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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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Common-Law Wife
Are scams here to stay?

Robin Lyons
Jan 25


Ongoing Arguments
It’s one thing to have your loved one snoring and disturb your sleep, but when your bedroom shares a wall with your neighbor’s bedroom....

Robin Lyons
Jan 18


Irreconcilable Differences
If you’ve ever fallen out of love with someone, then you know the heart wants what the heart wants.

Robin Lyons
Jan 11


Monster in the Woods
Two friends go noodling for catfish in a nearby river—one man returns.

Robin Lyons
Jan 4


Where is She?
Who hasn’t cut classes in high school to hang out with friends?

Robin Lyons
Dec 7, 2024


The Eyewitness
What would you do if your young adult daughter had sent her boyfriend nude photos of herself and since they’d broken up, you believe he’s...

Robin Lyons
Nov 23, 2024


High School Sweethearts
They were high school sweethearts who went in different directions after high school.

Robin Lyons
Nov 16, 2024


Homemade Explosives
I’m drawn to crimes involving school employees or students. This true crime involved both.

Robin Lyons
Nov 9, 2024


Tough-on-Crime
We’ve all seen accidents on the freeway. When they happen on your side, traffic comes to a complete stop. When they happen on the side...

Robin Lyons
Nov 1, 2024


What You Did Was Frightening
The love triangle is as old as the hills. Most of the time, it doesn’t fare well. One person is always unhappy. In this crime, it was the...

Robin Lyons
Oct 25, 2024


A Violent Confrontation
The national shutdown during the early days of the Coronavirus Pandemic put many people out of work and families struggling ...

Robin Lyons
Oct 18, 2024


First Date
Ten years of marriage, shared visitation with one stepchild and two children after a divorce can leave a man lonely.

Robin Lyons
Oct 11, 2024


Stealing from the Army
It appears no line of employment is without workers who steal from their employer. In this case, the employer was the United States Army....

Robin Lyons
Oct 4, 2024


A Dangerous Woman
When you are a law-abiding, kind, person it’s hard to understand someone who seems to have been born evil, heartless, selfish, and...

Robin Lyons
Sep 27, 2024


Obligations
Divorce can be an ugly, destructive life event for many estranged couples. When you see no other options but to divorce and you have...

Robin Lyons
Sep 20, 2024


No Justice
The 59-year-old man in this true crime lived with his 95-year-old mother until her death—never living on his own.

Robin Lyons
Sep 13, 2024


Dark History
In 2005, a 36-year-old man worked at his family’s restaurant. In 2007, he was on trial for breaking into a young woman’s home. The...

Robin Lyons
Sep 6, 2024


Operation We Will Find You
The following words were on a sign I saw on the inside of a restroom stall at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport…. If you are a...

Robin Lyons
Aug 30, 2024


Senseless Act
It wasn’t his first stint in prison. He’d had an explosive personality since he was a child. As the 34-year-old man left the prison after...

Robin Lyons
Aug 23, 2024


The Real Killer
As a woman who has been married twice, I never considered murdering my first husband—who does that?!

Robin Lyons
Aug 16, 2024
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