Gourmet Ghosts

My new book, True Crime Burbank, comes out on History Press on August 18 – and Alta Journal said it was “A chilling portrait of Burbank’s criminal history.” It explores decades of crimes, including women who were sentenced to die, where serial killers hunted for victims, and kidnaps, robberies and murders – some of them still unsolved. Please click here for order details and event news. “Beautiful downtown Burbank” it is not, and my local newspaper, the Toulcan Times, interviewed me about how I wrote it (see below).

Stories of murder and mayhem from my historical series, The Dead of the LA River, will be revealed at the Gourmet Ghosts Facebook page and @gourmetghosts though you can find out more in my Blog post and read the first story – a gruesome torso murder!

It’s the 100th anniversary of the LA Central Library – a place I have spent many, many hours and without whom none of my books would exist – so I paid tribute by looking at its true crime history https://crimereads.com/a-true-crime-history-of-the-los-angeles-central-library/

I also wrote a piece for The Guardian about the library’s 100th anniversary celebration – which saw 12,000 people come to celebrate! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/19/los-angeles-central-libarary-centenary

Also, this site is now home for The Alaskan Blonde, my award-winning true crime book about the unsolved 1953 murder of Cecil Wells in Fairbanks, Alaska. You can find new information at the Blog, and more photos, crime documents, articles etc at https://www.facebook.com/thealaskanblonde/

You can stay up-to-date on BOTH via @gourmetghosts.com and at Bio & Links you’ll find examples from my 25+ years of journalism work.