Chasing the Pain by Matthew Iden is Book 8 of 8 so far in A Marty Singer Mystery Series.   Marty Singer is famous for doing things to help people he wishes he'd say no…

  " . . . Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."   John 17:3 (NIV)

                                               The Bitter Fields by Matthew Iden is Book 7 in A Marty Singer Mystery Series. Marty and Julie travel to Virginia from DC to help Julie's friend Ruth at her Blue Moon…

              See ya next year (although some of your locations are still "celebrating" winter).    Father, you're amazing beyond words, somehow creating beauty from every season no matter how challenging for us humans. Thank you is never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.             

                                    Once Was Lost is Book 6 by Matthew Iden in A Marty Singer Mystery Series.  Marty Singer encounters a unique circumstance when his girlfriend (Julie) and "adopted" daughter (Amanda) co-opt him to help a guy (Tommy) who's…

  I can't even express how much I love this song. The instant I hear the first few notes, I smile. Sometimes I cry (sap that I am). I love it so much it's mentioned in my soon-to-be-released . . . in a love song. This entire CD is utterly amazing, beautiful. Incredible.    Thank…

                                        Matthew Iden's Book 5 The Wicked Flee in A Marty Singer Mystery Series.  Marty Singer's younger friend in the force (Chuck Rhee), doing undercover work with the Gangs Special Unit (HIDTA), pounds on his door…

       "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide  you into all truth. He will not speak on his own, he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to…

  What was your favorite thing to do as an elementary age child? Do you remember what you used to watch on TV when you were a child? Was there a movie you saw as a child that made you cry? As an adult?  Did you have a favorite actor when your were a child? …

            I have wondered why: when I read primarily mysteries, thrillers, police procedurals, and suspense, why is it I write love stories and romance? It's not that I don't read romance or love stories or romantic suspense. It's that I rarely read one that just grabs me and sticks with…