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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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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


Worth More Dead
The foster couple’s marriage was on shaky ground when they accepted a teenage foster girl. They’d had other foster children—the wife was...

Robin Lyons
Mar 24, 2023


End of Story
This story (a.k.a. true crime) didn’t end how the ex-husband of the victim had intended it to end. He and his girlfriend met with a man...

Robin Lyons
Mar 17, 2023


Cold and Callous
When a husband threatened his wife that he would not allow her to leave him she filed for a domestic violence protection order and left...

Robin Lyons
Feb 25, 2023


The People Hater
Relationships can change in a heartbeat—whether it be sickness, injury, or faithfulness—one day your mindset is until death do, we part,...

Robin Lyons
Jan 21, 2023


Hate-Fueled Fury
The 19-year-old nursing student spent several weeks planning his attack. Armed with an assault rifle, extra magazines strapped to his...

Robin Lyons
Aug 26, 2022


Cold-Blooded Plan
What defines a cold-blooded killer? It may be subjective, I think a Dateline Investigative Reporter nailed it when she made the following...

Robin Lyons
Aug 12, 2022


Pure Evil
It’s hard to forget your high school boyfriend/girlfriend. You also remember their character attributes. In this true crime, because her...

Robin Lyons
Jul 15, 2022


Desperate Mother and Father
Losing a child tragically could push a loving mother to the edge of sanity and desperate for justice. That’s exactly what pushed the...

Robin Lyons
Jul 8, 2022
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