I loved walking Bath’s streets and exploring the city as I researched the fourth book of the Murder on Location series, Death in an Elegant City. Read the book inspired by my research trip to Bath, England: Death in an Elegant...
Bath has some steep hills and we climbed a few to get to the Royal Crescent with its view. Read the book inspired by my research trip to Bath, England: Death in an Elegant...
More images from my research trip to Bath for Death in an Elegant City (Murder on Location Book Four). It was a bit of a gray day when we visited the Fashion Museum, which is located in what was the Assembly Rooms in Jane Austen’s day. Read the book...
A tool for writers Scrivener is an amazing tool for writers with an incredible variety of features. Scrivener has helped me write more efficiently and made keeping up with all the research and information easier. Scrivener is a powerful software, but it can be a tad...
My first book came out in 2006. It’s amazing how much publishing has changed since then—no digital versions and audiobooks were on CDs—but certain things remain constant like the advice to write a good book and then write the next one. I’m now a hybrid author...
Looking back over the last year, I discovered that my favorite reads from this year were either written in the Golden Age of mystery fiction or have a Golden Age flavor to them. I’d always wanted to read more classic mysteries, and in 2015 I delved into them, reading...
And finally, the dining room and grounds of Chatsworth House. The dining room inspired a key scene in Death in a Stately Home. Detail of one of the drapes in the dining room Because every country home needs more statuary… When I see this photo I think,...
Chatsworth House is what is known as a “treasure house” because it is filled with unique pieces of art and antiquities. This fact inspired me to include some rare butterfly collections in Death in a Stately Home, which are entirely fictitious. ...
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