R. Barri Flowers


Ronald Barri Flowers is an American writer of mystery novels and non-fiction books, as well as a criminologist. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Early life and education

Flowers was born the second of five children in Michigan. He attended Mumford High School on the northwest side of Detroit. He graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor of arts degree in 1977 and a masters of science in 1980, both in criminal justice. In 2006, he was inducted into the MSU Criminal Justice Wall of Fame.

Career

In 2004, after previously writing non-fiction books and short stories, Flowers wrote his first legal thriller, Persuasive Evidence.
He has written 12 romance novels under the pseudonym "Devon Vaughn Archer" and was the first male author for Harlequin's Arabesque imprint. Midwest Book Review described Kissing the Girl Next Door, a title in the series, as romance that "flows off the page."
Flowers' short story, "The Wrong End of A Gun Barrel," was included in author Curt Colbert's Seattle Noir. It was released in spring 2009 as a part of Akashic Books' noir series.
He has edited two mystery and one true-crime anthology, including Masters of True Crime, released by Prometheus Books in July 2012. He also writes short stories and collections.
He appeared on Investigation Discovery's "Wicked Attraction" series in an episode titled "Twisted Twosome." Flowers also appeared in A&E's 2008 Biography Channel crime series episode "The Love Slave Murders" about the Gerald and Charlene Gallego case depicted in his true crime book The Sex Slave Murders, an excerpt of which was printed in the February 1997 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. It was also included in Suspense Magazine's Best of 2011 books.
Flowers was profiled in a Q&A article on Yahoo! Voices in May 2012.

Awards

His 2005 book, Justice Served, was nominated for a Romantic Times Award.

Books

True crime

  • The Sex Slave Murders
  • Murders in the United States
  • Mass Murder in the Sky
  • Serial Killer Couples
  • The Pickaxe Slave Killers
  • Murder at the Pencil Factory
  • The Sex Slave Murders 2
  • Dead at the Saddleworth Moor
  • Killers of the Lonely Hearts
  • Murder of a Star Quarterback
  • Murder Chronicles

    Criminology

  • Children and Criminality
  • Women and Criminality
  • Demographics and Criminality
  • Minorities and Criminality
  • Criminal Jurisdiction Allocation in Indian Country
  • The Victimization and Exploitation of Women and Children
  • Domestic Crimes, Family Violence and Child Abuse
  • Runaway Kids and Teenage Prostitution
  • Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes
  • Murder, at the End of the Day and Night
  • The Prostitution of Women and Girls
  • Sex Crimes
  • Female Crimes, Criminals and Cellmates
  • Drugs, Alcohol and Criminality in American Society
  • The Adolescent Criminal
  • College Crime
  • Street Kids
  • Prostitution in the Digital Age
  • The Dynamics of Murder

    Thrillers

  • Persuasive Evidence
  • Justice Served
  • State's Evidence
  • Dead in the Rose City
  • Dark Streets of Whitechapel
  • Murder in Maui: A Leila Kahana Mystery
  • Murder in Honolulu: A Skye Delaney Mystery
  • Killer in the Woods
  • Seduced to Kill in Kauai
  • Before He Kills Again
  • Fractured Trust

    Young adult fiction

  • Ghost Girl in Shadow Bay
  • Danger in Time
  • Christmas Wishes: Laura's Story
  • Count Dracula's Teenage Daughter
  • Teen Ghost at Dead Lake
  • Out for Blood

    Young adult fiction (under pseudonym)

  • Her Teen Dream
  • Her Teen Dream: Summer Heartbreak
  • His Teen Dream

    Romance novels

  • ''Forever Sweethearts''

    Under pseudonym

  • Love Once Again
  • Christmas Heat
  • Destined to Meet
  • Kissing the Man Next Door
  • The Secrets of Paradise Bay
  • The Hitman's Woman
  • Private Luau
  • Pleasure in Hawaii
  • Aloha Fantasy
  • Danger at Every Turn
  • Love is in The Air
  • Say It With Roses
  • Bet on Love

    Anthologies

  • Murder Past, Murder Present
  • Murder Here, Murder There
  • Masters of True Crime