pictures. Supported by the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts, her films screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Sudbury Cinefest, Local Heroes International Film Festival and the NSI Film Exchange.In 2013, Katie's first-ever manuscript, Gone Monday, won top prize in the international Mslexia Women's Novel Writing Competition. Buoyed by this unexpected success, and with her trusty golden retriever, Levi, by her side, Katie began writing another novel that was to become her publishing debut. The thriller Dark August is set in the Wellington West neighbourhood where she lives with her husband, Andy. The novel became an international bestseller and inspired a sequel. The follow-up to Dark August brings back her feisty protagonist for another cold case in the novel, Poison Lilies. Katie's beloved Levi lives on in both novels.https://katietallo.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

There's always murder and mystery in the works for Sarah. #FollowMe for Murder, first in the Trending Topic Mysteries, shines the spotlight on a social media influencer after she discovers a dead body in her clients' store, forcing her to untangle a web of secrets in her small, beachside town.Sarah is also the author of the award-winning paranormal cozy mystery You Can't Candle the Truth, first in the Glenmyre Whim Mysteries. Readers are introduced to candle shop owner Hazel Wickbury. Hazel has a secret. She knows when someone is going to die. This power, known as a "whim," helps Hazel uncover a murder in her hometown. Together with her aunt, Hazel aims to shine a light on the killer before they snuff her out.Sarah's latest Court of Mystery novel, Innocence Imprisoned, features her fearless heroine, Duchess Jacqueline Xavier, first introduced in The Ducal Detective Mysteries. This is the eighth book in the Court of Mystery series.Sarah is a member of Sisters in Crime, currently serving as the social media guru for the NY-TriState Chapter. She is also the creative mind behind BookstaBundles, a content creation service for authors. When she's not spinning up stories, Sarah is singing Broadway show tunes, video gaming, and enjoying walks with her dog, Eevee.https://www.saraheburr.com/https://www.instagram.com/authorsaraheburr/https://www.facebook.com/authorsaraheburr/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Catriona was born in Scotland and lived there until 2010, then immigrated to California where she lives on Patwin ancestral land. A former academic linguist, she now writes full-time. Her multi-award-winning and national best-selling work includes: the DANDY GILVER historical detective stories, the LAST DITCH mysteries, set in California, and a strand of contemporary standalone novels including Edgar-finalist THE DAY SHE DIED and Mary Higgins Clark finalist STRANGERS AT THE GATE. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, The Crimewriters' Association, The Society of Authors and Sisters in Crime, of which she is a former national president.http://catrionamcpherson.com/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063049789492 Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Lori Duffy Foster is a former crime reporter who writes fiction and nonfiction from the hills of Northern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and four children. She was born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, where a part of her heart remains.Her short fiction has appeared in the journal Aethlon, and in the anthologies Short Story America and Childhood Regained. Her nonfiction has appeared in Healthy Living, Running Times, Literary Mama, Crimespree and Mountain Home magazines.A Dead Man's Eyes, the first in the Lisa Jamison mystery/suspense series, is her debut novel.  Book two in the series, Never Broken, came out in April of 2022. Her first standalone thriller, Never Let Go, releases in December of 2022. She is also author of Raising Identical Twins: The Unique Challenges and Joys of the Early Years.Her nonfiction book, Raising Identical Twins: The Unique Challenges and Joys of the Early Years, is available from Amazon.Lori is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, The Historical Novel Society and Pennwriters. She is also vice president of the Knoxville (PA) Public Library board.https://loriduffyfoster.com/author/loriduffyfoster/https://www.facebook.com/loriduffyfosterauthorhttps://www.instagram.com/lori.duffy.foster/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Ausma Zehanat Khan is the author of The Unquiet Dead, published by St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books, and winner of the Barry Award, the Arthur Ellis Award and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best First Novel, as well as a 2016 Macavity Award finalist. Works in Khan's critically acclaimed Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series include The Language of Secrets,  A Death in Sarajevo, Among the Ruins, and A Dangerous Crossing. In A Deadly Divide, the fifth and latest book in the series, Detectives Khattak and Getty investigate a mosque shooting in Quebec, and explore the after-effects of a rising tide of Islamophobia in both the province and the nation.  CrimeReads named Khan one of the Rising Stars of Crime Fiction in the 2010s, and both CrimeReads and Library Journal named A Deadly Divide one of the best crime novels of 2019.Khan has been featured in a Shondaland profile of Muslim Women Authors Everyone Should Know, and as Ms. Chatelaine in Chatelaine magazine. Most recently, she was profiled on Public Radio International. She frequently appears on CBC Radio, and has been interviewed by the BBC World Service and BBC Radio Woman's Hour, as well as appearing on CTV Your Morning, CBS and The Agenda. The Bloodprint, Ausma Zehanat Khan's fantasy debut, has been hailed as "one of the year's finest fantasy debuts". Published by Harper Voyager US & UK, The Bloodprint is Book One of The Khorasan Archives, a four-book epic fantasy series, that was followed by The Black Khan in October 2018, and The Blue Eye in 2019. In 2019, Khan was a Sirens Guest of Honor. The Bladebone, the epic conclusion of The Khorasan Archives was published in October 2020.Khan's non-fiction book, Ramadan, for middle-grade students, was published by Orca Books as part of the Origins series in Spring 2018.  It was selected as a Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2019, and as the Children's Literature Roundtable of Canada's 2019 Information Book Award Honour Book.  Ramadan has also been nominated for a Hackmatack Children's Choice Award.Khan's nonfiction essay, "Origins and Destinations", was published by Seal Press in the crime writers' anthology, Private Investigations, edited by Victoria Zackheim, in 2020. She also has the short story, "The Once and Future Qadi", forthcoming in the Sword Stone Table anthology, and a crime story in a new BAME anthology.A frequent lecturer and commentator, Khan holds a Ph.D. in international human rights law with a research specialization in military intervention and war crimes in the Balkans, from Osgoode Hall Law School. She completed her LL.B. and LL.M. at the University of Ottawa, and her B.A. in English literature & sociology at the University of Toronto.Formerly, she served as Editor in Chief of Muslim Girl magazine. The first magazine to address a target audience of young Muslim women, Muslim Girl re-shaped the conversation about Muslim women in North America. The magazine was the subject of two documentaries, and hundreds of national and international profiles and interviews, including CNN International, Current TV, and Al Jazeera "Everywoman". Khan practiced immigration law in Toronto and has taught international human rights law at Northwestern University, as well as human rights and business law at York University. She is a long-time community activist and writer, and currently lives in Colorado with her husband.Khan has a new crime series forthcoming with Minotaur Books which features American Muslim detective Inaya Rahman. Inaya investigates homicides in minority communities in Colorado with her partner Catalina Hernandez, and independent monitor Areesha Adams - a trio of Muslim, Latina and Black investigators who work to change a system impervious to reform from both the inside and the outside. The series debut, Blackwater Falls, will be published in 2022.https://www.ausmazehanatkhan.com/Twitter: @ausmaehanatToday's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Paula Munier is a literary agent and the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in the series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and named the Dogwise Book of the Year. Blind Search was inspired by the real-life rescue of a little boy with autism who got lost in the woods. The Hiding Place debuted in March, 2021.Her latest Mercy Carr mystery, The Wedding Plot, releases July 19, 2022 through Minotaur Books.Paula credits the hero dogs of Mission K9 Rescue, her own rescue dogs, and a deep love of New England as her series' major influences.Paula has also written three popular books on writing: Plot Perfect, The Writer's Guide to Beginnings, and Writing with Quiet Hands, as well as Fixing Freddie and Happier Every Day.https://paulamunier.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron's Jericho Quinn Thriller Series debuted in 2011. Since then, he's written eight Quinn novels and four Arliss Cutter novels featuring a deputy US marshal based in Alaska, including the most recent Cutter, BONE RATTLE, and the upcoming COLD SNAP (April 2022 from Kensington Publishing Corp.)  