Paul Austin Ardoin, Crime Fiction Author

Ceremony Early Reviews!

Ceremony Early Reviews!

Starting a new series, in my experience, is more nerve-wracking than publishing my first book. With Fenway, I'd planned and ruminated for so long that I wrote it mostly for...

Ceremony Early Reviews!

Starting a new series, in my experience, is more nerve-wracking than publishing my first book. With Fenway, I'd planned and ruminated for so long that I wrote it mostly for...

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 6: Ibogaine

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 6: Ibogaine

Quite often when I write books, there won’t be an exact medication or drug that does what I need in the plot. So I’ll make one up with some of...

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 6: Ibogaine

Quite often when I write books, there won’t be an exact medication or drug that does what I need in the plot. So I’ll make one up with some of...

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 5: Supersmeller

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 5: Supersmeller

One of the main characters of my new Murders of Substance series is Dr. Kep Woodhead. He’s a forensic toxicologist in his early fifties and an expert in poisons. But...

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 5: Supersmeller

One of the main characters of my new Murders of Substance series is Dr. Kep Woodhead. He’s a forensic toxicologist in his early fifties and an expert in poisons. But...

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 4: Anne Askew

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 4: Anne Askew

In an earlier blogpost, I mentioned that the St. Joan of Arc Chapel at Marquette University plays a role in my upcoming novel, but under a different name: the Anne...

Ceremony Author's Note Topic 4: Anne Askew

In an earlier blogpost, I mentioned that the St. Joan of Arc Chapel at Marquette University plays a role in my upcoming novel, but under a different name: the Anne...

Ceremony, Author's Note Topic 3: The Restaurants of Milwaukee

Ceremony, Author's Note Topic 3: The Restaurant...

I’m in a writing group here in Sacramento (the “farm-to-fork capital”), and my fellow writers are often telling me that reading my books makes them hungry—Fenway Stevenson loves those lengua...

Ceremony, Author's Note Topic 3: The Restaurant...

I’m in a writing group here in Sacramento (the “farm-to-fork capital”), and my fellow writers are often telling me that reading my books makes them hungry—Fenway Stevenson loves those lengua...

Ceremony, Author's Note Topic 2: Invasive Bloodsuckers

Ceremony, Author's Note Topic 2: Invasive Blood...

Ceremony (Coming August 17) is the first mystery novel I've written that's not a Fenway Stevenson book. It's the first book in a series about a brilliant forensic toxicologist with...

Ceremony, Author's Note Topic 2: Invasive Blood...

Ceremony (Coming August 17) is the first mystery novel I've written that's not a Fenway Stevenson book. It's the first book in a series about a brilliant forensic toxicologist with...