1--What is the title of your latest release?
IF TWO ARE DEAD
2--What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
Three girls go into the East Texas woods, but only one comes out.
3--How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
In my days as a crime reporter, I’d been dispatched to Texas a few times. Was once walked step-by-step through the execution protocol right into the execution chamber in Huntsville. Readers may see that in the book. So… why not put my memories of Texas to use creatively.
4--Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
Yes, maybe she’d recall to me what really happened in the woods on that terrible day.
5--What are three words that describe your protagonist?
Haunted. Troubled. Brave.
6--What’s something you learned while writing this book?
After more than 30 books, I’ve come to learn that while a writer works in solitude, you’re never alone in the entire process. From first secret readers, to agents, editors, proofreaders, cover artists, production teams, sales teams, audio folks, digital experts who get your story online; publicity and marketing people, reviewers and outlets, like Fresh Fiction, to the people who box up your physical books, drive them to the stores, get them on the shelves; to booksellers who hand sell them; to libraries and book clubs; all of the effort by so many, to get the story that lived and grew in my imagination, to readers where it comes to life in theirs.
7--Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I edit as I draft, then edit (cut) again. I prefer rewriting to first drafts, which for me, is like drilling through rock.
8--What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Club Sandwiches, Cashews. Nachos
9--Describe your writing space/office!
Cluttered, chaotic, perfect for me.
10--Who is an author you admire?
A few come to mind. Thomas Harris. James. M. Cain. Patricia Highsmith. Stephen Crane. Fyodor Dostoevsky.
11--Is there a book that changed your life?
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, ignited my imagination at an early age, along with the Dick and Jane, the Hardy Boys, books.
12--Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I was working as a crime reporter in the newsroom when my agent called from New York. After trying for a year to sell my first novel, a crime thriller titled, IF ANGELS FALL, she said, “We have an offer.” I stopped her, saying” Before you tell me the offer, will I be able to buy a new car, or get my brakes fixed?” She said: “You can get your brakes fixed.” After that, it didn’t matter. I was walking on air. I spoke to the acquiring editor, who loved my book and, next to getting married and the births of our kids, it was glorious. It had been a long road from when I was in the first grade and the teacher said, “Now class, you’re going to write a story.”
13--What’s your favorite genre to read?
I read everything, current thrillers and classic fiction. Recently finished War and Peace, Les Misérables, Don Quixote, Count of Monte Cristo. Working my way through the big ones like Moby Dick, The Brothers Karamazov.
14--What’s your favorite movie?
I don’t have one. A recent favorite is Zone of Interest. I liked Zodiac. The Exorcist.
15--What is your favorite season?
Summer.
16--How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
With my wife’s homemade apple pie.
17--What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
I liked “3 Body Problem,” a very interesting series. I liked the premise of Constellation. I also like Night Country and Longlegs.
18--What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Chinese and Mexican. Also, I also love eating from a chip truck, or having clubhouse sandwiches at greasy spoon dive-type diners.
19--What do you do when you have free time?
Watch old movies. Read. Walk. Plot. I’m always plotting.
20--What can readers expect from you next?
Don’t like to discuss a work in progress. Let’s say it’ll be a non-stop thrill ride.
A Novel
Three girls go into the woods, but only one comes out…
Driving alone at night in a wild rainstorm, Luke Conway strikes something—or someone. He and his wife, Carrie, recently moved back to Clear River to help take care of her ailing father, and after a tragedy at his previous job, this move is their last chance at a new life. Now, standing in the downpour on this Texas road, Luke, an off-duty cop, has a decision to make—and he has to make it fast.
No one else is around. No witnesses. And he can’t find a body.
Wanting to believe he's being paranoid, that he's just seeing things, Luke panics and leaves, deciding not to report the incident but rather to secretly investigate it. He can't put more stress on Carrie, who's already haunted by the unsolved attack and murder of two teenage girls that happened years ago in Clear River, a horrific crime in which she was the sole survivor. The killer has not been found, but Carrie and Luke's anguished search for answers will slowly reveal the horrific truth.
Thriller Domestic | Thriller Psychological [MIRA, On Sale: April 29, 2025, Trade Paperback / e-Book , ISBN: 9780778368595 / eISBN: 9780369761217]
Rick Mofina, is a former reporter and the author of several acclaimed thrillers. He was a finalist for a Thriller Award from the International Thriller Writers, and a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, Canada's prize for crime fiction. He's done face-to-face interviews with murderers and patrolled with the LAPD and the RCMP. He's reported from the Caribbean, Africa and Kuwait's border with Iraq. Please visit his website and subscribe to his newsletter for draws at chances to win free autographed books.
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