For $1.99, escape to a beautiful Cotswold village where travel writer Emily Swift and her boyfriend Jack solve a baffling mystery. Five stars. This Kindle Countdown price will go up soon. Buy now on Amazon.

All the way from New Zealand, Jenny Wheeler interviewed me on The Joys of Binge Reading Podcast.  It was terrific fun to talk with her and connect with an audience so far from Minnesota.  Jenny says, “Lorrie Holmgren’s cozy mysteries with a twist are delighting armchair travelers shut in by the pandemic with a travel …

A Killing in the Cotswolds, an Emily Swift Travel Mystery was featured in the Dark and Stormy Book Club’s September newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/4cd16cbc3285/september-2020-newsletter-4848978?fbclid=IwAR1savt6NsVexLsnfpFVlWP5mlffQ4DgAXMjDLPYASpV8aOWdUL-LPxZwi0

I’m pleased to be in the Spotlight of the Sisters in Crime Fan Page today, introducing myself and talking about how I got the idea for my first mystery, Murder on Madeline Island, An Emily Swift Travel Mystery.  Read the new regular feature Member Spotlight to learn more about Twin Cities mystery writers and discover …

I am delighted to be the guest blogger today at the Ladies of Mystery, a group blog that promotes mysteries, the “stories that keep you up all night.”  I talk about my writing process, how a combination of my real life experiences together with Internet research works for me.  For instance, on my trip to …

The Lurcher that plays an important role in A Killing in the Cotswolds, An Emily Swift Travel Mystery, looked like a calendar dog in 2017. Read the book to find out if he really was a good boy.

Signed copies of A Killing in the Cotswolds, an Emily Swift Travel Mystery are now on sale at Once Upon a Crime Bookstore in Minneapolis, 604 West 26th Street.  If you are a mystery lover who hasn’t yet discovered this store packed with mysteries old and new, you are in for a treat.  Curbside pick …

I had so much fun talking with LeAnna Shields on her Cozy Sleuth Podcast where she reviews books and interviews authors about all things cozy.  Some of the questions she asked: Are events in the novels inspired by real life? Who is my favorite character?  What advice would you give about writing? Tune in and …

While driving through the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum on a glorious summer day, I passed the maze, and remembered how it had inspired a scene in A Killing in the Cotswolds.  I had been to the maze many times with my grandson who loved to dash on ahead and wait until he heard me yelling, “Where …

While catching up on an old “Father Brown” mystery on PBS, I was surprised to see that the exciting climax was set at Broadway Tower where Emily and Jack look for clues in A Killing in the Cotswolds.  When amateur sleuth and travel writer, Emily Swift is asked to meet a murder suspect at the …