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 critique each other’s work.
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We also found time to sail, hike, visit Tom’s Burnt Down Café and enjoy barbecues and adult beverages. There’s something magical about a place you have to reach by ferry. With so many happy memories and its associations with writing, the island seemed like the logical place to launch Emily’s career as a travel writer/amateur sleuth. Murder on Madeline Island: An Emily Swift Travel Mystery and my second book in the series, Homicide in Hawaii, can be read as stand-alone books but if you enjoy following a character’s emotional journey as well as reading about a mystery, you might want to start with Murder on Madeline Island. A Killing in the Cotswolds is coming soon!