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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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He’s a Cold-Hearted Killer
When you’ve been a political consultant for many years who has used questionable tactics to help get people elected, you might look over your shoulder more than most people and perhaps begin to question friendships.

Robin Lyons
Aug 29


If You Damage Me
After over 15 years of marriage, a couple divorced. The divorce was contentious and the ex-husband bitter. He became even more bitter after his arrest for failing to pay court-ordered alimony and child support.

Robin Lyons
Aug 22


One Man’s Jealousy
Things you might think about when you move into a new home—hiring a locksmith to re-key the locks. Things you don’t think about when you move into a new home—who lived there before you and who wants them dead.

Robin Lyons
Aug 15


I Want Her Gone
Two women, both mentally impaired, in love, living apart, wanting to be together. What’s stopping them? One, living in a care facility—her caretakers. The other—her mother, her caretaker.

Robin Lyons
Aug 8


He’s Going to Kill Me
Divorce is ugly more often than it’s not. Custody battles. Financial settlements. Division of property. Oftentimes, when the wife is a stay-at-home mom who didn’t contribute financially to the family, the money settlement is especially aggravating for the working husband.

Robin Lyons
Aug 1


A Vicious and Intricate Plot
It started with a car fire investigation. The investigation discovered that the fire set to a woman's car whose son was in a complicated relationship was only the beginning.

Robin Lyons
Jul 25


He Tried to Hide His Role
He had an investor on the hook for his revolutionary cure for HIV, and he would let no one mess it up.

Robin Lyons
Jul 18


Rival Business
One way to get rid of the competition is to hire some thugs to deal with him—in the most permanent way.

Robin Lyons
May 23


I Never Wanted to Hurt Anyone
It’s sad for everyone when a couple with a child divorces. When a divorce is contentious, it’s even worse. Then add to the drama the ex-wife’s new boyfriend, who is arrogant and full of himself—her friends had a bad feeling about him.
Robin
Apr 18


Disbarment
It’s hard to believe that a highly educated man would think he could hire a contract-killing on his partner and get away with it nowadays. And he wasn’t just highly educated—he was a practicing attorney.

Robin Lyons
Mar 28


Criminal Conduct of the Worst Sort
Both business partners had former drug trafficking convictions. They had been associated for over twenty years. Both should have been skeptical that a new business idea in which they agreed to become partners might be unsuccessful. They formed the partnership.

Robin Lyons
Feb 21


Save the Child
Imagine you’re a police detective. You’re called to the home of a 41-year-old deceased woman. The first thing you see is the deceased woman surrounded by rose petals. Your first thought is of a jilted lover, right? Wrong.

Robin Lyons
Jan 3


The Downfall of Strip Clubs: A Cautionary Tale
Forcing this man out of business pushed him to seek a person to do the unthinkable.

Robin Lyons
Oct 25, 2025


I’m Afraid for My Life
He had been a firefighter for 19 years, working his way to captain before he retired. It’s unknown what sent him on the path that led to prison.

Robin Lyons
Oct 18, 2025


Always Looking Over Their Shoulders
The day the multi-millionaire property developer met her, he was 14 years older; she was at work in a shop. He invited her to dinner in another country—asking her to accompany him. She accepted. Within one month of dating, she moved into his home.

Robin Lyons
Sep 27, 2025


She Wanted Someone Dead
a jealous ex-girlfriend who wanted her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend killed.

Robin Lyons
Sep 20, 2025


She Went Too Far
The man and woman in this true crime met on a dating app then became hiking buddies. She wanted more—he didn’t.

Robin Lyons
Sep 6, 2025


When Love Turns Lethal
They were in a relationship, living together. She thought the relationship was monogamous until she learned he had a lover on the side.

Robin Lyons
Aug 30, 2025


Breaking Up Is Hard: A Tragic Tale of Betrayal and Justice
Breaking up is hard. Whether it be a marriage or a relationship—ending it isn’t easy.

Robin Lyons
Aug 23, 2025


Constant State of Fear
When you suspect your business partner has defrauded you in a six-figure real estate deal and your lawsuit was unsuccessful, what recourse do you have?

Robin Lyons
Aug 16, 2025
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