by Tj | Oct 31, 2017 | Black Opal, cozy, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, great escape, historical fiction, Historical murder mystery, murder mysteries, New Sins for Old Scores
New Sins for Old Scores is my latest murder mystery with a paranormal twist—the twist is that one of the lead characters is dead. Yup, read it again. He’s dead. And this story is packed with a band of characters, each with their own agenda, and each trying to either...
by Tj | Aug 3, 2017 | Black Opal, cozy, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, great escape, historical fiction, Historical murder mystery, murder mysteries, New Sins for Old Scores
Murder, like history, often repeats itself. And that, my friends, is the premise for my new murder mystery, New Sins for Old Scores from Black Opal Books. My fourth mystery follows similar footsteps of my last series—a murder mystery with a paranormal twist that...
by Tj | 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...
by Tj | Apr 6, 2017 | Black Opal Books, cozy, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Gumshoe Ghost, Historical murder mystery, mystery novels, New Sins for Old Scores, Paranormal Mystery, Tj O'Connor
Nighttime belongs to mystery and intrigue—evil, too. I could say it belongs to love, but I write mysteries and thrillers, not romance novels. For me, I do my best thinking around midnight. I also do my best panicking and second-guessing. Don’t we all? It’s not...
by Tj | 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 …...
by Tj | 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...
