Murder Specifics

I’d like to speak again with the anonymous caller from Wolfeboro who offered very specific information about the murder of Stacey Burns. This person stated that he had spoken with detectives investigating the murder three months before he called me. I...

Proofs Approved!

At about one this afternoon, the mailman picked up my final approval sheet for the  proofs of Live Free or Die! My fifth book will soon be in production. Watch for an exact date and for a gala book launch when it becomes officially available. Also, don’t forget,...

An “Active Investigation”

In the last two years on this blog, I have posted two hundred and ninety four items, a large majority of them regarding the Stacey Burns murder. Several of those have sought a definition of what exactly constitutes an “active investigation” of a murder...

A “Lady Killer”

On December 12, my post on this blog mentioned the resurrected possibility (by an anonymous caller) that the killer of Stacey Burns was a woman. It also mentioned that the investigation was not at a standstill; in fact,  it is an active investigation as evidenced by...

Live Free or Die Bonus

When Live Free or Die is released, possibly as soon as February, there is a bonus attached. The first two chapters of my next Parker Havenot novel are included as a preview. The title, tentative for now but probably final, is Cracks In The Wall. Watch for the exact...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I want to wish all my followers a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed and Healthy New Year! My blog posts will resume after Christmas with updates on my letter writing about the Stacey Burns case, information on my upcoming new release of Live Free or Die and  reports...

“Face DNA”

In a post on my blog, a follower mentions the term “face DNA” in the context of a police officer using it. My research on this  finds only that experiments are being conducted to use DNA to reconstruct the facial appearance of a person. I’m wondering...

The Investigation

Over the years I’ve been working on writing about the Stacey Burns murder case, at least four sources have indicated that they believed that it was a woman who killed Stacey. A recent conversation resurrected that idea. In two of my “plausible”...

Live Free or Die

The second Parker Havenot novel is coming fast. A mentor of mine when I first entered my second career of writing (Robert Newton Peck) told me that if I wrote a book, it had better be a book I was proud to have my name displayed on the cover. I said this about the...

Letter to the Governor

As mentioned in my previous post, I have made a holiday resolution to write to public officials in New Hampshire requesting  updates on the progress in the investigation into the murder of Stacey Burns on May 10, 2009. Below is just a portion of the first letter to...