R. Barri Flowers

On April 3, 1961, 38-year-old former vocalist Ella Mae Cooley was beaten to death in her home in Willow Springs. The murder was committed by husband Donnell Clyde Cooley, a well-known big-band leader, musician, actor, host of a television variety show, and businessman....

Maui County homicide detective and composite sketch artist Leila Kahana is the protagonist. A Hawaiian native, Leila follows in the footsteps of her grandfather who was the County of Maui police chief....

Sally Keller decides to visit Farmer Pete's farm next door, where the animals and other creatures she meets along the way warn her to stay away from mean Greeley, the goat....

From the assassination of President William McKinley on September 6, 1901, to the mass killing at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, the 20th century saw many murderous events....

Barely five feet tall, sweet and innocent looking, Charlene Gallego used all of her charms to beguile teenage girls and young women into the back of a van, where her husband, Gerald, lay waiting....

In the year 2020, graduate student and Victorian Era enthusiast Katie Judson finds herself living in 1890 London, England, and beyond, courtesy of a mysterious stairwell....

Serial Killers and Prostitutes taps into the author's expertise on serial murderers and sex trade workers....

Joyce Yashiro, estranged from her husband, was suffocated when she was forced face down into the soft sand on the beach. The case is anything but simple....

In the late 1970s, a serial killer prowled the campus of Michigan State University. Donald Miller's path from promising criminal justice grad to deadly criminal is chronicled in this riveting short....

In this frightening tale of dark fantasies, pornography, rape, and murder, British serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley targeted children in the early 1960s....