If you are interested in blogging or want to promote your book, please contact E. B. Davis at writerswhokill@gmail.com.
Check out our April author interviews: Two WWK members have new books out this month. Look for James Montgomery Jackson's interview about his fifth Seamus McCree novel, Empty Promises, on 4/4. Tina Whittle's sixth Tai Randolph/Trey Seaver novel, Necessary Ends also debuts this month. Her interview will be on 4/18. WWK veteran, Sherry Harris's interview posts on 4/11. The next in her series, I Know What You Bid Last Summer, is now available. Grace Topping interviews KB Owen on 4/25. Please join us in welcoming these authors to WWK.
Our April Saturday Guest Blogger Schedule: 4/7-Cindy Callaghan, 4/14-Sasscer Hill, 4/21-Margaret S. Hamilton, 4/28-Kait Carson.
Congratulations to our writers for the following publications:
Tina Whittle's sixth Tai Randolph mystery, Necessary Ends, debuts on April 3, 2018. Look for it here.
James M. Jackson's Empty Promises, the next in the Seamus McCree mystery series (5th), will be available on April 3, 2018. Purchase links are here.
Dark Sister, a poetry collection, is Linda Rodriguez's tenth published book. It's available for sale here:
Shari Randall's "Pets" will be included in Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies anthology, which will be published in 2018. In the same anthology "Rasputin," KM Rockwood's short story, will also be published. Her short story "Goldie" will be published in the Busted anthology, which will be released by Level Best Books on April 25th.
Shari Randall's second Lobster Shack Mystery, Against the Claw, will be available in August, 2018.
In addition, our prolific KM has had the following shorts published as well: "Making Tracks" in Passport to Murder, Bouchercon anthology, October 2017 and "Turkey Underfoot," appears in the anthology The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Fifth Course of Chaos.
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10 comments:
About ten years ago, authorities mailed various known criminals who they hadn't succeeded in capturing notices that they had won the lottery. The notices asked the "winners" to appear at a certain time and place. Many did, thinking it was their lucky day, only to arrive and instantly get arrested and taken to jail. Not their most brilliant moment, but the authorities were shining that day!
EB -- I remember that happened in multiple cities and (this was when newspapers were common and actually had news) it had already been reported to have worked in other cities!
It's fortunate that most criminals are inept so they can be caught. With all the money to be made in electronic crimes, a smarter breed of cat is becoming involved. It will take more effort and brainpower to bring them down, but it can happen as evidenced by the demise of Silk Road.
~ Jim
A woman came into my wife's credit union with her baby. After withdrawing money from her account she sat down for a moment, got back in line and when she reached the teller she said, "This is a holdup. Give me all your money." She had no weapon and apparently no babysitter either.
Hilarious! (As is Warren's take on the robber who needed a babysitter.)
I love these stories. I know I've read a lot of stories of stupid criminals. One tried to get into a house by going down through the chimney to a fireplace, but got stuck and had to be rescued. Recently, I had someone try to scam me on the phone. He claimed to be with the Warren Township Police Department. I live in the township west of that so before he could launch into his appeal for money for his department,which they're not allowed to do, I know, I said, "No you're not. You're a scammer." He laughed and said, "No, I'm not," and I said he was. Then he said "I'm coming out there then." I said. "Go ahead and come." Of course, he never showed up.
No stories to add, but I love these dumb criminal tales! Thanks for sharing.
Love your stories!
E.B, I remember some of those stings. Sometimes they've set up fencing operations, too, with the police buying stolen goods. That has the added advantage of returning many of the stolen items to their rightful owners.
Jim, you're right--many of the more intelligent crooks have turned to computer crime.
Warren, that just shows how important good day care can be to parents!
Gloria, I've had a few people try to scam me over the phone. I usually just laugh and hang up. Sounds like you went me one better.
Shari, Kait & Margaret-- glad you enjoyed the stories.
I just received a text saying that I was to receive $765,000. All I needed to do was send them my bank details. Maybe if the amount had been $5000, I might have thought it was more realistic. There is always someone out there hoping to get something for nothing so these offers appeal to them. So it isn't always the criminal who is dumb.
Grace, so glad you knew enough to disregard that "prize"!
Now, I know this Nigerian prince with some funds he needs to move out of the country...
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