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Crime Fiction Files is not the usual author newsletter
Expect posts at the nexus of world events and CIA experience, and the secrets that fuel my high-stakes crime fiction.
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Why Your Gas Price is a Geopolitical Crime Scene
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Did I Write Omar García Harfuch Into Existence?
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The absolutely, indisputably, certifiably worst gift ever
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Just a CIA veteran sharing the danger and deception behind her crime fiction.
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