Emily Swift’s adventures in sleuthing began in A Murder on Madeline Island, An Emily Swift Travel Mystery, when aspiring travel writer Emily, who expected to spend a romantic weekend with her boyfriend, ended up a murder suspect. The third and newest mystery A Killing in the Cotswolds was just released and is available in print …

I’m excited that my box of A Killing in the Cotswolds, An Emily Swift Travel Mystery arrived today. The books look fabulous. Cozy Cat Press did a great job . Who could resist stepping down the lane of country cottages to follow Emily’s sleuthing.

When we were in Stratford upon Avon, my husband Jon and I stopped in at the Garrick, the oldest pub in town, for a hot toddy to warm us up.  Jon bantered with several Irishmen at the pub who were talking about horse racing.  We discovered they were in town for the Cheltenham racing festival …

It’s springtime in England and travel writer Emily Swift is writing about cozy Cotswold villages, prehistoric Avebury and Shakespeare’s hometown, Stratford upon Avon. But when a politician is found dead in a cozy country inn with snakes slithering about him, she and Jack Flynn are drawn into a murder investigation. Who could have killed him? …

Kilauea, the most active volcano on the island of Hawaii and the setting of one of the most dramatic scenes in Homicide in Hawaii, is closed now because of the pandemic. But you can see fascinating photos and web cam footage at the Hawaii Volcano National Park website. Here is a lava field like the …

I am delighted with the cover that Cozy Cat Press has designed for my new book (coming soon!) A Killing in the Cotswolds: An Emily Swift Travel Mystery.  The photo shows the weavers cottages in Bibury, “the most beautiful town in England” according to Alfred Lord Tennyson.  In the novel, Emily says that’s quite a …

When I talk to writing groups and other readers, they usually ask why I decided to set my first Emily Swift Travel Mystery on Madeline Island.  It was an easy choice.  For years, I had been going up to the beautiful, remote island on Lake Superior with my writing group so we could write and …

I invite you all to visit my Pinterest Page.  I used to pin whatever struck my fancy so a year ago you would have found a lot of information about dinosaur toys and books, favorites of my grandson. Now I have a new page that is designed to be useful and interesting to you, my …

I’m doing the final edits of A Killing in the Cotswolds, the third Emily Swift Travel Mystery.  It brings back vivid memories of the spring my husband and I went to England to gather inspiration for the novel.  Remembering our trip is especially fun now when we’re all staying safe at home. Like Emily Swift, …

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