by JHowatt | Sep 5, 2025 | Crime Writing
Riding and Writing with Jigsaw September 1, 2025. Looking back at the photo I took of Detective John “Jigsaw” St. John driving his sky-blue undercover car through LA traffic, my thoughts forty-two years later were the same as I had then – what is he thinking? What... 
by JHowatt | Jul 30, 2025 | Crime Writing
Two Killers. Two Different Crime Scenes. Why? July 25, 2025. I sit at my desk, forty-one years after I wrote about the Bill Bradford and Bill Bonin serial murder cases, and remember the day he told me the critical importance of the crime scene, “The crime scene is the... 
by JHowatt | Jul 11, 2025 | Crime Writing
Looking Back on Florence: How a Knock on the Door Can Change Everything September 2023. My good friend and travel companion and I had a two-week trip to Florence planned for months. We researched the Santa Spirito area where we planned to stay, the Pitti Palace for... 
by JHowatt | Apr 16, 2025 | Crime Writing
Women’s Interest in True Crime: Two Women’s Take March 15, 2025. Since writing my first book: Jigsaw and Jane: Thirteen Years of Murder and Mayhem with Badge Number One, I’ve been fascinated by the notion women have a particular interest in true crime. I decided to... 
by JHowatt | Apr 3, 2025 | Crime Writing
Book Signing and a Girl with a Dream March 22, 2025. Barnes and Noble in Ventura. My heart beat a little faster when I read the big, bold cardboard sign that read: “Meet the Author” at a store where I’d bought books for at least ten years. I’d usually stop at the... 
by JHowatt | Nov 24, 2024 | Crime Writing
Ashes to Pink Ribbons November 21, 2024. The smell of smoke had lifted. The sky was bright blue, not hazy, unearthly grey. There was less dirt, ashes, and charred debris. But my short walk from the front door to the end of the driveway had been forever changed. The...