Marc is the author of five Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan novels for the Tom Clancy estate, including the most recent, SHADOW OF THE DRAGON and the upcoming CHAIN OF COMMAND (November 2021 from GP Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House.)A retired Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal, Marc spent nearly thirty years in law enforcement. He holds a second-degree black belt in jujitsu and is a certified law enforcement scuba diver and man-tracking instructor. The job of a deputy US marshal is extremely varied. Marc's career focused primarily on dignitary protection and fugitive operations. As a member of the rural Tactical Tracking Unit for the US Marshals District of Alaska, Marc routinely tracked lost hikers, hunters, and fugitives in the vast Alaska bush. His assignments have taken him from Alaska to Manhattan, Canada to Mexico and dozens of points in between.Originally from Texas, Marc is an avid outdoorsman, sailor, and adventure motorcyclist.  He and his wife live in Alaska where they raised their three children.https://marccameronbooks.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Barbarajean Magnani, PhD, MD, FCAP—Professor of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and Medicine, and the former Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA—is internationally recognized for her expertise in clinical chemistry and toxicology. During her career, she received three Outstanding Speaker Awards from the Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC); and from the College of American Pathologists (CAP)/CAP Foundation, the 2012 Outstanding Communicator Award, the 2014 Distinguished Patient Care Award, and the 2014 Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian Award. Dr. Magnani also received the Distinguished Career in Teaching Award from the Tufts University School of Medicine in 2019.  In addition, she has been named a Top Doctor in Boston magazine and was included by Castle Connelly in Exceptional Women in Medicine. Dr. Magnani was also named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Laboratory Medicine Professionals in the World by The Pathologist. Dr. Magnani—the former Chair of the CAP Toxicology Committee and member of the CAP Council on Scientific Affairs—has served as the member-at-large of the TDM and Toxicology Division of the AACC and as an editor of Clinical and Forensic Toxicology News. Dr. Magnani is also one of the editors of The Clinical Toxicology Laboratory: Contemporary Practice of Poisoning Evaluation, 2nd edition (AACC Press), and Clinical Toxicology Testing: A Guide for Laboratory Professionals, 2nd edition (CAP Press). Her works of fiction include Lily Robinson and the Art of Secret Poisoning (nVision Press), and the Dr. Lily Robinson series, The Queen of All Poisons, The Power of Poison, and A Message in Poison (Encircle Publications).https://www.bjmagnani.com/Be sure to signup for News, Books & Poisons https://mailchi.mp/3621100eb413/news-books-poisons-from-author-bj-magnani Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Mariah Fredericks was born and raised in New York City, where she still lives today with her family. She is a graduate of Vassar College with a BA in history. Her novel Crunch Time was nominated for an Edgar in 2007. Her Jane Prescott series, set in 1910s New York, has twice been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her next novel, The Lindbergh Nanny, will be published in November, 2022.Mariahfredericksbooks.com Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Boston-based author Dave Zeltserman's crime and horror novels include SMALL CRIMES, PARIAH, KILLER, OUTSOURCED, THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD, A KILLER'S ESSENCE, MONSTER, and THE BOY WHO KILLED DEMONS, and he's been published in seven languages. SMALL CRIMES has been made into a Netflix film starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Molly Parker, Gary Cole, Robert Forster, and Jacki Weaver. THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD and OUTSOURCED are currently in film development.His books have been picked by NPR, the Washington Post, American Library Association, Booklist, and WBUR as best novels of the year, and his Julius Katz mystery stories has won a Shamus, Derringer and two Ellery Queen Readers Choice awards.Dave also writes the Morris Brick thrillers (DERANGED, CRAZED, MALICIOUS, CRUEL, UNLEASHED) under the pseudonym Jacob Stone.Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/Dave-Zeltserman/e/B001JP7OEU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Matt Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014 he was released and began writing. And that's what he does. He writes histories and mysteries. "Love in a Time of Hate" is the third historical by Cost. "Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War; At Every Hazard", was published in 2015, in which Emmett Collins grows into manhood during the Civil War. "I am Cuba" was published in 2020. It was recently awarded the silver award for historical fiction from Kops-Fetherling. Cost has also published the Mainely Mystery series including "Mainely Power" (the MHC Read ME fiction book of the year), "Mainely Fear", and "Mainely Money". The fourth book in the series, "Mainely Angst", will be published in January of 2022. He has begun the Clay Wolfe/Port Essex Trap series with "Wolfe Trap" and "Mind Trap" "Mouse Trap" will be published in the spring of 2022 and "Cosmic Trap" in the fall of 2022. Cost now lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.https://www.mattcost.net/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Deborah Lucy was born in Southsea and bought up in Portsmouth, the island city.  Her novels are the first and second in a series involving DI Temple. In her working life, Deb has been able to work alongside a number of senior investigating officers as they've investigated major crime, murder, missing persons, abduction and kidnaps. She's been at the 7am starts and 3am finishes, the ‘golden hour's', the highs, the lows, the breakthroughs, arrests, the slog. The politics. For three years she worked in the missing adults and children arena, with police, government policy advisers and charities.  Latterly, she conducted ‘know your customer' inquiries for international blue chip companies. She has a master's degree in historical research.https://www.deborahlucy.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Cathi Stoler is an Amazon Best Selling author. Her new Urban Thriller, LAST CALL, the 2nd book in the Murder on the Rocks Mystery series, featuring The Corner Lounge bar owner, Jude Dillane, was published in November 2020 by Level Best Books. The third book in the series, STRAIGHT UP, was released in November 2021. Her series, with Blackjack player, Nick Donahue, includes the novel OUT OF TIME, and the novella, NICK OF TIME. She is also the author of the three-volume Laurel & Helen New York Mystery series, which includes TELLING LIES, KEEPING SECRETS, and THE HARD WAY, and a three-time finalist, and winner of the 2015 Derringer for Best Short Story, "The Kaluki Kings of Queens". Very involved in the crime writing world, Cathi is a member of Sisters in Crime New York/Tri-State, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers.https://www.cathistoler.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Wendall Thomas teaches in the Graduate Film School at UCLA, lectures internationally on screenwriting, and has worked as an entertainment reporter, development executive, script consultant, and film and television writer. Her first Cyd Redondo novel, Lost Luggage, was nominated for the Lefty and Macavity Awards for Best Debut Mystery of 2017. Her second, Drowned Under, was nominated for a Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery of 2019 and an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and Fogged Off has been nominated for Best Humorous Mystery of 2021. Her short fiction appears in the crime anthologies Ladies Night (2015), Last Resort (2017), and the Anthony nominated Murder-A-Go-Go's (2019).  https://www.wendallthomas.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Eddie helped pitch his Hillwood High School baseball team to a State Championship in 1977.  He then threw collegiately for the UCLA Bruins.  While at UCLA he obtained his degree in Theatre Arts and by-passed the dream of a professional baseball career in order to pursue his love for acting.  With his acclaimed one man show “MATTY” Frierson combines the best of both worlds and, as an “Honorary Member” of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, he has gone farther in baseball through the stage than he ever could have on the field.  MATTY was the first outside event ever invited to perform at the HOF. For 14 years he was the voice of PETCO Pet Stores and he is also a sought after narrator of audio books.www.eddiefrierson.comToday's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Sherry Harris is the Agatha Award nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale mystery series and the Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon mysteries. Sherry is a past president of Sisters in Crime, a member of the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, the New England Chapter of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Sherry loves books, beaches, bars, and bargain hunting — not necessarily in that order. She is also a patent holding inventor.Sherry and her husband are living in Northern Virginia until they figure out where they want to move to next.https://sherryharrisauthor.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Sarah Stewart Taylor is the author of the Sweeney St. George series and the Maggie D'arcy series. She grew up on Long Island, and was educated at Middlebury College in Vermont and Trinity College, Dublin, where she studied Irish Literature. She has worked as a journalist and writing teacher and now lives with her family on a farm in Vermont where they raise sheep and grow blueberries. https://www.sarahstewarttaylor.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

