When I plotted The Kept Girl , I chose to set the action over seven sweltering summer days in late August/early September, 1929. To comm...

Bank of Italy lobby, 1923 When writing The Kept Girl , I drew on historic photographs and postcards as source material for many locatio...

Over the holidays, J. Kingston Pierce's The Rap Sheet blog polled its crime fiction-loving readers to name their favorite genre book ...

A lively conversation on the complex legal, ethical and journalistic issues raised by the podcast Serial was held on December 18, 2014 a...

Stumped for what to give the true crime and mystery lover in your life? Perhaps a personalized, autographed copy of The Kept Girl , Kim Co...

When I hopped the fence from true crime to historical fiction, I couldn't anticipate that my background research would uncover a complet...

Farewell to my brilliant, sweet friend Bob Baker , master puppeteer, native son, educator, enthusiast. With him goes so much knowledge ...