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Robin Lyons
Internationally Selling Mystery 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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A Glimmer of Solace
A man with schizoaffective disorder who hears a repeated mantra that targets a specific ethnicity is capable of doing harm to himself and others.

Robin Lyons
13 minutes ago


The Death Penalty
Two months into their marriage, everything changed for the dancer when her abusive husband forced her to use credit cards he’d stolen.

Robin Lyons
May 9


Not the Father
One of the random killings the former realtor had claimed as his when he confessed to his crimes was four people murdered at a local store.

Robin Lyons
May 2


Troubled and Vicious
Have you ever met or known of a person—even a teenager—whom you thought would eventually do something bad, maybe terrible? That’s the key person in this true crime.

Robin Lyons
Apr 25


I Never Wanted to Hurt Anyone
It’s sad for everyone when a couple with a child divorces. When a divorce is contentious, it’s even worse. Then add to the drama the ex-wife’s new boyfriend, who is arrogant and full of himself—her friends had a bad feeling about him.
Robin
Apr 18


A Small Measure of Justice
A 39-year-old married police officer, father of two young children, and field-training officer sat in his police vehicle in a residential neighborhood with a rookie in training.

Robin Lyons
Apr 3


Disbarment
It’s hard to believe that a highly educated man would think he could hire a contract-killing on his partner and get away with it nowadays. And he wasn’t just highly educated—he was a practicing attorney.

Robin Lyons
Mar 28


The System Failed
The man in this true crime lived where peacocks roamed his neighborhood. As he stepped outside to leave for work, he saw two men harassing a muster of peacocks across the street from his home. He asked them to stop.

Robin Lyons
Mar 21


Stolen Sunshine
People naturally open their doors when someone on the other side knocks or rings the bell. We naturally trust people. It’s built into our DNA until someone compromises that trust, but until they do, we open the door.

Robin Lyons
Feb 28


Criminal Conduct of the Worst Sort
Both business partners had former drug trafficking convictions. They had been associated for over twenty years. Both should have been skeptical that a new business idea in which they agreed to become partners might be unsuccessful. They formed the partnership.

Robin Lyons
Feb 21


Just Enough Time to Duck
A young couple—the father was 41 years old and the mother, 37 years old. In the backseat of their car as they parked near a pizza place were two of their three children—a son, age eleven, and a daughter, age seven.

Robin Lyons
Feb 14


His Father’s Obituary
His friend described the dog breeder as a phenomenal dog trainer. The dog breeder also trained service dogs and people would see him walking the dogs through town without a leash.

Robin Lyons
Feb 7


No Matter What - We Are Losing
Parenting is hard. When parents have a child with any type of disability, it compounds the challenge, tests the character of a parent, and their ability to keep the needs of their child in the forefront of their decision. Parenting adult children with disabilities is also challenging.

Robin Lyons
Jan 31


What Have I Done?
It was two nights before Christmas when a 17-year-old invited three friends to his house to hang out. The friends arrived. The teen showed his friends his new pistol.

Robin Lyons
Jan 24


Threats of Violence
Parents have a range of emotions when they send their daughters off to college. School shootings are a real fear. Campus security is a real concern. However, they might not be aware of the increasing number of men whose loneliness leads them to violence.

Robin Lyons
Jan 17


Not Safe with You Around
Were they friends? The 41-year-old man and the 88-year-old woman. He said they were.

Robin Lyons
Jan 10


Save the Child
Imagine you’re a police detective. You’re called to the home of a 41-year-old deceased woman. The first thing you see is the deceased woman surrounded by rose petals. Your first thought is of a jilted lover, right? Wrong.

Robin Lyons
Jan 3


Do the Right Thing
People can get angry over simple mistakes, and this true crime is a prime example. A 57-year-old man eating a sandwich at a fast-food place realized there was no meat in his sandwich. Side note - this also happened to a friend of ours when we were out to dinner at a nice restaurant. Slip-ups happen.

Robin Lyons
Dec 20, 2025


Brave Testimony
Less than two years after they married, the marriage ended when the husband died.

Robin Lyons
Dec 13, 2025


They Seemed Like the Perfect Couple
I’m sure that, like me, you know someone who becomes an angry drunk when they’ve consumed too much alcohol. It may be a factor in this true crime.

Robin Lyons
Dec 6, 2025
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