Robin Lyons
Selfish and Senseless
What makes people, without hesitation, cast aside relationships? Or in this case, end the relationship without hesitation. One answer...
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Internationally Selling Mystery/Thriller Author
My hard-hitting, true crime posts aim to inform you and provide me with story inspiration. Have a look and see what you think.
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Robin Lyons
- Sep 9
Don't Be a Jerk
Imagine you’re on a flight from the middle of the U.S. to the eastern seaboard when one passenger goes a little cray-cray. Perhaps...
Robin Lyons
- Aug 26
Request Denied
When I was a school board member, I experienced the aftermath of a school shooting when an employee shot and killed our school principal....
Robin Lyons
- Aug 19
Left for Dead
Let me start with the obvious: people who commit crimes—whether on purpose or by accident—almost always think they can outsmart law...
Robin Lyons
- Aug 12
Online Enticement
Like so many young people today, the 13-year-old girl in this true crime was into gaming and anime. Her parents homeschooled her. The day...
Robin Lyons
- Aug 5
Double Life
The school hired him to be the Dean of Academics. In less than one month, the local authorities arrested him. They charged him with...
Robin Lyons
- Jul 29
One in 65 Septillion
His lifetime of crime began when he was in high school, and he raped a classmate in the early 1960s. Both teenagers lived abroad with...
Robin Lyons
- Jul 22
Canceled Wedding
Anyone who has been married knows how stressful the days leading up to the wedding can be. The wedding planners are fine tuning their...
Robin Lyons
- Jul 15
The Family
He’d experienced a year of failed attempts to remove him from the head of his successful business. Then someone murdered the owner and...
Robin Lyons
- Jul 8
Club Fed
Have you heard of the all-womens' prison in California dubbed “Club Fed?” If not, perhaps you recall the two female actors who went to...
Robin Lyons
- Jul 1
Graduation Practice
Tis the season for proud parents and grandparents to attend graduation ceremonies—graduates ranging from kindergarten through college....
Robin Lyons
- Jun 24
Dressed to Kill
Here you have another heated divorce with a mother and father battling for custody. The father’s new wife decides it’s a good plan to...
Robin Lyons
- Jun 17
Three hero-dad stories for Father’s Day
Dad vs Carjacker It’s every parent’s nightmare to have their vehicle stolen with their children inside the vehicle. It was the holiday...
Robin Lyons
- Jun 10
No Random Act
Unless you live in the community where this crime occurred, it’s doubtful your local news covered it. Although the crime was indeed...
Robin Lyons
- Jun 3
Ghost Email Murders
How do the plans to hire a killer begin? In this true crime, they began when two men, brothers-in-laws, were shooting guns at trees and...
Robin Lyons
- May 27
Life Behind Bars
Before the well-known Columbine High School shooting, there were other equally horrific school shootings. This true crime happened one...
Robin Lyons
- May 20
Can't Stay Away
A 21-year-old man working as an unarmed special police officer lived in a home with a grandmother (not his relative), a mother and her...
Robin Lyons
- May 13
Three hero-mom stories for Mother’s Day
Mom vs Mountain Lion Where I live, we have wild rabbits, skunks, possum, fox, deer, coyote, bobcats, rarely seen mountain lions, and...
Robin Lyons
- May 6
Web of Corruption
In this case, he couldn't be a corrupt public employee without corrupting other people. This true crime is about a web of corruption at...
Robin Lyons
- Apr 29
A Murderous Plot
Staying connected with high school friends on social media provided the 48-year-old mother in this true crime with the resource she...
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