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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 Hard, Calloused Heart
A woman claimed decades of emotional and physical abuse lead to her having a gun nearby when she and her husband separated to cool down...

Robin Lyons
Feb 17, 2024


Misleading the Police
Imagine your son is on his high school football team. When he misses practice and nobody knows where he is, the first thing any parent...

Robin Lyons
Feb 10, 2024


Anger and Rage
It had mostly been a normal Thanksgiving holiday for a blended family of six—mother (55), father (61), three adult daughters, and one...

Robin Lyons
Feb 3, 2024


We're Done
According to Forbes Magazine (Forbes Advisor) half of all first marriages end in divorce. The divorce rate is higher for second and third...

Robin Lyons
Jan 13, 2024


Woman on a Mission
Cryptocurrency was in the news this week because of the FTX fraud case. Before you think this is about a fraud case, no, no, no, it’s...

Robin Lyons
Nov 3, 2023


A Wicked Woman
When you hear about a gruesome murder, you most likely hear a man is associated with the crime. Not in this horrific true crime. A...

Robin Lyons
Oct 13, 2023


Incensed Ex
The divorce was final. In the settlement, the wife’s attorney successfully won for her: · Half of the ex-husband’s retirement · ...

Robin Lyons
Oct 6, 2023


Behind Closed Doors
This true crime involves the suspicious death of a 12-year-old boy while living with his grandparents. His 18-year-old aunt and two...

Robin Lyons
Sep 29, 2023


Two Heartless Humans
Where this saga began: Husband and wife went to Africa to hunt big game. The husband had local workers construct a special cabin for his...

Robin Lyons
Sep 22, 2023


Selfish and Senseless
What makes people, without hesitation, cast aside relationships? Or in this case, end the relationship without hesitation. One answer...

Robin Lyons
Sep 15, 2023


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 25, 2023


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 18, 2023


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
Aug 4, 2023


One in 65 Septillion
His lifetime of crime began when he was in high school, when he raped a classmate in the early 1960s. Both teenagers lived abroad with...

Robin Lyons
Jul 28, 2023


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 14, 2023


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 23, 2023


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 9, 2023


Ghost Email Murders
How does someone hire a killer? In this true crime, two men (brothers-in-law), were shooting guns at trees and targets and talking. One...

Robin Lyons
Jun 2, 2023


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 26, 2023


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...

Robin Lyons
Apr 28, 2023
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