R. Barri Flowers
Hello, friends:
I am pleased to welcome you to the MWA site and my page.
As a literary criminologist and bestselling mystery writer, I look forward keeping you abreast of upcoming books, short stories, signings, and appearances.
Happy reading!
Best,
R. Barri Flowers
R. Barri Flowers is an award winning, bestselling literary criminologist with more than forty published books and over two dozen short stories to his credit.
The author's published mystery novels include the legal thrillers, STATE'S EVIDENCE (Dorchester, 2006), JUSTICE SERVED (Dorchester, 2005), and PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE (Dorchester, 2004)
JUSTICE SERVED was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award.
R. Barri Flowers bestselling true crime book, THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS (St. Martin's Press, 1996) was excerpted in Cosmopolitan magazine and the basis for a September 2008 episode of the new Investigation Discovery channel series, Wicked Attraction.
The episode will explore the sex-related serial murders of husband and wife Gerald and Charlene Gallego, who murdered ten people in the Western U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
A number of the author's short story thrillers are part of the Amazon Shorts program, including "Ripper-Part 1," "Deception-Part-1," "Gone But Not Forgotten" "No Going Back," and "The Jury Has Spoken."
He has also contributed a mystery story, "Death by Trial and Error, to the mystery anthology, MURDER ACROSS THE MAP (Top Publications, 2005).
The author's noir story, "The Wrong End of A Gun Barrel," will appear in SEATTLE NOIR in the spring of 2009.
Apart from writing fiction, Flowers is a distinguished criminologist and has written such bestselling criminology titles as "SEX CRIMES: PREDATORS, PERPETRATORS, PROSTITUTES, AND VICTIMS (Charles C Thomas, 2006), MURDERS IN THE UNITED STATES (McFarland, 2004), and KIDS WHO COMMIT ADULT CRIMES (Haworth, 2002).
His criminology books, FEMALE CRIME, CRIMINALS AND CELLMATES, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND CRIMINALITY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, and THE ADOLESCENT CRIMINAL, will soon be released in softcover by McFarland in 2008.
Flowers recently received the Wall of Fame Award from Michigan State University's renowned School of Criminal Justice.
Along with the MWA, the author is a member of the American Crime Writers League, International Thriller Writers, Kiss of Death, and Sisters in Crime writing organizations.
R. Barri Flowers is the editor of MURDER PAST, MURDER PRESENT, a mystery collection titled, by award-winning, bestselling mystery author members of the American Crime Writers League. The anthology will be published in the summer of 2009.
He is currently at work on a Maui procedural mystery, A KILLER IN PARADISE, and thriller mystery, DEATH CRIES.
Visit the author's website at: http://www.rbarriflowers....
Also visit his Crimespace page at: http://crimespace.ning.co...
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THE SECRETS OF PARADISE BAY Author: Devon Vaughn Archer Published: June 29, 2010 by Urban Books Series Name: Urban Renaissance Category: Mainstream Suspense Main Character: Trey Lancaster, Ivana Kendall-Lancaster, Clyde Lancaster, Willie Munroe, Stefani Wendell, Raymond Gunfrey, Helene DeCroch Former international model Ivana Kendall-Lancaster gives it all up to marry the love of her life, Trey, and settle into Paradise Bay, Oregon. She never expected him to be unfaithful, but when the worst happens, she isn’t sure that anything can repair the mistrust and pain she feels. Trey Lancaster is living a life of wealth and leisure, but all is far from perfect in his world. After an affair with the wife of a wealthy client, he’s desperately trying to get past this moment of weakness, knowing that he loves his wife more than anything. Click for more info. |
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STREET KIDS: The Lives of Runaway and Thrownaway Teens Author: R. Barri Flowers Published: June 15, 2010 by McFarland and Co. Series Name: Social Sciences/Society Category: Teen Issues, Child Abuse, Juvenile Prostitution, Sexual Abuse, Homelessness This timely book examines the complex and persistent problem of street kids in America--largely youth who have run away or been forced to leave home. Precipitating factors that lead to homelessness are explored, including child sexual abuse and neglect, substance abuse, mental health and behavioral problems, sexual promiscuity, and issues related to gender identity. These youth often become the victims of sexual exploitation by pimps, prostitution customers, pornographers, and pedophiles. Click for more info. |
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COLLEGE CRIME: A Statistical Study of Offenses on American Campuses Author: R. Barri Flowers Published: September 30, 2009 by McFarland Series Name: Social Sciences/Criminal Justice Category: Criminality, Crime on Campus Recent years have seen an increase in the focus on-campus crime. This book explores the breadth of serious criminality and victimization occurring on college and university campuses across the United States, putting special emphasis on the relationship between drug and alcohol abuse and criminal activities such as sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, hate crime, and murder. The book also provides a number of victim resources and a guide to laws relevant to the prevention and deterrence of on-campus crime. Click for more info. |
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