A. B. Patterson is an award-winning Australian writer who knows first-hand about corruption, power, crime and sex.  He was a Detective Sergeant, working in paedophilia and vice, and later he was a Chief Investigator with the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. Born in Sydney, he grew up in Europe, returning to Australia as an adult and commencing his career in law enforcement, and other government agencies. He lives in Sydney and loves to holiday in France.  Harry's World was his first book in 2015, and it won several awards internationally.  In late 2018, the sequel, Harry's Quest, hit the shelves.  He has had a number of short stories published in Switchblade magazine in the US.  He is currently working on further short stories, the next Harry novel, Harry's Grail, as well as several other projects.http://www.abpatterson.com.au/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Joanna Schaffhausen wields a mean scalpel, skills she developed in her years studying neuroscience. She has a doctorate in psychology, which reflects her long-standing interest in the brain―how it develops and the many ways it can go wrong. Previously, she worked as a scientific editor in the field of drug development. Prior to that, she was an editorial producer for ABC News, writing for programs such as World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and 20/20. She lives in the Boston area with her husband, daughter, and an obstreperous basset hound named Winston Winner 2016, Mystery Writers of America/St. Martin's Minotaur First Crime Novel Awardhttps://www.joannaschaffhausen.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Edith was first recognized for her fiction writing at the age of eleven. She won the Pasadena Star News contest for her short story, “Viking Girl” and walked away with the prize money of $2.00!In 2013 she left high-tech to write mystery fiction full-time and is now living her dream. Edith is a lifetime member of Sisters in Crime, and is a member of Mystery Writers of America. She is also a long-time member of the Society of Friends (Quaker) and a past Clerk of Amesbury Friends Meeting. Her art story was featured in the National Endowment for the Arts 50th anniversary celebration. Edith blogs with five other New England mystery authors at WickedAuthors.com who were featured in the Boston Globe.She also blogs at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen on the second and fourth Fridays of the month.https://edithmaxwell.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Emilya Naymark was born in a country that no longer exists, escaped with her parents, lived in Italy for a bit, and ended up in New York, which promptly became a love and a muse.She is the author of the novels Hide in Place and the upcoming Behind the Lie, out February 8, 2022.Her short stories appear in A Stranger Comes to Town, edited by Michael Koryta, Secrets in the Water, After Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift, River River Journal, Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017, When not writing, Emilya works as a visual artist and reads massive quantities of psychological thrillers, suspense, and crime fiction. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.https://www.amazon.com/Emilya-Naymark/e/B07XX96LCB/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

