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Matthew Dunn: "The Spy House": In the fifth electrifying thriller featuring Will Cochrane, the Intelligence agent must solve the unsolvable: How did four international agents working on a super-secret mission die in a safe house bunker that was locked from the inside? Critics have called Will Cochrane a "ruthless yet noble" (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram), "one-man weapon of mass destruction" (Daily Telegraph)—a brilliant agent from whom "Bond and Bourne could learn a thing or two" (Madison County Herald). His latest assignment will plunge him into the thorny politics of the Middle East. The stakes: averting a war that could engulf the world in flames. When the Israeli ambassador to France is shot dead in Paris by an unknown sniper, the Israeli government blames Hamas and begins planning a massive invasion to obliterate the terrorist organization once and for all. To avoid an all-out war, three members of the UN Security Council—the United States, France, and the United Kingdom—assemble a team of intelligence agents to uncover the truth behind the assassination. But when the team stops responding and all four agents are found dead in a bunker locked from the inside, they turn to freelance intelligence operative Will Cochrane for answers. To find out what really happened in the Paris shooting and in the bunker and prevent an unwinnable war, Cochrane will use his years of knowledge and experience to unravel the truth . . . and maybe just keep himself alive.

Sue Grafton, International Bestselling Mystery Writer Best known for her alphabet series, Sue shares her hard-won writing insights with wit, wisdom, and down-home honesty. Learn which two books in her series are her favorites, how to tap into your own well of darkness as you write, and why mystery writers are the "magicians of fiction." Co Host: James Rubart, Award-winning Novelist A past guest and a good friend of the show, Jim joins us as co-host. His insightful and inspiring novels have won wide critical acclaim and a growing list of awards. When he's not sharing marketing advice with up-and-coming authors or working on his next novel, you just might run into him motorcycling around his home in Pacific Northwest. (Or, actually, try not to run into him if he's motorcycling.)

SHOW TITLE: Meet Iris, the FBI's Only Electronic-sniffing Dog: An Interview with Jeffrey Calandra BLURB: Criminals and terrorists often hide data on electronic devices and then hide these devices. And they re often very clever about doing so. In such search situations, many subjects hide flash drives, hard drives, and other electronic components so if the police come, the instruments of their crimes may not be found. Take the example of a child ography case where a subject will put pictures of innocent children on a thumb drive and hide it in the yard, behind walls, and all sorts of other places. In a normal search, a human investigator may not find the media. What's the FBI to do? Enter Iris, a young, eager, lab who is the FBI's only canine capable of sniffing out these devices. And she's one of only five in the world. How does she do it? How was she trained for such specialized work? In this episode we talk with Jeffrey Chandra and he can tell us how all this accomplished, as well as how dogs are used in other criminal detection activities. BIO: Jeffrey Calandra possesses a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Masters in Criminal Justice with concentration in Computer Forensics. He spent 6-1/2 years as a special agent working child ography, criminal computer intrusions, fraud, and bomb threat cases. HE has also assisted on Counter Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism, Drug, and Gang cases and has served as a member of the Hostage Negotiator team. He is currently a K9 handler for the FBI Electronic Scent Detection K9 Iris. Iris, a 20 month-old black lab, is the first of her type in the FBI and one of 5 in the world. She will be the future of law enforcement. Already we are getting requests from across the country for her assistance. For a little background, Iris was trained as a seeing eye dog for a year and then was selected to be a law enforcement dog.

Karin Slaughter "The Kept Woman": Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. The author of Pretty Girls returns with an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges its fascinating protagonist into the darkest depths of a mystery that just might destroy him. With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site, Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop. Studying the body, Sara Linton—the GBI's newest medical examiner and Will's lover—realizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victim—a woman—who has vanished . . . and who will die soon if she isn't found. Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the city's most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the world's most expensive lawyers—a man who's already gotten away with rape, despite Will's exhaustive efforts to put him away. But the worst is yet to come. Evidence soon links Will's troubled past to the case . . . and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friends—and even the suspects he pursues. Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller.

