While researching my Gilded Age dark romance trilogy, I fell down a very dark rabbit hole. What did crime scene investigation actually look like in 1895? The answer led me to The Killer of Little Shepherds — a chilling true crime story about Joseph Vacher, a serial killer who terrorized France… and the doctors who quietly laid the foundation for modern forensic science while hunting him.
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Life Happens…. & Sometimes The Writing Just Stops
It’s crazy to think that it’s been a whole year since I last created a blog post; sometimes the best laid plans go awry because Life just has a different idea for what we should be learning and doing in that time. One thing I’ve learned over the last few years is to just go with it; divine timing always has a way of working things out.
Draft of Chapter Two: Ophelia & Asher’s Story
Upon entering her room to change, Ophelia walked to the window to take in the view of the rolling hills and trees beyond the manor. The sky was a gorgeous bright blue with a few wisps of white clouds here and there. She was dying to get out to the stables and ride.
Draft of Chapter One: Ophelia & Asher’s Story
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England September 1893 Wiggs, the usually calm and stately butler, came running down the steps to meet Asher as he rode up to Woodclyffe Manor. “Welcome home Master Asher! I beg your pardon, Lord Wyndclyffe,” he bowed low, showing Asher Hammersleigh, the new Earl of Wyndclyffe, his due respect.
Evelina Wood 