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 […]
Episode 70: A Time to Thrill – Conversation with Aime Austin – featuring Carol Ericson
There are two memories of Carol Ericson that stand out over the years. The first is her coming to Los Angeles Romance Author meetings with a Sam Browne belt. The second is Carol showing off her latest Harlequin Intrigue. (Of which I now know there were at least 65!) After a sort of retirement, Carol […]
Episode 69: A Time to Thrill – Conversation with Aime Austin – featuring Shirley Hailstock
I loved getting the chance to talk with Shirley Hailstock, who has spent decades writing and championing Black romance. She was there when Black romance was still fighting for space on bookstore shelves—and later became an early indie author, long before independent publishing became the industry it is today. And it all started with a […]
Politics of Justice #19 | Chapters 35 – End | Ransomed Deep Dive featuring Legal Thriller Author Aime Austin
In this final episode of the Ransomed deep dive on Politics of Justice, we close out Chapters 35–41, where the case against Judge Eamon Brody reaches a jury, and every character has to reckon with what a federal prosecution can and cannot deliver. The story widens beyond one judge. When evidence surfaces outside the courtroom, […]