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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 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


Don't Be a Jerk
Imagine you’re on a flight from the middle of the U.S. to the eastern seaboard when one passenger goes a little cray-cray. Perhaps...

Robin Lyons
Sep 8, 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


Online Enticement
Like so many young people today, the 13-year-old girl in this true crime was into gaming and anime. Her parents homeschooled her. The day...

Robin Lyons
Aug 11, 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


Canceled Wedding
Anyone who has been married knows how stressful the days leading up to the wedding can be. The wedding planners are fine tuning their...

Robin Lyons
Jul 21, 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


Club Fed
Have you heard of the all-womens' prison in California dubbed “Club Fed?” If not, perhaps you recall the two female actors who went to...

Robin Lyons
Jul 7, 2023


Graduation Practice
Tis the season for proud parents and grandparents to attend graduation ceremonies—graduates ranging from kindergarten through college....

Robin Lyons
Jun 30, 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


Three hero-dad stories for Father’s Day
Dad vs Carjacker It’s every parent’s nightmare to have their vehicle stolen with their children inside the vehicle. It was the holiday...

Robin Lyons
Jun 16, 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
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