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The Big Thrill:

7/31/17: Get It Right: Linda Fairstein and Marcia Clark

Crimespree Magazine:

6/28/17: SUSAN M. BOYER / LOWCOUNTRY BONFIRE INTERVIEW

Criminal Element:

2/6/18: Review: Look for Me by Lisa Gardner
2/2/18: Review: Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall
2/1/18: Review: Vanished by Karen E. Olson
1/16/18: Q&A with Christopher Reich, Author of The Take
1/9/18: Q&A with C. J. Tudor, Author of The Chalk Man
1/8/18: Q&A with Aimee Hix, Author of What Doesn’t Kill You
1/2/18: Review: A Map of the Dark by Karen Ellis
12/8/17: Review: Strong to the Bone by Jon Land
11/30/17: Review: Tango Down by Chris Knopf
11/15/17: Q&A with Jessica Keener, Author of Strangers in Budapest
11/14/17: Review: Seeds of Revenge by Wendy Tyson
11/10/17: Q&A with Wendy Tyson, Author of Seeds of Revenge
11/7/17: Review: Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke
11/6/17: Q&A with Linda Fairstein, Author of Digging For Trouble
11/6/17: Review: Dead of Winter by Wendy Corsi Staub
11/2/17: Q&A with Todd Merer, Author of The Extraditionist
10/31/17: Q&A with David Freed, Author of The Kill Circle
10/31/17: Review: Buzz Killer by Tom Straw
10/30/17: Donald Bain: A Personal Remembrance
10/30/17: Q&A with Linwood Barclay, Author of Parting Shot
10/27/17: Q&A with Kate White, Author of Even If It Kills Her
10/26/17: Q&A with Tom Straw, Author of Buzz Killer
10/26/17: Review: The Kill Circle by David Freed
10/20/17: Review: The Killer Who Hated Soup by Bill A. Brier
10/16/17: Review: Killing Season by Faye Kellerman
10/5/17: Review: What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong
10/3/17: Review: The Witches’ Tree by M. C. Beaton
9/26/17: Q&A with Joe R. Lansdale, Author of Paradise Sky
9/25/17: Q&A with Liz Mugavero, Author of Purring Around the Christmas Tree
9/15/17: Review: The Names of Dead Girls by Eric Rickstad
9/14/17: Review: Enigma by Catherine Coulter
9/7/17: Review: Close to Home by Robert Dugoni
8/29/17: Review: Glass Houses by Louise Penny
8/24/17: Review: Snap Judgment by Marcia Clark
8/15/17: Q&A with Kelley Armstrong, Author of Rituals
8/14/17: Review: I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen
8/11/17: Review: Reckless by Allison Brennan
8/4/17: Review: The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
8/4/17: Review: Kiss Me, Kill Me by Allison Brennan
8/2/17: Review: Cat About Town by Cate Conte
8/1/17: Q&A with J. D. Trafford, Author of Little Boy Lost
7/24/17: Q&A with Richard Lange, Author of The Smack
7/21/17: Review: Deadfall by Linda Fairstein
7/18/17: Q&A with Marcus Sakey, Author of Afterlife
6/27/17: Q&A with William Shaw, Author of The Birdwatcher
6/23/17: Review: Lowcountry Bonfire by Susan M. Boyer
6/12/17: Review: The Switch by Joseph Finder
6/8/17: Review: Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin
6/6/17: Review: DIS MEM BER by Joyce Carol Oates
6/2/17: Review: You’ll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron
6/1/17: Q&A with Jordan Harper, Author of She Rides Shotgun
5/30/17: Q&A with Sarah Lotz, Author of The White Road
5/8/17: Review: Silent Rain by Karin Salvalaggio
5/2/17: Review: Walking on My Grave by Carolyn Hart
4/25/17: Q&A with John Rector, Author of The Ridge
4/20/17: Review: Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan
4/11/17: Q&A with Harry Hunsicker, Author of The Devil’s Country
4/5/17: Review: Of Books and Bagpipes by Paige Shelton
4/1/17: Q&A with Karen E. Olson, Author of Betrayed
3/28/17: Q&A with Laura Caldwell & Leslie S. Klinger, Co-Editors of Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
3/27/17: Review: Bone White by Wendy Corsi Staub
2/24/17: Review: Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Cornwell
1/24/17: Review: Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
12/30/16: Review: Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb
11/29/16: Review: Glow of Death by Jane K. Cleland
11/11/16: Review: Chaos by Patricia Cornwell
9/8/16: Review: Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah
8/18/16: Review: Without a Doubt by Marcia Clark (w/ Teresa Carpenter)

The National Book Review:

The News and Times:

12/12/17: AUTHOR INTERVIEW: JENNIFER CIOTTA ON I, PUTIN
5/19/17: MARCIA CLARK REMAINS WITHOUT A DOUBT
3/9/17: LIVING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE COLUMBINE MASSACRE
1/23/17: BOOKS AS AN INVITATION TO LIVE
12/16/16: SEEKING JUSTICE AMID THE CONSPIRACIES
10/25/16: THE DYNAMIC STORYTELLING OF SOMETHING BURIED, SOMETHING BLUE
9/27/16: ELIZABETH GILBERT’S CALL TO CREATIVITY
9/15/16: AMY SCHUMER’S HARD LESSONS LEARNED
8/24/16: HALLOWED GROUNDS: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD PARTS ONE AND TWO

The Strand:

4/2/17: BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK: WALK AWAY BY SAM HAWKEN
3/29/17: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RHYS BOWEN
3/13/17: WOMEN WRITERS FOR A WANING WINTER
12/12/16: TOP TEN THRILLERS OF 2016
12/8/16: BOOK REVIEW: A VERY PUKKA MURDER BY ARJUN RAJ GAIND
8/8/16: THE WOMEN OF SUMMER SUSPENSE

We-Ha.com:

3/21/17: Book Review: ‘Housebreaking’ by Dan Pope

The Strand Magazine Feb - May. 2017 features John's reviews of Brunonia Barry's "The Fifth Petal" and Jon Land & Heather Graham's "The Rising"

Mystery Scene Magazine April 2017 features John's profile of Wendy Corsi Staub.

Suspense Magazine Mar/Apr. 2017 features John's interviews with Faye Kellerman ("Bone Box") and Greg Iles ("Mississippi Blood").

READER, WRITER, REVIEWER

Suspense Magazine Sept/Oct. 2016 features John's interview with Sophie Hannah ("Closed Casket")

Author John B. Valeri

The Strand Magazine Oct. 2016 - Jan. 2017 features John's review of Marcia Clark's "Moral Defense"

Suspense Magazine Nov/Dec. 2016 features John's interview with Marcia Clark ("Moral Defense").

Suspense Magazine Jan/Feb. 2017 features John's interviews with Patricia Cornwell ("Chaos") and James Rollins ("The Seventh Plague").