November 26, 2024

The Avatar Murders received a starred review from IndieReader. “Jim Rowson’s THE AVATAR MURDERS is a winning combination of classic noir and hard sci-fi. Augmented reality is already appearing in everyday life, so its use here is surprisingly grounding; none of the uses in THE AVATAR MURDERS seem far out of reach. A society built on…

August 13, 2024

AI arrived so quickly! You can be forgiven for not knowing how to interpret what’s going on in the tech industry. In 2024, AI combines massive investments with unrealistic hype. It appears to be a bubble with no practical applications, like pet rocks, Tamagotchis, and cryptocurrency. At exactly the same time, AI is improving your life…

July 17, 2024

“I pulled the blinds down in my office so Detective Strizzi and I could watch the surveillance footage of the CEOs being murdered onstage. I was drinking these days more often than being a private investigator, but Emily knew the right way to bait a hook for me. She told me the execs had been…

July 10, 2024

Read to the end for a glimpse inside the book promotion business! I know we’ve spent a lot of time flogging our books recently, but (1) Jim and I have been working hard and the books are good enough and they’re smart enough and doggone it, people like them; (2) getting people’s attention requires repetition;…