A Good Detective Can Be A Dead Detective

by | Jul 20, 2017 | Black Opal, cozy, cozy mysteries, Dogs, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Ghost Gumshoe, great escape blog, Gumshoe Ghost, murder mystery, New Sins for Old Scores

Since publishing my first paranormal mystery, Dying to Know, I’ve published three more. Two in the Oliver Tucker Gumshoe Ghost series (I loathe that moniker), and recently with New Sins for Old Scores. Both these series include a lead character that has some unusual...

New Sins and Old Dogs.

by | Feb 26, 2017 | Black Opal Books, dogs in fiction, Gumshoe Ghost, historical fiction, Midnight Ink, murder mystery, mystery, New Sins for Old Scores, osteosarcoma, Paranormal Mystery, Richard Jax, Tj O'Connor, Trick McCall

by Tj O’Connor Cancer should be spelled with an F. That’s the way I spell it—F—ing Cancer. Cancer took my girl. Fast. Painfully. Heartlessly. First it took her by surprise. Then it took her leg. Then it took her dignity. Then, it forced me to …...

It’s Time for My New Sins …

by | Jan 4, 2017 | Black Opal Books, Gumshoe Ghost, historical fiction, historical mystery, murder mystery, mystery, New Sins for Old Scores, Paranormal Murder Mystery, Richard Jax, Tj O'Connor, Trick McCall

by Tj O’ConnorTemporary Cover ArtMy sins are surfacing. They’re on the horizon, inching ever closer, and it’s time I dealt with them head-on. Like many a wild and crazy-guy, my sins come with scores to settle, too. There’s nothing better than a good battle of...

Dying To Kill My Darlings … kill ’em all.

by | Nov 2, 2016 | Black Opal, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Kill your darlings, Midnight Ink, Monster mania, Monstermania, murder mystery, mystery, Tj O'Connor, William Faulkner

Kill ’em! Kill ’em all! Die my darlings, die!Phew, now that I got that out. Let me explain.William Faulkner—you know, that slouch author—is famed for many things like his 1949 Nobel for Literature and The Sound and the Fury not least among them. He is also noted for...