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Valerie Webster of Boulder, Colo. draws readers into the shadowy worlds of crime and crime fighters by using her 30+ year career in cyber and real-life security.
The result is riveting fiction based on real cases and policing applications with the main character Rita Mars—an ex-investigative reporter fighting crime around Washington D.C.’s beltway and beyond.
Webster’s debut novel Driven: A Rita Mars Thriller received critical accolades from readers.
Her second book in the crime fiction series, Objects of Desire publishes in late 2022.
Webster is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the national and Colorado chapters of Sisters in Crime.
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Our June Winner!
I am so pleased to announce the June Amazon gift card winner at www.valeriewebster.com. That winner of our monthly all-subscriber pool drawing is Charlotte Krasnoff. Charlotte is an avid reader and a fan of classical music. She herself...
SINC Colorado Finalists – Silver Falchion
Congratulations to my Sisters in Crime fellow writers! Here are the Colorado Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists! Best Action Adventure Finalist: Murder at Buckskin Joe by JvL Bell Best Investigator Finalist: At First...
Book Review: Pratibha Malav
“Driven,” by Valerie Webster is a page-turning story. The story revolves around Rita Mars, an ex-investigative journalist. Bobby Ellis, one of her longtime friends had a piece of important information to give to Rita but when she arrived he was dead. Later learns that...
Rocky Mountain Writers WOTY Award
Each year the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (RMFW) present a Writer of the Year (WOTY) award. Here are 2022’s three finalists. Amy Rivers is an award-winning novelist and writer of short stories and personal essays, as well as the Director of Northern Colorado...
Terror as Theater
Is slaughter our new entertainment? The Buffalo supermarket killer live-streamed from a camera mounted on his helmet — an up close and gruesome first-person view as he fires into 10 people, some of them crawling on the supermarket floor. That's what we excitedly...
2022 RONE Awards
Each year InD’tale Magazine honors the very best books in the Indie and Small publishing industry by awarding their RONE award. Not offered lightly, any contending book must go through one of the most rigorous processes in publishing, with...
15th Annual Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
Since 2008, the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards have recognized the best stories from the previous year told through various media utilizing the elements of mystery, thriller, and/or suspense. Judges are professional writers, book reviewers, librarians,...
Ninth Annual Online Thriller School
In their ten-week program, International Thriller Writers Organization sponsors online programs led by a master in the craft of thriller writing. Each instructor will teach some aspect of thriller creation during a two-hour Live Zoom session, will provide...
I AGREED TO WHAT?
Is Your Tax Info Being Sold? Do we ever read the privacy policy statements of sites? How about terms and conditions? The answer is probably no – and that includes me. Courtesy of the Washington Post here are the reasons why we need to start. You may...
Driven: A Rita Mars Thriller – Many Books Interview With The Author
I was recently interviewed by Many Books. I am sharing a few insights here with a link to the complete Q&A at the end of this post. What inspired you to write about someone who loses an old friend to what appears to be suicide? When journalists get too close...
February Contest Winners
I am so pleased to announce our two winners at www.valeriewebster.com. Winner of the monthly Mystery "WHO IS" Quiz is Jaclyn Garland. Jaclyn correctly identified Patricia Cornwell as our celebrated mystery author. Congratulations on...
Where to Donate Safely to Ukraine
Civilians and veterans of Ukraine suffer injury, displacement and the need for the basics of life. In this brief we offer ways to #StandwithUkraine and support the people, soldiers and sovereignty of the country. To Date 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine...
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