A writer who never dreamed of writing fiction? An avid reader all her life, an editor, reviewer, speech writer, Max Folsom never envisioned herself an author, a mystery writer.“It was an impossible concept to me,” she says. “I couldn't conceive of how an author would come up with a story and all its details, just as I couldn't understand how a composer could hear the music and put it to paper. But one afternoon sitting in the back yard, the scene of private detective Baker Somerset finding the dead body at her office came to me full blown.” My husband said, “Write it down and see what happens.”A member of Crime Writers of Canada, Sisters in Crime, and the League of Vermont Writers she writes a column in the quarterly Sherlockian journal GROANS, CRIES AND BLEATINGS, and was a finalist in both the 2018 Daphne Du Maurier Award for excellence in unpublished Mystery/Suspense, and the 2020 Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best Unpublished Crime Novel.She is currently at work on her second Somerset novel, SEARCHING FOR PETER GRIFFITHS.  Married to a retired Canadian Military Officer, and owner of a large orange striped cat, she divides her time between their Ottawa Centretown apartment, and a stone house in Vermont. She drives a burnt orange Mini Cooper with black racing stripes.https://maxfolsom.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Shannon Baker lives on the edge of the desert in Tucson with her crazy Weimaraner and her favorite human. Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1. She lived in Flagstaff for several years and worked for the Grand Canyon Trust, a hotbed of environmentalists who, usually, don't resort to murder. She is the proud recipient of Writer of the Year for 2014 and 2017-18 awarded by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.https://shannon-baker.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

The first hint of Andy Straka's future as a mystery writer came at the age of four when he appeared at his small-town neighbor's back door carrying a butcher's knife. Thankfully, the neighbor called Andy's mother instead of social services. A bestselling, award-winning author, Andy's novels include the recently released Split City, the first in a new amateur sleuth series, the #1 bestselling private eye novel A Witness Above (part of the Shamus Award-winning Frank Pavlicek series), and a number of other crime novels and thrillers. A past finalist for the Agatha and the Anthony Awards, he is also the co-author of the inspirational memoir The Reason for Tears by Tony Weedor. Andy is a former college basketball player and licensed falconer. A graduate of Williams College, he holds an MFA from Lindenwood University, is a three time judge for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and also co-founded the popular Crime Wave program at the annual Virginia Festival of the Book. Rumor also has it that he hails from upstate New York, where he often spent Sunday afternoons, growing up, bowling with his parents and identical twin brother.https://www.andystraka.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

