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3-2 domino, bald man with beard, wearing a cowl

More about the dominoes

Stonewall’s Head And now for the thriller, Stonewall’s Head. During the time I was completing Seduction of a Wanton Dreamer, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were raging, and the U.S. was creating a lot of resentment around the world with its heavy-handed attempts to export Western democracy. I’ll never forget the breathtaking spectacle of

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Carved Renaissance domino, the 5-6, man in cowl with horrified expression.

People ask me: Why Dominoes?

Why did I pick them as a central theme in two of my books? My answer is that they interposed themselves, much like a pet cat sneaking under the sheets in the middle of the night. Regarding the two specific books in which they appear, there are two different tales to tell. I’ll start with

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Renaissance dominoes in a box

About those dominoes

A Reader Asked: “Where did your obsession with dominos begin? It seems it might have been nurtured by your parents, but maybe not.” The short story is, we (my family) learned the game from Joe Dickson, an associate of my father’s at the Hanford plant in Washington State. He had learned the game as a

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3-2 domino, bald man with beard, wearing a cowl

More about the dominoes

Stonewall’s Head And now for the thriller, Stonewall’s Head. During the time I was completing Seduction of a Wanton Dreamer, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were raging, and the U.S. was creating a lot of resentment around the world with its heavy-handed attempts to export Western democracy. I’ll never forget the breathtaking spectacle of

Read More »
Carved Renaissance domino, the 5-6, man in cowl with horrified expression.

People ask me: Why Dominoes?

Why did I pick them as a central theme in two of my books? My answer is that they interposed themselves, much like a pet cat sneaking under the sheets in the middle of the night. Regarding the two specific books in which they appear, there are two different tales to tell. I’ll start with

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Renaissance dominoes in a box

About those dominoes

A Reader Asked: “Where did your obsession with dominos begin? It seems it might have been nurtured by your parents, but maybe not.” The short story is, we (my family) learned the game from Joe Dickson, an associate of my father’s at the Hanford plant in Washington State. He had learned the game as a

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