by Mark Pinsky | Jul 6, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness, Met Her on the Mountain
After a brief rest in Durham following our return from Alabama, I headed west to North Carolina to promote my latest book, Drifting Into Darkness, as well as the updated, paperback edition of Met Her on the Mountain. My First Stop: Greensboro The first stop was...
by Mark Pinsky | Jun 17, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness
We completed my Alabama book tour — no banjo on our knee, but Oh Suzanne (La Rosa) and the whole NewSouth Books crew (Randall, Lisa, Mike) have made us feel welcome for the official Montgomery launch of Drifting into Darkness: Murder, Madness, Suicide and a Death...
by Mark Pinsky | May 31, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness, Met Her on the Mountain
After spending half a century reporting on murder, it’s probably not surprising that I don’t read many true crime books for enjoyment and escape. I think it’s because I’ve spent so long covering the dark side so closely, without the reader’s luxury of being able to...
by Mark Pinsky | Mar 22, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness, Met Her on the Mountain
Today, I want to share my recent review of Devil House, a new thriller about a true crime author who takes on a real murder and tries to use his own investigative skills to solve it. This idea is not as far-fetched as it might seem. In fact, the novel’s premise...
by Mark Pinsky | Mar 15, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness, Met Her on the Mountain
For years, true crime has been considered a low- and middle-brow guilty pleasure, dating back to the 19th century Police Gazette tabloids. To be sure, since then, there have been modern crossover exceptions – books like In Cold Blood, The Stranger Beside Me, and Fatal...
by Mark Pinsky | Mar 8, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness
A curious aspect I’ve noticed over the years with nonfiction writing and broadcasting – newspapers, radio, magazines and books – is what information comes to you after publication or broadcast. The Importance of Validating Sources Time after time, I would write an...