Today we have sixty minutes of radio with two very special guests. Authors Julia Diana Robertson and Cate Holahan. Cate Holahan: "The Widower's Wife": Ana Bacon, a young housewife, tumbles off a cruise ship into the dark and deadly waters, but did she take her secrets with her? Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten million dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alibi and a number of witnesses claim to have seen Ana fall. So the official ruling seems to be substantiated. Still, the more Monahan uncovers about Ana's life, the more he realizes how many people would kill to keep her secrets hidden. And the closer he gets to the truth, the greater the odds grow that he, too, will take a fatal fall. Julia Diana Robertson: "Beyond The Screen Door": There are dark secrets hidden behind closed doors in the small Washington State town of Hoquiam and the neighborhood has been content to keep those secrets hidden. In the summer of 1945 loner Nora Lee Sutter receives a terrifying message, pushing the already quiet girl further into isolation. The only person she allows into her private world is her close friend (her only friend) Joanne Waterman. Their friendship becomes a beguiling seduction as the town's secrets begin to unravel.

James Hankins, Bestselling Crime Novelist Ever since the seventh grade when he wrote a science fiction novel each night and read that next chapter aloud to his friends on the bus the following day, James has been honing his skills as a storyteller. Join us as he journeys through the thought process and techniques that helped him hone his latest thriller. The Story Blender is hosted by author Steven James. You can check out his work by going to stevenjames.net. Also visit www.thestoryblender.com for more information on past shows. Suspense Radio is brought to you by Suspense Magazine, www.suspensemagazine.co

Gabriela Pereira: Instigator and Creative Director Gabriela Pereira earned her MFA from The New School, in New York. While undercover as a graduate student, she learned the inside scoop on MFA programs, invented a slew of writing tools all her own, and developed a new, more effective way for writers to learn their craft. Now she wants to share this discovery and help writers around the world get the "knowledge without the college." In a past life, Gabriela worked in the toy industry, creating educational activities and games for toddlers, pre-schoolers, and tweens. After that, she taught several writing courses in New York City at organizations like: 826NYC, Everybody Wins, EHTP, and a local writing workshop she built from the ground up. While Gabriela now teaches exclusively at DIY MFA, she continues to speak and lead workshops at national and international writing conferences, both online and off. Her favorite thing to do is come up with new dastardly plans and innovative resources for DIY MFA. When she's not working on DIY MFA, Gabriela loves to write middle grade and teen fiction, with short stories for "grown-ups" thrown in for good measure. Gabriela is represented by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management and her book about DIY MFA is scheduled for release in Spring 2016 from Writer's Digest Books.

SHOW TITLE: Crime Scenes, Criminalistics, and the Cutting Edge in Los Angeles: An Interview with Former LASD Criminalist Professor Donald Johnson of California State University, Los Angeles BIO: Professor Donald James Johnson is an expert on criminalistics, with emphasis on crime scene investigation and reconstruction (homicides and sexual assaults), and forensic biology. His research interests include the application of new technologies to the field of criminalistics. He was formerly a senior criminalist at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, where he was involved in the scientific investigation of violent crimes.

The Story Blender is hosted by author Steven James. This is where you will hear great storytellers talking about the art of great storytelling. Richard Kremlin is on today's show: Richard Krevolin, Author, Script Consultant and Screenwriting Guru Over the years, Richard has taught more than 20,000 screenwriters at his popular courses in LA and throughout the world. Listen in as he unpacks the importance of WIIFM, story holes, and what happens in all great stories--no matter who the audience is. All of the shows on Suspense Radio are brought to you by Suspense Magazine, www.suspensemagazine.com

On the show today we have four outstanding authors, starting off with the 2015 Crimson Scribe Award winner Kelly Armstrong. Also joining me today will be Lynne Constantine, Dina Rae and JT Patten. Suspense Radio is where you will hear the very best in author interviews, industry news, experts in their field, and much more. We have four shows on the network, so there is something for everyone. Crime and Science Radio hosted by Jan Burke and D.P. Lyle. The Story Blender hosted by Steven James. Beyond The Cover hosted by John Raab and Jeff Ayers and finally the flagship show Inside Edition. All the shows are brought to you by Suspense Magazine. www.suspensemagazine.com