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From award winning criminologist R. Barri Flowers and the bestselling author of THE PICKAXE KILLERS and THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, comes a powerful new historical true crime short, MURDER IN THE PENCIL FACTORY: The Killing of Mary Phagan 100 Years Later. On the afternoon of April 26, 1913, thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan arrived at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked, to pick up her paycheck.

1. Write a minimum of 500 words a day, every day of the year, every year, until you die.
2. Subscribe to Crimespree magazine.
3. Attend Bouchercon.

I've mentioned the Salt Cay Writers Retreat I'm organizing for October in the Bahamas here before - we've been busy over the past several weeks, and there are a number of items I wanted to share.
After making a site visit to Salt Cay in April with my agent, who is helping to shape the retreat program, we now have a detailed program schedule on the website: http://saltcaywritersretr...

You've seen me on Investigation Discovery and read my criminology text, THE DYNAMICS OF MURDER. Now try my new thriller novel, BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN. An FBI criminal psychologist assists Portland police in trying to track down a ruthless serial killer, who kills beautiful women in pairs.

Every week literary agents receive hundreds of query letters from aspiring writers who are hoping to interest the agent in their project. Why then, would agents take time from their busy schedules to go to a writers conference and meet yet more writers in person?

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author of THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, comes a riveting new true crime short, THE PICKAXE KILLERS. Having written about hundreds of notable murders in his bestselling true crime book, MURDERS IN THE UNITED STATES: Crimes, Killer and Victims of the Twentieth Century, one case that stood out to Flowers for its sheer brutality as well as shocking aftermath was that of Karla Faye Tucker and Daniel Garrett, who used a pickaxe to hack to death two people.

Seduced to Kill in Kauai, my new island novel of financial intrigue and psychological suspense, is now in audio in Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes; along with paperback and eBook.Hope you listen to or read -- you are sure to enjoy!Aloha!R. Barri Flowers

Did you know that William Styron put the finishing touches on Sophie’s Choice while vacationing on Salt Cay, Bahamas? Or that Anne Morrow Lindbergh worked on Gifts From The Sea during a visit to Salt Cay as well?

My Peyton McKean mystery short story, which first appeared in Akashic's Seattle Noir, will be available for free as an ebook download during the week of March 3-9, 2013. Find the promotion page at: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/125015

DEADLY SWEET SIXTEEN, the first book in my Deadly Collection is now available on Amazon Kindle. Deadly Sixteen featuring amateur sleuths, Byrd Jeffcoat and Emmaline Beard is set in fictional Ville Nouvelle, located along the Mississippi River in Louisiana bayou country. A handbag lost years before and retrieved when a digging crew are excavating for a strip mall contains a cryptic note. David Fanning will die. Dasvid Fanning disappeared long years past and his disappearance was attributed to accidental drrowning.