The Politics of Justice #22 | Caged, Chapters 7–11: Human Trafficking, Civil Forfeiture & the Price of Justice
What happens when the people who need justice most are the ones the system is least equipped to protect? In this episode of The Politics of Justice, we’re continuing our journey through Caged, the third book in my Casey Cort legal thriller series, with chapters 7 through 11. A disturbing discovery in Cleveland exposes a […]
Episode 71: A Time to Thrill – Conversation with Aime Austin – featuring Marilee Albert
This month, Marilee Albert is on the podcast; she’s a native Angeleno! I have to admit Marilee’s title pulled me in. Her new book is He’s Gotta Go. It’s a domestic thriller about marriage, money, and the fantasies we nurture just to survive another school pickup line. We chat about what it’s like to write […]
Politics of Justice #21 | She Was 15. He Made Her Feel Special. Then He Sold Her. | Chapters 3 – 6 | Caged Deep Dive feat. Aime Austin
She was fifteen. She thought she had a boyfriend. What she had was a trafficker. And by the time she understood the difference, her life had changed forever. In this episode of Politics of Justice, we’re diving into Chapters 3–6 of Caged, my Casey Cort legal thriller, and examining how a teenage girl becomes a […]
Politics of Justice #20 | Chapters 1 – 2 | Caged Deep Dive featuring Legal Thriller Author Aime Austin
The Second Location Rule: Do Men Know It? Caged: When Telling the Truth Changes Everything | Chapters 1 & 2 We’re moving on to the third book in my Politics of Justice series: Caged. This time, the story begins in Cleveland in January 1999, with a funeral and a secret. Stephanie Wells has been waiting […]
A Quick Thought: Could Thrillers Exist Without Men? | The Uncomfortable Truth About the Thriller Genre
What if the entire thriller genre is built on one thing: the violence of men against women? I had a revelation this week while reading Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli. One chapter in, I put the book down, took a shower, and found myself asking a question I couldn’t shake: Would we even […]