Spotted in the wild! Thank you Garcia Street Books for stocking THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCETTE! This is my latest crime thriller and a 2025 Thriller Award nominee. If you’re in Santa Fe and need something to read, Garcia Street Books has a great selection.

Getting my 1950s melodrama on with Vincent Minnelli’s SOME CAME RUNNING. Frank Sinatra is a hard-drinking writer learning how hard it is to return home. Dean Martin is his pal, a professional gambler. Yes, it’s as awesome as it sounds.

I loved every frame of SINNERS. See it if you haven’t. <End of Post>

Mr. Blonde has left the building. RIP Michael Madsen. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Looking for a great cop show? Check out DEPARTMENT Q on Netflix. It’s about a burnt out antisocial detective assigned to handle cold cases. Yeah we’ve seen this before, but show runner Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) manages to put a fresh binge-worthy spin on it.

Writers Group Field Trip. The Circus Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma.

Dear hair: please grow fast. Not saying I got a bad haircut, but I do look like I’m in a Flock of Seagulls cover band.

It’s hard to adequately describe how much I don’t care about the Met Gala.

Thanks for reading!

If you’re in the neighborhood, please join me this June at #thrillerfest in NYC. I’m going to be on a killer panel on Saturday with some great authors. Very much looking to that, not to mention the awards banquet that night. #thrillerawards #internationalthrillerwriters #rosedoucette #mysterywriters

How would one go about acquiring a dire wolf as a pet? Asking for a friend.

The Studio on AppleTV. Funniest show on TV right now. Embrace the cringe.

Car chases galore. Willem Dafoe barely old enough to shave. 1980s soundtrack by Wang Chung. Why yes, I am watching TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA. And it is as glorious as I remembered.

Meta is stealing authors’ work to train their AI. I searched my name and this is the first thing that came up. Have fun with that, AI Overlords. (Also, stop the stealing!)

How come nobody’s talking about DOPE THIEF on AppleTV+? I loved the book, and the show is every bit as good.

Private Eye Panel at Left Coast Crime. Great crowd! Glad the mosh pit didn’t get out of control like last time.

How many times a week can you google yourself before it gets weird?

What a great way to start a Monday! Shortlisted for a Thriller Award by the International Thriller Writers!Congrats to my fellow nominees.

Really enjoyed THE PRESIDENT’S LAWYER by Lawrence Robbins, an Edgar nominee for best first novel. The story is about a former president standing trial for murder and the attorney representing him. Some great twists that I didn’t see coming.

Being a writer is to reading what being a porn star is to sex. It takes some of the fun out of it.

Really enjoyed The Menu. Ralph Fiennes is like Gordon Ramsey in Hell’s Kitchen but not as warm and cuddly.

I love dogs and good reviews. Wait…can that dog read?

If you’re of a certain age—and even if you’re not—check out SATURDAY NIGHT on @netflix. It’s the story of Lorne Michaels and the 90 minutes before Saturday Night Live aired for the first time. Great film. Bonus points for J. K. Simmons’s use of a prosthetic to portray Milton Berle.

Had a great time at the turtlecreekparkconservancy fundraiser, taking about my new crime thriller The Life and Death of Rose Doucette. Many thanks to @interabangbooks for handling the sales. We sold a lot of copies!

I am honored to be included on this list along with so many talented writers. Scott Montgomery is easily one of the most well read people in the industry. www.thehardword.org/single-post/...

Dear Summer: I’m sorry for the mean things I said about you last year. Please hurry back.

I am honored to be the featured author at the Turtle Creek Park Conservancy’s Write Stuff. Join me on Jan. 28 when I’ll be discussing my latest crime thriller with Texas Public Safety Commissioner Steve Stodghill. (No one will be arrested. Hopefully.) turtlecreekconservancy.org/events/the-w...

Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I still think about his role in Harry Dean Stanton’s last movie LUCKY, where he played a barfly searching for his missing tortoise, President Roosevelt. A quirky but great film.

I loved ANORA. Think Pretty Woman but with Russians and vaping. Laugh out loud funny, tender, and heartbreaking all in the same breath.

Huge thanks to Donna at Murder by the Book for including Rose Doucette on her Top Reads of 2024! www.murderbooks.com/donnas-staff...

I’m honored to be included on this list along with such great company. Thanks @krtipple.bsky.social! kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/2024/12/my-f...

Welcome to Roswell.

Really enjoyed CONCLAVE, a political thriller (for lack of a better term) about the College of Cardinals and the election of a new pope. Spoiler: there’s lots of treachery, intrigue, and funny hats.

My new mystery THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCETTE is on sale today for one day only. If you haven’t yet read what Publishers Weekly calls “a winner” now’s your chance! www.amazon.com/Life-Death-R...

. @harryhunsicker.bsky.social joins Cantina Book Club to discuss his new novel THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCETTE:

How far would you go for a better version of yourself? To regain what you thought was lost? That’s the question Demi Moore faces in THE SUBSTANCE, easily the best horror movie of the year, if not the best film in any genre for 2024. If you can handle the blood and gore, I highly recommended it.

In today’s episode, the Cantina Book Club interviews me about my new crime thriller THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCETTE. youtube.com/watch?v=gJzN...

You know what’s a great way to kickoff the holiday season? A good old fashioned exorcist movie. THE CLEANSING HOUR is a gem, the story of a grifter who livestreams fake exorcisms. Then he has to do a real one. Highly recommended if that’s your thing.

Attended my first college football game since, well, college. Big fun.

Wow. No Country for Old Men has taken on a whole new meaning.

The mystery panel the Texas Book Festival. I was honored to appear alongside one of my all-time favorite authors, John Katzenbach. Many thanks to our esteemed moderator Paul Coggins, a great writer himself. #crimethrillerbooks #mysterywriters

More from the Texas Book Festival. #crimefiction #texasbookfestival

Had a great time at the Texas Book Festival Gala! Books, book, and more books.

My newest binge-worthy show, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL on Peacock. This version has little in common with either Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 thriller (one of my all time favorites) or the 1973 film, but it’s still excellent, at least the episodes I’ve seen so far.

Hey ATX! Join me this Sunday 11/17 when I’ll be discussing the contemporary mystery novel at the Texas Book Festival. (Room E2.012 at the Texas Capitol, 2:15 pm.)

Every now and then the Netflix algorithms get me. FAIR PLAY is freaking awesome. Imagine BILLIONS crossed with a 1990s erotic thriller. Simple story. Great performances from Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich. Edge of your seat tension.