robin acton

Award winning journalist and author Robin Acton is known for her work in covering crime, courts and investigative projects. Her 2021 debut novel, The Taker, was a Best Mystery finalist for the 2022 Silver Falchion Award given annually by the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference. She is represented by literary agent Dean Krystek at WordLink Inc. Look for her second title, Empty Boxes, coming in November 2025 from Amphorae Publishing Group's Blank Slate Press.
ABOUT
Robin Acton interviewed everyone from presidential candidates to convicted murderers during a thirty-three-year career that took her from crime scenes and courtrooms in western Pennsylvania to the mountains of Idaho, the Arizona desert, the sunny Caribbean, the streets of New York City, and the marbled halls of Congress in Washington, D.C. She has written extensively about crime, politics, government bureaucracy, terrorism, and both man-made and natural disasters. A wanderer at heart, Acton loves to travel, and has thus far visited forty-two states and fifty countries, with the rest of the world on her bucket list. She and her husband share a blended family that includes a daughter, three sons, five grandchildren, and a very spoiled dog, Louie.


Rita Locke is back in November!!! In Acton's second novel, Empty Boxes, Pittsburgh journalist Rita Locke is investigating the murder of a prominent funeral director when she discovers he's been burying empty coffins. As she gets involved in the story, she uncovers secrets that thrust her deep into a sinister plot of international proportions. Her investigation exposes the victim's role in an offshore medical school and sends her to the Caribbean, where she's entangled in a web of deception and murder that leaves her fighting for her life. Empty Boxes will be available everywhere books are sold.
The Taker continues to rack up five-star reviews on Amazon! It's available on amazon.com, smashwords.com and barnesandnoble.com for paperback and Kindle. In The Taker, Pittsburgh journalist Rita Locke risks her career and her life aftrer the pre-teen daughter of her former police detective boyfriend is abducted. In a deadly chase that takes her across the country, she joins forces with the girl's father to stop the kidnapper, but will they find him before he takes his next victim? This page-turning thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat and wanting more!
New release!!!! Robin's next book, Empty Boxes, will be published by Blank Slate Press on Nov. 18 and will be available everywhere books are sold!
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