by paracletepress | Oct 31, 2023 | Crime
There are few things I like more than setting my feet on the soil of Madison County, especially after a long absence. A part of me will always be there. I’m recently back from an eventful, long weekend in Hot Springs, Marshall and Mars Hill, where the leaves were near...
by paracletepress | Feb 17, 2023 | Crime
Recently, I was contacted by two students from Shepherd University in West Virginia, Devin Mattei and Hailey Knotts. They informed me that their English 102 class is focusing on true crime this semester, and the students have been given the task of following one case...
by Mark Pinsky | Nov 29, 2022 | Crime
Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century Truman Capote’s groundbreaking, nonfiction classic, In Cold Blood—a gripping account of the 1959 slaughter of a wealthy Kansas farm family— instantly established the...
by Mark Pinsky | Oct 11, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness
My latest book tour took me to Atlanta for the 17th annual Decatur Book Festival. Co-sponsored by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Emory University, it was held at First Baptist Church of Decatur. More than 2,000 people attended the weekend event, including...
by Mark Pinsky | Sep 28, 2022 | Crime
I can’t seem to stay away from Madison County for very long. On this trip, I attended the rededication of the Anderson Rosenwald School and then did a talk at the Madison Count Library on Drifting into Darkness. Rededication of Anderson Rosenwald School I recently...
by Mark Pinsky | Aug 9, 2022 | Crime
I’m just back from a quick trip to Southern California, where I taped an interview for a new true crime series. It’s called Blood & Money, and it’s from Dick Wolf Entertainment, the creators of Law & Order. The focus is on millionaires...
