Doug Lyle may be Orange County’s most prolific serial killer.
He’s smashed 18-wheelers into station wagons, tossed dynamite into mine
shafts, hung victims by their ankles, or plain, old-fashioned shot them.He is also a willing accomplice to hundreds – perhaps thousands – of other
murders.
That’s the opening of a great profile of Dr. Doug Lyle in today’s Orange County Register and his work as a consultant to mystery writers like me. Without him, Dr. Mark Sloan would be an LA screenwriter in his early 40s.
I’ve always thought Doug was an incredibly generous guy to help so many of us – I’m thrilled to see him get the recognition he deserves. My ‘mummy’ questions (in Deadly Collection) wouldn’t be accurate without Doug.