Terrence McCauley

Spies, Lies and Private Eyes

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Spies, Lies and Private Eyes with host Terrence McCauley features some of the most talented crime and thriller writers working today. Our focus will be on those books where spies and private investigators are the main protagonists of the story. You can find out more about Terrence and his books at www.terrencemccauley.com. Lies, Spies, and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network.

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Terrence McCauley

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www.terrencemccauley.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Chris Ciulla on the Myopic Duplicity anthology 10.11.2025

Chris Ciulla is the CEO of Leonardo Audio and Nor’easter Publishing. He's an on-camera actor, a voice over artist and an award-winning audiobook narrator. He partnered with Jeff Circle to bring the crime anthology Myopic Duplicity to life. Download the audio version of the Myopic Duplicity here. Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsofin...

James Magruder: NO ONE IS LOOKING AT YOU 03.11.2025

James Magruder is an American playwright, author, and translator. Magruder received his doctorate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at the Yale School of Drama. He is best knownfor his work on Broadway where he wrote the book for the musical Triumph of Love and adapted Jeff Whitty's original book for the Broadway mounting of the musical Head over eels.  Click here to learn more.  Spies, Lie...

Aaron Philip Clark and THE BLUEST NIGHT, the latest in his Trevor Finnegan series 27.10.2025

Aaron Philip Clark is a novelist, screenwriter, educator, and author of the International Thriller Writers Award-nominated Detective Trevor Finnegan series. Clark has co-written and collaborated on works of fiction with rapper and entertainment mogul Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and a variety of public figures and luminaries. In addition to writing fiction and screenplays, Clark teaches a va...

Nicole Baart on WHERE HE LEFT ME, her atmospheric thriller set in the Pacific Northwest 20.10.2025

Nicole Baart is the author of several novels, including Where He Left Me and Everything We Didn’t Say . The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five, she lives in Iowa with her family. Visit her website: NicoleBaart.com . Spies, Lies, and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsofinstagram   #authorinterview   #writingcommunity   #authorsontheair   #suspen...

St. Sukie de la Croix: a hilarious, insightful chat about writing, life, and THE HUNT FOR THE HAIRDO KILLER 13.10.2025

St. Sukie de la Croix has been a social commentator and researcher on Chicago’s LGBT history for three decades. He has published oral-history interviews; lectured; conducted historical tours; documented LGBT life through columns, photographs, humor features, and fiction; and written the book Chicago Whispers (University of Wisconsin Press, 2012) on local LGBT history. You can see his complete body...

M.P. Woodward: TERMINAL VELOCITY, the newest Jack Ryan Jr. thriller 06.10.2025

M. P. Woodward is a veteran of both US intelligence ops and the entertainment industry. As a naval intelligence officer with the US Pacific Command, he scripted scenario moves and countermoves for US war game exercises in the Middle East. In multiple deployments to the Persian Gulf and Far East, he worked alongside US Special Forces, CIA, and NSA. After leaving the Navy, Woodward ran international...

Maeve McGoran's audible original SHIPWRECK, an investigation into the sinking of the SS El Faro 29.09.2025

Maeve McGoran is a former senior editor of Morning Edition on NPR. SHIPWRECK: How a Captain, Company, and Culture Sank the SS El Faro is available exclusively on Audible by clicking  here .     Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network   #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks authorssupportingauthors #thri...

Genevieve Rheams: WE WILL PLANT BIRDS OF PARADISE 22.09.2025

Genevieve Rheams writes LGTBQ+ romance, comedy, literature, and personal essays. She received her MFA in Fiction from the University of New Orleans, teaches fiction writing workshops, and is an Academic Advisor at Loyola University. Visit her website at  www.genevieverheams.com Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsofinstagram   #authorinter...

Marc Cameron: US Marshall Arliss Cutter faces the Alaskan wilderness in DEAD LINE 15.09.2025

Marc Cameron is a former U.S. Marshal and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of the Arliss Cutter novels, the Jericho Quinn series, and the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan Sr. books, starting with Power and Empire. Visit him online at MarcCameronBooks.com. Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsofinstagram   #authorinterv...

Robert A. Adamcik: THE WAVEFORCE AFFAIR 08.09.2025

Mr. Robert A. Adamcik was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated with a degree in History from The Ohio State University in 1989. Upon graduation, he was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy and served for 20 years as a Surface Warfare Officer, serving on six ships during the course of Operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Stabilise, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. He...

Tracey Devlyn on FLASHPOINT, co-writing, genre switch ups, and the writing life 01.09.2025

Tracey Devlyn is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and historical suspense, which often contains elements of mystery, romance, and environmentalcrime. Visit her website at  https://www.traceydevlyn.com   Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair#suspensebooks #authorssu...

James L'Etoile: SINS OF THE FATHER, the newest installment in the Detective Nathan Parker series 25.08.2025

James L’Etoile uses his twenty-nine years behind bars as an influence in his award-winning novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s state parole system. Visit his website:  jamesletoile.com/ Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsof...