John is author of the Eli Marks mystery series as well as four other stand-alone novels, "The Greyhound of the Baskervilles," "A Christmas Carl," "The Sword & Mr. Stone" and "The Ripperologists." He also writes the Como Lake Players mystery series, under the pen name Bobbie Raymond. In real life, John's not a magician, but he has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less – that's no small trick. He's also written multiple books on the subject of low-budget filmmaking. Ironically, they've made more than the films.Those books ("Fast, Cheap and Under Control" and "Fast, Cheap and Written That Way") are available in eBook, Paperback and audiobook formats. John lives in Minnesota and shares his home with his lovely wife, several dogs, a few cats and a handful of pet allergies. Eli Marks Website:  http://www.elimarksmysteries.comEli Marks Podcast: https://www.elimarksmysteries.com/eli-marks-podcastAll Other Books:  https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Brooklyn-born Lori Robbins' debut novel, Lesson Plan for Murder: A Master Class Mystery, won the Silver Falchion for Best Cozy Mystery and was a finalist in the Readers' Choice and Indie Book Awards. Murder in First Position, is the first in her new On Pointe Mystery Series, published by Level Best Books. Her next novel, Murder in Second Position came out in November of 2021. Robbins is also working on a second Master Class Mystery, Linked to Murder. She is a vice president of the New York chapter of Sisters in Crime and is a member of both Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers.Robbins began dancing at age 16 and launched her professional career three years later. She studied modern dance at the Martha Graham School and ballet at the New York Conservatory of Dance. Robbins performed with a number of regional modern and ballet companies, including Ballet Hispanico, the Des Moines Ballet, and the St. Louis Concert Ballet. After ten very lean years as a dancer she attended Hunter College, graduating summa cum laude with a major in British Literature and a minor in Classics. The mother of six, Robbins has vast experience with the homicidal tendencies everyday life inspires.https://www.lorirobbins.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Edwin Hill is the author of the critically-acclaimed Hester Thursby mystery series, the first of which, Little Comfort, was an Agatha Award finalist, a selection of the Mysterious Press First Mystery Club and a Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books selection. Formerly the vice president and editorial director for Bedford/St. Martin's (Macmillan), he now teaches at Emerson College and has written for the LA Review of Books, The Life Sentence, Publisher's Weekly, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. He lives in Roslindale, Massachusetts with his partner Michael and their lab, Edith Ann.https://www.edwin-hill.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Julie is a published mystery writer. She writes the Clock Shop Mystery series under the name Julianne Holmes and the Theater Cop series as J.A. Hennrikus. She uses the pen name Julia Henry for the Garden Squad Series and her fifth in the series is due out in the fall of 2022. She is on the board of Sisters in Crime, and a member of Mystery Writers of America and the New England chapter of Sisters in Crime.She blogs regularly with the Wicked Authors.https://jhauthors.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Author and editor Elaine Isaak credits first grade teacher Mrs. Krackhardt for nurturing an early enthusiasm for reading by allowing her to stay inside and read during recess—and she hasn't looked back! She withdrew from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was studying sculpture, to pursue her own interests in business and writing.In addition to the many novels detailed on the Rocinante Books site, her stories have appeared in anthologies ranging from Warrior Women (Prime Books, 2016) to Fantasy for the Throne (Gray Rabbit, 2018).Elaine had an extensive writing credits to her name in multiple genres both fiction and non-fiction.http://rocinantebooks.com/about/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Michael Craven is a freelance advertising writer and creative director. He has worked at some of the country's most creative agencies on both national and global accounts, and has won numerous industry awards.Prior to his freelance career, he was an executive creative director at kbs, part of the team running BMW and BMW Global. He was also a VP/CD at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, working on Microsoft, Burger King, Coke Zero and more.Michael is also the author of three crime novels, all published by Harper Collins. THE DETECTIVE & THE CHINESE HIGH-FIN (2016), THE DETECTIVE & THE PIPE GIRL (2014), and BODY COPY (2009). He has been nominated for the Nero Wolfe Award honoring excellence in mystery fiction, and has twice been nominated for the Shamus Award for best P.I. novel of the year. THE DETECTIVE & THE PIPE GIRL was at one point the #1 selling private eye novel on amazon, besting more than 15,000 other titles.http://www.michaelcravenadwriter.com/bio Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Tessa Wegert is the author of the Shana Merchant series of mysteries, which includes Death in the Family, The Dead Season, and Dead Wind (2022). A former freelance journalist, Tessa's work has appeared in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Adweek, and The Economist. Tessa grew up in Quebec and now lives with her husband and children in Coastal Connecticut. Tessa is a member of International Thriller Writers (ITW), Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime New England, and Sisters in Crime New York.https://www.tessawegert.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Bridget Finnegan is an illustrator, designer, animator, publisher and author. A versatile illustrator and designer, Bridget has been able to stretch her legs creatively over her career with projects including the creation of packaging, dolls, websites, maps, technical illustrations and multifaceted advertising campaigns. She has illustrated, written and published several books under her company's imprint, Dawdle Publishing, LLC. Her novel Odettes sports a unique setting and very interesting private detective Jessamyn Jakes. Bridget has a degree in photography from Washington University and an MBA from Plymouth State University. She lives in Durham, NH with her family.https://www.bridgetfinnegan.com/https://www.instagram.com/bridgetfinnegan33/https://linktr.ee/bridgetfinnegan33 Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

