Award-winning author Vinnie Hansen lives in Santa Cruz, California, the iconic seaside town serving as the backdrop for her writing, whether as the actual town in her Carol Sabala series, or thinly disguised as Playa Maria in her suspense novels.

Her latest suspense novel, Crime Writer, is now available! “Replete with heart-stopping moments, action, and unexpected realizations, Crime Writer is a winner.”–D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review. On the Events Page you can see the schedule for her Partners in Crime Tour. Today, 9/24/25, she is at Silver’s Reviews.

Crime Writer is a companion book to One Gun, a finalist for Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Award for Best Contemporary Novel. Read the coverage from the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Buy on Amazon.

If you enjoy audio stories, check out the free podcast of her story “Perfect Partner,” originally published in the anthology Hook, Line, & Sinker. Another freebie, published earlier this year, is “Justice Served” at Tough.

All of Vinnie’s books can be purchased locally at Bookshop Santa Cruz.

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“Hansen presents her readers with a tight, fast-paced mystery…. In Sabala, Hansen has created a likable sleuth whose many problems readers may readily identify with….”
—The Bloomsbury Review