Tess Sharpe Pt 2: Writing LGBTQ and unexpected romance tropes into thriller fiction in NO BODY NO CRIME 18.08.2025

Tess Sharpe was born in a mountain cabin to a punk-rocker mother and grew up in rural California. She is the award-winning author of many books for kids, teenagers, and adults, including Barbed Wire Heart and the New York Times bestseller The Girls I’ve Been . No Body No Crime is her latest novel.   Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network  #authorsofi...

Tess Sharpe PT 1: Quirkiness and campiness meet emotional depth in her thriller NO BODY NO CRIME 11.08.2025

Tess Sharpe was born in a mountain cabin to a punk-rocker mother and grew up in rural California. She is the award-winning author of many books for kids, teenagers, and adults, including Barbed Wire Heart and the New York Times bestseller The Girls I’ve Been. No Body No Crime is her latest novel. Watch for Part Two of our conversation coming next week! Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted b...

Eric Rickstad: FBI thriller meets speculative fiction in REMOTE: THE FIVE, book 2 in his Remote series 04.08.2025

Eric Rickstad is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Canaan Crime Series novels, which includes THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS, THESILENT GIRLS, and LIE IN WAIT. REMOTE: THE FIVE is his latest novel.   Spies, Lies, and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network.  #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview#writingcommunity #authorsontheair #susp...

Brian Freeman: rebooting Jason Bourne in his newest Ludlum thriller THE BOURNE ESCAPE 28.07.2025

Brian Freeman is a New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author of more than two dozen psychologicalthrillers, including the Jonathan Stride series and multiple popular stand-alone novels. His books have been sold in 46 countries and 23 languages. He is widely acclaimed for his "you are there" settings and hiscomplex, engaging characters and twist-filled plots. Brian was also sele...

Karin Slaughter: one of the world's most popular storytellers talks WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE 21.07.2025

Karin Slaughter  is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant  New York Times  bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated  Cop Town  and standalone novels  The Good Daughter  and  Pretty Girls . A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta. Visit her website at:  www.karinslaughter.com  Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on...

Scott Hendrix: true life and fiction meet in JUSTINE, the story of an abused woman's search for her stolen child 14.07.2025

Scott Hendrix is the author of three novels: The Garden Spot and its sequel, The Resting Spot . Justine is his third novel. He has lived in Mississippi his whole life. Visit his website at  https://www.scottdavishendrix.com/  Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network  #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview#writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks...

Kyle Mills: resurrecting a beloved character in his new political thriller, FADE IN 09.07.2025

Kyle Mills is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author oftwenty-three political thrillers, including nine in Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp series and three for Robert Ludlum. Avid outdoor athletes and travelers, he and his wife split their time between Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Granada, Spain. Visit his website at  www. KyleMills.com .  Spies, Lies, and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the...

Bruce Borgos: a controversial wild horse round up in the Nevada desert leads to murder in THE BLUE HORSE 07.07.2025

Bruce Borgos lives and writes from the Nevada desert. He has a degree in political science. Please visit his website at  www.bruceborgos.com . The Blue Horse is the third book in his Porter Beck mystery series. Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsofinstagram   #authorinterview   #writingcommunity   #authorsontheair   #suspensebooks   #auth...

Acclaimed crime Writer Laura Lippman on why she ventured into Cozy with MURDER TAKES A VACATION 30.06.2025

Since  Laura Lippman’s  debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the “essential” crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her “special, even extraordinary,” and Gillian Flynnwrote, “She is simply a brilliant novelist.” Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. S...

Martin Rooney talks the tough, Everyman Hero in his new thriller BLOOD FEUD 23.06.2025

Martin Rooney is a Kodokan judo black belt and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt who has trained UFC champions, Olympic medalists, and world champions in several different disciplines. He is also the creator of the Training for Warriors system, which has transformed over a million lives across the globe. Rooney has penned 12 previous books, but BloodFeud: Raising Cain is his first foray into thrill...

Edward Stanton talks FRAIL BLOOD, a literary romantic thriller set in the heart of Buenos Aires 16.06.2025

Edward Stanton is the author of fourteen books, some translated into Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. He has published fiction, poetry, essays and translations in journals throughout the U.S., Latin America and Europe, where he has lectured at universities and cultural centers. Frail Blood is his latest novel. Visit his website at:  https://www.edwardstanton.com/  Spies, Lies and Private Eyes is copyr...

Kyra Davis Lurie: wealth, class, and civil rights in THE GREAT MANN, a fascinating retelling of The Great Gatsby 09.06.2025

Fascinating conversation about THE GREAT MANN, Lurie’s new retelling of The Great Gatsby set in the affluent Black community of Sugar Hill. We delve into the history of wealth, class and civil rights, including the complexities of Black identity and education in both post-war America and current times. Kyra Davis Lurie is a New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter. Her novels have been p...

John Goodwin joins A.J. Landau - writing duo Jon Land & Jeff Ayers - to discuss COLD BURN 02.06.2025

A.J. LANDAU is the pseudonym for two authors, Jon Land, the award-winning, bestselling author and co-author of morethan fifty books, and Jeff Ayers, reviewer, former-librarian, and author. Land lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and Jeff Ayers lives in Seattle, Washington. John Goodwin worked as a law enforcement ranger for the National Park Service for 27 years  Spies, Lies, and Private Eyes is c...

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