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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 Minor Inconvenience in His Life
It’s not unusual for a 23-year-old son attending college to live with his parents. What is unusual is the son lying about attending college when he’d flunked out. He also lied about being offered an amazing job.

Robin Lyons
6 days ago


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


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


The One Hiccup in The Plan
One evening in midsummer, a 35-year-old mother of five children vanished, and no one has seen her since.

Robin Lyons
Jun 27


Pets Can Never Be Replaced
The dangerous young man in this true crime dated a young woman in high school whom he still cared for. On her part, they were still friends.

Robin Lyons
May 30


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


No Matter What - We Are Losing
Parenting is hard. When parents have a child with any type of disability, it compounds the challenge, tests the character of a parent, and their ability to keep the needs of their child in the forefront of their decision. Parenting adult children with disabilities is also challenging.

Robin Lyons
Jan 31


Brave Testimony
Less than two years after they married, the marriage ended when the husband died.

Robin Lyons
Dec 13, 2025


They Seemed Like the Perfect Couple
I’m sure that, like me, you know someone who becomes an angry drunk when they’ve consumed too much alcohol. It may be a factor in this true crime.

Robin Lyons
Dec 6, 2025


You Will Be Held Accountable
Would you kill someone who wronged a person you cared about simply based on what they told you—no evidence provided?

Robin Lyons
Nov 1, 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


Online Feuds and Senseless Rivalries
Most people know what a social media entrepreneur is, right? Anyone can gain fame and financial success if they market the right thing, at the right time, in the right way that gets shared a zillion times by a zillion people.

Robin Lyons
Aug 9, 2025


Something Bad Happened
Some couples should not be together. The couple in this true crime is a prime example.

Robin Lyons
Jul 12, 2025


A Birthday Party Like No Other
Do you remember your first birthday? Yeah, I don’t either. Hopefully, the one-year-old child in this true crime won’t remember their first birthday.

Robin Lyons
Apr 19, 2025


She Didn’t Take It Well
Can you fall in love with someone in six months when you aren’t getting lovie-dovie vibes from the other person? In this true crime, the...

Robin Lyons
Mar 29, 2025


Unimaginable
They lived in a generational home with a 71-year-old mother, her 44-year-old daughter, and her 19-year-old granddaughter.

Robin Lyons
Mar 15, 2025


The Nicest Man in Town
Every town needs a veterinarian. Like the people in his small Oregon town, the actions of the veterinarian in this true crime will also...

Robin Lyons
Mar 8, 2025
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