​​Dale T Phillips is a New England writer, spent his formative years in Maine, and has lived and worked in a number of different places. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono, studied writing with Stephen King, and has worked for over twenty-five years as a Technical Writer in a number of major industries, translating the work of software developers into clear instructions for using computer software.He has published novels, over 70 short stories, collections, articles, jokes, and poetry, and has appeared on stage, television, and in Throg, an independent feature film.https://www.daletphillips.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

She studied English at Harvard, where she spent Saturdays in the library reading mysteries. She studied film in London and Paris. Her bestselling series of Edwardian mysteries, starring Alexander von Reisden and Perdita Halley, has been published in 14 languages. Two of the books have been named New York Times Notable Books. The Vanished Child, the first book in the series, is being made into a musical in Canada. Crimes and Survivors, about the Titanic and the people who survived her wreck, was published right in the middle of the pandemic--a good time to think about survival. Sarah's young adult ghost thriller, The Other Side of Dark, won both the Agatha (for best YA mystery of the year) and the Massachusetts Book Award for best YA book of the year. Her Chasing Shakespeares, a novel about the Shakespeare authorship, has been called “the best novel about the Bard since Nothing like the Sun” (Samuel R. Delany) and has been turned into a play. Sarah lives in Boston with her family and not enough cats. She is a member of the Sisters in Crime Education Committee and the Strong Women: Strange Worlds steering committee. She's also a member of Mystery Writers of America, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers.https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Smith/e/B001KHTS2I/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4386164.Sarah_Smithhttps://www.sarahsmith.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Jeffrey James Higgins is a former reporter and retired supervisory DEA special agent who writes thriller novels, creative nonfiction, short stories, and essays. He has wrestled an IED away from a suicide bomber, fought the Taliban in combat, and chased terrorists across five continents. He received both the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Heroism and the DEA Award of Valor. He lives with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia. His most recent novel Unseen: Evil lurks among us follows the story of rookie Homicide Detective Malachi Wolf, as he investigates a string of murders in Washington, DC and uncovers both a vigilante killer and a terrorist conspiracy-making himself a target.https://jeffreyjameshiggins.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Lisa Gray is an Amazon #1, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She previously worked as the Chief Scottish Football Writer at the Press Association and books columnist at the Daily Record Saturday Magazine. Her debut novel, Thin Air, was a Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestseller and was Amazon.com's third-bestselling Kindle eBook of 2019. Bad Memory was a Wall Street Journal bestseller and long-listed for the McIlvanney Prize. Dark Highway, the third book in the Jessica Shaw series, was published in November 2020. Lisa now writes full-time.https://lisagraywriter.com/Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Karen Odden  received her Ph.D. in English literature from New York University and subsequently taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her first novel, A Lady in the Smoke, was a USA Today bestseller and A Dangerous Duet and A Trace of Deceit have won awards for historical mystery and historical fiction. Her fourth mystery, Down a Dark River, became available November 9, 2021. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Karen was awarded a 2021 Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Karen currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband, her two children, and her ridiculously cute rescue beagle, Rosy.https://karenodden.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

James Ziskin is the author of the Anthony® and Macavity Award-winning Ellie Stone Mysteries. His books have also been finalists for the Edgar®, Barry, and Lefty awards. A linguist by training, he studied Romance languages and literature at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his graduate degree, he worked in New York as a photo-news producer and writer, and then as Director of NYU's Casa Italiana. He spent fifteen years in the Hollywood post production industry, running large international operations in the subtitling/localization and visual effects fields. His international experience includes two years working and studying in France, extensive time in Italy, and more than three years in India. He speaks Italian and French.James lives in Boston. https://jameswziskin.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

In which John A. Hoda co-hosts and interviews Kwei Quartey about his award-winning series.

Alafair Burke is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is a New York Times bestselling author of 18 crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two series—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, and the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid.[1] Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She currently lives in New York City and is a professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law. She has served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America and as president of its New York chapter. In 2017, she was elected as a member of the American Law Institute. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Authors Guild Foundation.In 2014, publisher Simon & Schuster announced that Mary Higgins Clark and Burke were collaborating on the Under Suspicion series, featuring an intrepid television journalist who reinvestigates cold cases.[6]In 2017, Burke was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel for her book, The Ex.Burke currently serves as the President of Mystery Writers of America and is the first woman of color to be elected to that position.https://www.alafairburke.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Bruce is the award-winning author of the bestselling Detective Byron mystery series. A former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine's largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Bruce spent four years investigating counter-terrorism cases for the FBI, earning the Director's Award, the highest award a non-agent can receive.Winner of Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel, Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His short fiction appears in several anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016.Bruce is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular contributor to Murder Books blog.http://www.brucerobertcoffin.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Sybil Johnson grew up in the Pacific Northwest. She fell in love with mysteries reading Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew. In junior high, she discovered Agatha Christie. After high school graduation, Sybil moved south to attend the University of Southern California, majoring in Computer Science. After twenty years of designing and writing code and managing programmers and software development projects, she turned to a life of crime writing.Her short fiction has appeared in Mysterical-E, Spinetingler Magazine, King's River Life Magazine, Crimson Dagger, and Silver Moon Magazine.A past president of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles, Sybil co-chaired the 2011 California Crime Writers Conference. She also served as We Love Libraries Coordinator for SinC National. In her spare time, she enjoys studying ancient languages (Ancient Egyptian and Coptic are her current areas of interest), and spending time with friends and family.Website: https://www.authorsybiljohnson.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

