

A COLD WAR HOT SPOT, A NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME, AND THE MEANING OF HOME
Growing up in the Fulda Gap was tense enough. Then the murder of a child in my small town took away my last illusions of shelter. JULY...


Writing is like a clock... what?
I've been asked many times what attracted me to crime fiction and the answer is easy enough; I didn’t choose crime fiction, crime chose...


An Interview with Alexandra Burt
Alexandra Burt is the author of the novels Remember Mia and The Good Daughter. She was born in Fulda, Germany, a baroque town in the East...

My Texas
Set in Texas, The Good Daughter is the tale of a young woman in search of her past, and the mother who will do anything to keep it...


Memory and the Maternal Hand
When I was pregnant, over fifteen years ago, I had it all — a husband, a job that I was able to quit when it was time to give birth,...