I'm the author of true crime books BODY PARTS, TWISTED TRIANGLE and POISONED LOVE, and the thriller NAKED ADDICTION. I'm also the co-author of WHERE HOPE BEGINS. After nearly 20 years of working at daily newspapers, I quit a full-time job at The San Diego Union-Tribune to try making a living writing books. So far so good.
My latest book, BODY PARTS, just came out, the paperback version of TWISTED TRIANGLE will be released April 20, and WHERE HOPE BEGINS on September 15.
For more information, check out my web site: caitlinrother.com. I always love to hear feedback from readers or other authors. You might also check out the "In Cold Blog" web site, for which I am a monthly contributor, along with other established true crime writers and professionals in the field.
Here are some nice things other authors have said about BODY PARTS, a psychological look at serial killer Wayne Adam Ford, who killed four women, dismembered two of them, then turned himself into authorities:
"As with all of her nonfiction, Caitlin Rother delivers page-turning excitement and blood curdling terror once again with BODY PARTS, yet her skill screams loudest in covering the details of murder--sometimes the most ghastly crimes imaginable. Using a reporter's edge, novelist's eye, and a crime-scene investigator's nose for evidence, Rother's latest is all at once riveting, unbelievable, fast-paced, and sure to keep you up at night wondering how evil seems to top itself time and again."
-- M. William Phelps, author of "I'll Be Watching You"
"Drawing on illuminating interviews and her understanding of aberrant psychology, Caitlin Rother has produced a superior study of the formation of a serial killer and his lost and lonely victims. You’ll want to lock up your daughters - and raise your sons with respect and compassion - after reading about the depraved acts of Wayne Adam Ford."
-- Carol Anne Davis, author of "Sadistic Killers"
"A killer walks into a police station with a dismembered woman's breast in his pocket ... and then it gets weird. With a seasoned journalist's doggedness and a novelist's ear for drama, Caitlin Rother paints every page with all the violent colors of a malignant sociopath's fever and captures what all too often is hidden right in plain sight. This kind of frightening and fascinating glimpse into a killer's mind is rare, and an extremely intuitive Rother makes the most of it."
-- Ron Franscell, bestselling author of "The Darkest Night"
"On a November afternoon in 1998, Wayne Ford walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department in Eureka, CA, and confessed to something horrible. Caitlin Rother explores Ford's savage career in chilling detail. Her fast-paced narrative and the brutality of Ford's rampage come together in a book crime aficionados will be loathe to put down. A story this shocking can only be true."
-- Simon Read, author of "In the Dark"
Here are some nice things other authors have said about TWISTED TRIANGLE: A FAMOUS CRIME WRITER, A LESBIAN LOVE AFFAIR AND THE FBI HUSBAND'S VIOLENT REVENGE, a crazy but factual account of a kidnapping, attempted murder and love triangle involving two married FBI agents and novelist Patricia Cornwell:
"A harrowing tale of one woman's struggle to maintain a balance between being a mother, an FBI agent, and dealing with a corrupt husband, also an FBI agent. A must read."
-- Joseph D. Pistone aka Donnie Brasco, author of "Donnie Brasco" and "The Way of the Wiseguy"
"This book will haunt you. It will move you to look at some of the harsh realities of life in a new way. A powerful story -- and masterfully written."
-- Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling true crime author
"Hitchcock wishes he’d dreamed it up. Capote wishes he’d written it. Rother’s mesmerizing narrative chronicles a wife’s heroic struggle against great odds to survive her psychopath husband’s elaborate scheme to make her murder the perfect crime. This spellbinding tale offers an added treat -- it’s true."
-- Marcus Stern, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of "The Wrong Stuff"
About my novel, NAKED ADDICTION, a story of sex, drugs and murder in two San Diego beach communities:
"With a journalist's eye for the telling details of life, Caitlin Rother is a keen architect of the most important part of storytelling: character. The people in her prose grip you tightly with their truth."
-- Michael Connelly, Edgar award-winner and New York Times best-selling crime novelist
"NAKED ADDICTION is a strong debut from a perceptive and unflinching writer. Detailed and tightly focused, the story unfolds on the sun-drenched but dangerous streets of San Diego."
-- T. Jefferson Parker, Edgar award-winner and New York Times best-selling crime novelist
Advance praise about my next book, BODY PARTS, a detailed psychological look at the life of serial killer Wayne Adam Ford, who killed four women and dismembered two of them:
"As with all of her nonfiction, Caitlin Rother delivers page-turning excitement and blood curdling terror once again with BODY PARTS, yet her skill screams loudest in covering the details of murder--sometimes the most ghastly crimes imaginable. Using a reporter's edge, novelist's eye, and a crime-scene investigator's nose for evidence, Rother's latest is all at once riveting, unbelievable, fast-paced, and sure to keep you up at night wondering how evil seems to top itself time and again."
-- M. William Phelps, author of "I'll Be Watching You" and "Cruel Death"
"Drawing on illuminating interviews and her understanding of aberrant psychology, Caitlin Rother has produced a superior study of the formation of a serial killer and his lost and lonely victims. You’ll want to lock up your daughters - and raise your sons with respect and compassion - after reading about the depraved acts of Wayne Adam Ford."
--Carol Anne Davis, author of "Sadistic Killers"
And last but certainly not least, my first book, POISONED LOVE, the true story of the Kristin Rossum murder case, in which a pretty young and talented toxicologist poisoned her husband and then covered his body with rose petals in a staged suicide scene:
"A true-crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This first-time author has done a brilliant job of captivating the inner workings of a female killer...someone who uses her cunning ways to commit murder."
-- Aphrodite Jones, NYT best-selling true crime author
"Caitlin Rother has written a gripping and chilling book. A tawdry and twisted story of sex and drugs, deception and murder. And here's the scariest part—it's all true."
-- Tom Murray, producer for "Pretty Poison," Court TV’s documentary on the Rossum case
"Absorbing and impeccably researched, POISONED LOVE is classic California noir, a story of passion and betrayal and death, with a beautiful, scheming adulteress at the center of the web."
-- John Taylor, author of "The Count and The Confession: A True Mystery"
"Caitlin Rother, a seasoned reporter with integrity, class and skill, weaves this complex story seamlessly, offering it up in the page-turning fashion of a suspenseful novel. ... An exciting debut from a tirelessly hardworking reporter.â€
-- M. William Phelps, author of "Perfect Poison" and "Murder in the Heartland"