A former superintendent with Thames Valley Police, David Hodges is a prolific crime writer and author of fourteen crime novels plus an autobiography on his life in the police service. His debut crime novel received critical media acclaim and a welcome accolade from Inspector Morse's creator, the late great Colin Dexter, and since then he has become the author of several successful stand-alone thrillers, including BLAST and TARGET (formerly Endeavour Media, now Lume Books).In particular, his Somerset Murder Series (Joffe Books), set on the mist-shrouded Somerset Levels in England and featuring the exploits of feisty detective, Kate, and her easy-going partner, Hayden, has gone from strength to strength, attracting keen interest in Europe, the USA and Australia as well as in Britain, with the latest novel in the series, STALKER ON THE LEVELS, being published by Joffe Books in November 2021 in time for Christmas. Six of his previous novels are available on Audible for the sight challenged and those who prefer to listen rather than read, and most of his books can also be obtained in paperback and digital format on Kindle.David has two married daughters and four grandchildren and lives in the UK with his wife, Elizabeth, where he continues to indulge his passion for thriller writing and to pursue his keen interest in the countryside.He is a member of the Crime Writers Association, The Crime Readers Association, The Society of Authors and International Thriller Writers Inc.Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights. Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Judy Murray is a real estate broker with a not-so-secret passion for deals, divas, and danger.  Her passion for mysteries began with smart girls like Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden, grew deeper with not-to-be-ignored women like Miss Marple and Nora Charles. Judy incorporates her extensive knowledge of all things real estate with a passion for the Chesapeake Bay where she now lives Her debut novel Murder in the Master introduces Helen Morrisey, a sharp-tongued, gutsy and mature woman long on loyalty and short on romance. https://www.judymurraymysteries.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

Jule Selbo is novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Her debut crime mystery novel, 10 DAYS: A DEE ROMMEL MYSTERY (Pandamoon Publishing, August 2021) is the first in a series. She worked in the Los Angeles film world for two decades, writing for HBO's Prison Stories, for George Lucas' Young Indiana Jones, Aaron Spelling's Melrose Place, Universal's Hercules, Fox's Space Above and Beyond, Warner Bros, Life Goes On and other series. Film credits include Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame Part Deux, Cinderella II, Columbia Pictures Hard Promises and more. Her theatre plays include Boxes (produced in regional theaters, including its most recent production in Portland Maine, was recipient of five Los Angeles Theater nominations, winning two) and Isolate, (winner of Best Play in Hollywood's Female Playwrights). She also earned a PhD in Film at University of Exeter, writing her dissertation (now a book) Film Genres for the Screenwriter, which delineates tropes and expectations the audience/reader has for each story genre. Jule became a tenured professor of film at California State University. She moved to Portland Maine a few years ago to concentrate on writing books. Her book, Find Me In Florence garnered First Place Prize in the 2019 Chatelaine Awards/Romance and Women's Fiction. Her historical fiction books include Dreams of Discovery: The Life of Explorer John Cabot and Breaking Barriers: The Life of Laura Bassi (finalist for 2020 Goethe Award).10 Days: A Dee Rommel Mystery, is the first in a series (Pandamoon Publishing). https://www.juleselbo.com Today's episode is brought to you by John's full series of crime thrillers available right now. You can get them through Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  You can also sign up for the newsletter at http://www.JohnHoda.com to get a free copy of John's new novella Liberty City Nights.Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com

John A. Hoda is a former Police Officer, Insurance Fraud Investigator and for the past 25 years has run a successful Private Investigations business. Many of his cases made the headlines of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Haven Register. He graduated in 1975 with a B.S. in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.Odessa on the Delaware was released in January 2019  introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea with 5-star reviews. The Marsha O'Shea series was published in December 2020. John was a judge for the Shamus award, sat as a panelist and was feted as a debut novelist at the Mystery Writer's Association in 2019 in Dallas, TX.He is the show runner of the My Favorite Detective Stories podcast, He interviews best-selling and award-winning Crime Fiction writers. Guests have included Joseph Wambaugh, Steve Berry, Robert Dugoni, Sheldon Siegel and Lisa Gray.He has written numerous articles for PI Magazine and other publications and has created the DVD: The Ultimate Guide to Taking Statements. He is a frequent guest blogger and webinar presenter on Investigative Interviewing.John has sat on the boards of the both the National Association of Legal Investigators and the CT Assoc. of Licensed Private Investigators. He is a Certified Legal Investigator and a Certified Fraud Examiner.He answered the writing muse in 2013 with his debut novel: Phantasy Baseball It is a story of an average Joe that though luck and circumstance get a one in a million chance to play in the Major Leagues.Through the years, He told his stories about his latest cases over coffee, at parties or at dinner engagements. Told repeatedly to write them down, he finally did with Mugshots: My Favorite Detective Stories.

