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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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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 24, 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 10, 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 3, 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 27, 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 29, 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 25, 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 18, 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 27, 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 13, 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 16, 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 9, 2022


Science Class Shooting
Since the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, there have been 337 school shootings in the USA. That staggering number,...

Robin Lyons
Jun 11, 2022


Death Lesson
Small town residents are more trusting of strangers that big-city dwellers. People still leave their doors unlocked when they aren’t home...

Robin Lyons
May 28, 2022


Not A Loving Son
A 60-something, unemployed (for 30+ years) man lived with his elderly mother who lived on some rural property. Friends became concerned...

Robin Lyons
May 14, 2022


Fatal Turn
Divorce can bring out the worst in people. Typically, by the time someone tosses out the threat of divorce, the two people aren’t fond of...

Robin Lyons
Apr 30, 2022


One Rowdy Night
There is no statistic to validate this assumption, but I think almost every bar or tavern has at least one frequent customer who...

Robin Lyons
Apr 2, 2022


Deadly Divorce
Many couples get divorced. It’s a reality that sometimes relationships don’t work. Children can complicate divorce. Who gets the kiddos...

Robin Lyons
Mar 26, 2022


Master Manipulator
How would two murderous prison inmates escape from a maximum-security prison that nobody else had in over 100 years? Prison staff aided...

Robin Lyons
Mar 12, 2022
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