David Swinson
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Retired police detective, former 80s concert promoter. Author of The Second Girl, a NYTs and Booklist best crime fiction book of the year. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-swinson/from-the-dust/9780316528658/?lens=mulholland-books
Money spent on competent criminal defense is never money wasted.
No more images of Dump. I’m sick of scrolling for good content and always seeing his ugly mug. Unless it’s a mugshot, I don’t want to see it.
I live fifteen minutes from Lake Ontario. Yes, LAKE ONTARIO.
So sad to hear about the loss of Dolly Parton. A true legend.
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Caffeinated Reviewer | From the Dust by David Swinson
Retired police detective Graham Sanderson returns to his family home in a small town in Upstate New York to look after his brother Tommy after the death of their father. When the local chief asks for…
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If you have Kindle and haven’t read The Second Girl, it is now available on Kindle Unlimited. a.co/d/08zxk8N7
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What Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal, says about FROM THE DUST.
"Editing anxiety," new on Substack and Chosen Words. jamesmccrone.substack.com/p/editing-an...
Editing Anxiety
Editing is fraught with dangerous snares.
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You’re going to get a lot of rejections and agents will ignore your emails and there will be naysayers around every corner and you’ll get 1-star reviews that are attacks instead of reviews. None of that matters. Keep going. Stay focused. Put in the work. Don’t quit. Go write.
Nice review in the Wall Street Journal for From the Dust. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Mysteries: ‘The End of the Sahara’ by Saïd Khatibi
Plus Georges Simenon’s “The Snow Was Dirty” and Saïd Khatibi’s “The End of the Sahara.”
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Feed: "CrimeReads" By: David Swinson on Thursday, April 2, 2026
The Art of Interview and Interrogation
Several of my books have scenes where the investigator/detective has to interview or interrogate other characters. In my latest book, From the Dust, there are quite a few of these kinds of scenes. …
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#Booksky My latest #GuestPost #Review is on this #PoliceProcedural. One of my top five favorite books of the year so far. Hope we get a sequel. Kevin's Corner Annex - From the Dust by David Swinson lesasbookcritiques.com/kevins-corne... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
Kevin’s Corner Annex – From the Dust by David Swinson
I fully intended to have my own review here today, and to save Kevin Tipple’s reviews for my trip home at the end of the week. But, the book I’m finishing makes me so angry that I want …
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