About
Janis Thornton is an Indiana author of history, mystery, and true crime. Her nonfiction books include: “The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana,” which covers the three lines of death-dealing storms that tore through Indiana on the night of April 11, 1965; three historic true-crime books — “No Place Like Murder” and “No Place Like Murder 2,” each featuring 20 true crime stories that rocked Indiana between 1869 and 1960; and “Too Good a Girl,” which documents the unsolved 1965 murder of Thornton’s high school classmate. She has authored three Central Indiana history books: “Images of America: Tipton County,” “Images of America: Frankfort,” and “Images of America: Elwood.”
Thornton’s novels include: two cozy mysteries in the “Elmwood Confidential” series — “Dead Air and Double Dare” and “Dust Bunnies and Dead Bodies”; and a paranormal-romantic mystery, “Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes.”
She is a member of The Author’s Guild, Women Fiction Writers Association, the national mystery writer’s organization, Sisters in Crime, and its Indianapolis chapter, Speed City Sisters in Crime, and the Indianapolis Writers Center. She can be reached through her website: www.janis-thornton.com.
Featured Work
No Place Like Murder 2
NO PLACE LIKE MURDER 2 takes a hard look at twenty sensational murders that shocked the Hoosier Heartland between 1883 and 1960. Many were premeditated and brutal; others were the unintended result of a momentary loss of control. All the murderous incidents, however, focus on a woman or child. Sometimes both. “No Place Like Murder 2”—like its predecessor, “No Place Like Murder”—examines the perpetrators’ lives, mindsets, motives, capture, trials, and punishment, as well as what became of them long after. An enthralling and chilling collection, “No Place Like Murder 2” is certain to please true crime lovers.
Other Works
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The Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana
2022
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No Place Like Murder
2020
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Love, Lies & Azure Eyes
2020
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Too Good a Girl: Remembering Olene Emberton and the Mystery of Her Death
2018
