All posts tagged: Crime Novels

Diane Fanning Appearing at Lynchburg, VA Local Author Event

Saturday, June 7, 2014 nationally recognized author Diane Fanning will be appearing at Barnes and Noble at 4024 Wards Rd Ste C, Lynchburg, Virginia, with fiction and non-fiction authors from 3pm-6pm Eastern. The Lynchburg store is hosting Local Author Day featuring authors of all genres throughout the day for readers to bring, or purchase, their favorite local author’s books to be signed, and to meet the author in person. It will be a time to have a picture taken with favorite authors! Fanning’s roots lie in Virginia and the area is the setting for her crime novel series featuring the character Lt. Lucinda Pierce, which currently has 7 books in the series. Library Journal on the Lieutenant Lucinda Pierce series says, “Diane Fanning has become a writer to watch, demonstrating that the modern police procedural can evolve into a commentary on current culture.” Diane Fanning is the author of 21 published books, 2 set to launch later in 2014. Diane Fanning is also a best-selling author of true crime books covering such high-profile crimes as Casey Anthony in MOMMY’S LITTLE GIRL, Mary Winkler in THE …

Chain Reaction, Diane Fanning, Lucinda Pierce crime novel

CHAIN REACTION, 7th Lucinda Pierce Novel by Diane Fanning Launched March 1

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March 1 marks the launch of CHAIN REACTION in the Lucinda Pierce crime mystery series by Diane Fanning. Since 2008 when the first book in the series, Trophy Exchange, was released, Virginia Homicide Detective, Lucinda Pierce has been beset with investigating all sorts of grisly crime occurring in her state. Woven within each crime story is a glimpse into other underlying issues of importance, from domestic violence to care taking duties of an Alzheimer’s patient, and, in CHAIN REACTION, the possibility of terrorism. The character of Lucinda Pierce is always is aptly portrayed as the strong heroine in the series, the tough female cop, but one depicted with complex emotion and heart, overcoming her own personal distresses and skillfully performing her duties as an officer of the law. CHAIN REACTION: One quiet Sunday morning, homicide investigator Lucinda Pierce is called out to a bomb blast at a local high school. It seems the caretaker has been fatally wounded in the explosion and there is one other unidentified body. A bomb blast points towards suspected terrorism …

Yes, Virginia! Diane Fanning Signing Books in October!

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Yes, Virginia, you are in for a treat! What better way to begin the trick or treat season than the treat of attending a book signing with true crime diva, Diane Fanning! Celebrating her 20th published book, as well as her move back to Virginia, Diane Fanning will be making appearances at Barnes and Noble in Roanoke and Richmond in October to meet and greet readers and sign copies of SLEEP MY DARLINGS. SLEEP MY DARLINGS chronicles the case of Tampa mother Julie Schenecker who is accused of shooting her two teenage children to death in 2011. Her trial was set for October, 2013, but recently has been postponed until April, 2014. It’s reported that prosecutors, who are seeking the death penalty, need more time to prepare. According to The Tampa Bay Times, Schenecker’s defense attorneys will be pursuing an insanity defense. What motive could Julie Schenecker have to kill her own children? Was she mentally ill? Will this be a successful death penalty case? Sixteen-year-old Calyx and thirteen-year-old Beau Schenecker were found dead—both of them shot, …

Diane Fanning: Book Signing Events Celebrating Her 20th Published Book

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Celebrating a milestone with 20 published books, Diane Fanning will be signing books for her readers at various locations. Diane Fanning’s 20th book, Sleep My Darlings, scheduled for an April 30, 2013 release, puts another notch in the belt of the Edgar Award Finalist author. Sleep My Darlings is the true story of Julie Schenecker who shot and killed her two teen children, 16-year-old Calyx and 13-year-old Beau, in their home in Tampa, Florida. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the trial, scheduled for October 2013, while the defense attorneys are looking to plead insanity. Diane Fanning is not only one of the queens of the True Crime genre, she also pens a series of novels incorporating the character of Lt. Lucinda Pierce, a tough as nails detective who was once a disfigured victim of domestic violence, and now on a mission to solve crimes and put away criminals. You can get to know Lucinda Pierce and walk through crime scenes collecting clues, learn about the criminals and the surviving victims within the pages of Trophy Exchange, Punish the Deed, Mistaken Identity, False Front, Twisted …

Celebrating Her 20th Book! Diane Fanning’s Latest True Crime Releasing in April 2013

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Described as one of True Crime genre’s premier authors, Diane Fanning brings forth yet another story her readers yearn to understand. Her impeccable research into many high-profile crimes such as the death of Caylee Anthony in Mommy’s Little Girl, and attending the trial of Michael Peterson in North Carolina for Written in Blood, brings to the reader the facts they need to grasp the horror of the victims who have been silenced. Diane Fanning’s 20th book, Sleep My Darlings, scheduled for an April 30, 2013 release, puts another notch in the belt of the Edgar Award Finalist author. Sleep My Darlings is the true story of Julie Schenecker who shot and killed her two teen children, 16-year-old Calyx and 13-year-old Beau, in their home in Tampa, Florida. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the trial, scheduled for October 2013, while the defense attorneys are looking to plead insanity. Speculation about the mental state of Julie Schenecker and what was going on within her family preceding the murder of her two children, has been an area of …