Day Care Safety Then and Now

The most important article The State  ran during my visit to Columbia attempted to assess whether children in day care are safer today than they were when Gail Cutro was first arrested. It was written by reporter Clif LeBlanc, who covered the Cutro case back then...

Revisiting the Case of Gail Cutro

Along with the video The State  newspaper shot to kick off the coverage of my book, which examined a murder case against a woman who ran a family day care, the paper also ran an article about In Good Hands  that appeared the same day.  What particularly pleased me...

What Does This Say About the News Industry?

When I was in Columbia a couple of weeks ago to promote In Good Hands, I asked the hotel clerk where I could buy dental floss and a copy of The State  newspaper. She thought about it for a minute and said, “Well, there’s a Walmart over the bridge. You...

The State’s Video About ‘In Good Hands’

Friday afternoon I visited The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina. As part of a package of articles about the case that was the subject of my book, they wanted me to talk about it on camera. I hope to post as much of the weekend package as I can in the next...

About Electronic Books

My new book, In Good Hands, is only available as an electronic book (usually called an ebook). If you haven’t ever read one, DON’T BE INTIMIDATED! It isn’t hard and it isn’t expensive. In fact, if you have a computer (and you wouldn’t be...

Back to South Carolina

I will be traveling to Columbia, S.C., this weekend to meet with some of the people who were part of In Good Hands. I have seen some of them in recent years, but it has been much longer since i’ve met with some of the others. Most of them had no idea that this...