It started with a phone call. Heather Einhorn and Adam Staffaroni, the masterminds behind the entertainment creative house known as Einhorn's Epic Productions, wanted to chat. Cool, I thought. I'd… Read the rest of the article: Welcome to Hollow Falls – and Lethal Lit, a New Scripted Crime Podcast

I've always been intrigued by cults. The idea that someone would be willing to give up everything: their wealth, family connections, personality or livelihood, to be a part of something presumably greater, something more all-consuming than religion, fascinated me. I knew, at some point, I'd want to write about it. I didn't get the chance until I started my fourth crime novel, Blackout, which hits in May from Polis Books—the latest in a Miami crime series featuring recovering alcoholic private investigator Pete Fernandez.