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. ...
More photos from my research trip. I so enjoyed my visit to Chatsworth House, which inspired Parkview Hall in the Murder on Location series. Read the book inspired by my research trip to Chatsworth House, Death in a Stately...
Inspiration for Death in a Stately Home (Murder on Location Book Three) from my trip to Derbyshire. The series takes place in the quaint (yet imaginary) village of Nether Woodsmoor. Here’s some pictures I took of places that inspired me: Read the book inspired...
I loved my research trip to Edinburgh. I used so many of the places I visited as inspiration for the fifth book in the On the Run series, Devious. Here’s a few of my favorites… For the novel that these pictures inspired, check out Devious, On the Run Book...
More Edinburgh research photos… I took these photos during my trip to Edinburgh, which inspired the opening chapters of Devious, Book Five in the On the Run series. Check it out if you like international travel and mysteries or heist books....
Yes, I took a lot of pictures, in Salzburg. Couldn’t help it. It is a very photogenic city. :) More places that inspired Devious, On the Run book Five: For fun: And because I am such a book geek, I can’t pass a library in a foreign city without...
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