This is Java Delight! With your hosts: Brandon Croucher & Ilse Pieterse It's Mindset Monday, and that means the start of our show is focused on our mindset and mental health. Join us in the discussion. Then, we'll be interviewing our special guest, John Hoda. John A. Hoda graduated in 1975 with a B.S. in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. John A. Hoda is a former Police Officer, Insurance Fraud Investigator and for the last 24 years has run a successful Private Investigations business. Many of his cases have made the headlines of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Haven Register. John sat on the boards of both the National Association of Legal Investigators and the CT Assoc. of Licensed Private Investigators. He is a Certified Legal Investigator, retired, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. John produces and hosts a weekly podcast: My Favorite Detective Stories at www.johnhoda.com where he interviews crime fiction writers about their flawed fictional detectives. He has won publisher awards for articles in The Legal Investigator and has written numerous articles for PI Magazine and other publications. He created the DVD: The Ultimate Guide to Taking Statements. He is a frequent guest blogger and webinar presenter on Investigative Interviewing. He has written four how-to books about the business side of private investigations and coaches PIs on how to survive and thrive at www.ThePICoach.com https://www.johnhoda.com/ John answered the writing muse in 2013 with his debut novel: Phantasy Baseball: It's About A Second Chance. An average Joe through luck and circumstance gets a million chances to play in the Major Leagues. Through the years, He told his stories about his latest cases over coffee, at parties, or at dinner engagements. Asked repeatedly to write them down, he finally did with: Mugshots: My Favorite Detective Stories. His crime thriller with a mystery twist: Odessa on Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea was released in January 2019 and was feted as a debut novelist, panelist, and judge for the Shamus awards at the Mystery Writers of America Dallas Conference in 2019. The Marsha O'Shea series continued in January 2021 John has been a lifetime athlete, playing club soccer and semi-professional football, running marathons, and bicycling long distances. His other creative activities include stand-up storytelling and writing, producing, and acting in amateur theater. https://www.hodainvestigations.com/ It's going to be a great episode on Delight's Digital Cafe! http://www.delightcafe.com #delightsdigitalcafe #delightcafe #delightcafecbd #javadelight #mindsetmonday #goodmorning #morningshow #talkshow #podcast #positivity #morningmotivation #talk #delight

A treasure trove of resources for authors from John A. Hoda, life-long investigator who told friends and family stories about his real-life cases for years. Like many of us, John  got the writing bug later in life and has become one of the most prolific storytellers active today. He has written 10 books in the last three years. He still keeps his hand in his former life, as a coach for fledgling Private Investigators and an author of a series of non-fiction books that teach would be investigators about the skill sets they need to be successful. This is a copyrighted podcast @AuthorsontheAir Global Radio Network.

A treasure trove of resources for authors from John A. Hoda, life-long investigator who told friends and family stories about his real-life cases for years. Like many of us, John  got the writing bug later in life and has become one of the most prolific storytellers active today. He has written 10 books in the last three years. He still keeps his hand in his former life, as a coach for fledgling Private Investigators and an author of a series of non-fiction books that teach would be investigators about the skill sets they need to be successful. Visit Terry.VIP for detailed show notes.

Today's episode is brought to you by "Odessa on the Delaware: Introducing FBI Agent Marsha O'Shea". I sincerely hope you will enjoy this thrilling crime novel. You can purchase it here: Amazon John A. Hoda is a real-life PI, Business Coach, Podcaster of My Favorite Detective Stories, and author of four books on the business of private investigations. His cases have headlined in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Haven Register. He has been a lifetime athlete, running marathons, playing adult soccer, and semi-professional football. He has created the FBI Agent Marsha O’She crime thriller serieshttp://wwww.johnhoda.comhttp://www.thepicoach.comAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/John-A.-Hoda/e/B00BGPXBMM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Thank you for listening. If you have a moment to spare please leave a rating or comment on Apple Podcasts as that will help us expand the circle around our campfire. If you have any questions please feel to reach out to me via my website http://www.johnhoda.com Subscribe now to ensure you catch next weeks episode of How to Rocket Your PI Business PodcastApple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-rocket-your-pi-business-podcast/id1507578980Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3XyqgbdrlWbBpnTBYvFYDk?si=kT_29qTMQSWvdeIZOXWRFg

Episode 13: Welcome to this week’s episode of PI Perspectives! We welcome industry veteran and education guru, John A Hoda. John has over 22 years experience in the industry and is the writer of the 3 book set how to Rocket your Private Investigation Business. He is a columnist for PI Magazine and is the Host of the successful podcast “My Favorite Detective Stories” John sits down with Matt to discuss techniques on how to grow your business and he highlights is Private Investigator coaching business. Contact info: john@johnhoda.com www.ThePICoach.com https://www.johnhoda.com/ Podcast: My Favorite Detective Stories Book Information: https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Your-Private-Investigation-Business/dp/0989020177 Statement Webinar https://www.thedeptwhathappened.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-taking-statements-2/ Sponsors: www.satellitepi.com www.Skopenow.com

Interview Techniques with John Hoda Our guest John A. Hoda’s investigative career spans five decades. After graduating from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Criminology in 1975, John began as a police officer in suburban Philadelphia. He later flourished in the private sector with positions as a Insurance Fraud investigator, Claims Manager with […]