A Place Like King’s Cove, Part 2
The King’s Cove of my stories is modelled on a place from a long distant time. In fact, when I came on the scene, it was already lost in a…
A Place Like King’s Cove … Part one: Paths
I spent a good part of beginning around the age of three, in a place just like King’s Cove. When my parents first came to this country they lived in…
Beauty and the old, old car
This is a vintage Dinky Toy. It is a 1947, or so, Oldsmobile, which I fell in love with the minute I saw it. I love old cars…the early years…
Lane Winslow’s telephone
If you've read A Killer In King's Cove, you've seen Lane Winslow, her face tilted up to reach the horn, inviting Angela to come down the hers for a drink,…
How I wrote A Killer In King’s Cove
I am often asked how I wrote my first book. It really began in 2012, when, knowing I was going to retire in two years, I nervously read up on…
Happy New Year!
Just a quick note to say Happy 2017, and a special thanks to Seattle, Washington readers who have kept A Killer In King's Cove at number 2 on the trade paperback bestseller list…
The First Few Weeks
There is something magical about firsts in the world I now live in...the world of the author. This book is the first in my series about my character Lane Winslow.…
A sense of place
When people ask me where I got my idea for the book A Killer In King's Cove, to be released in October, I tell them that it began with a…
A New Beginning…
I am so excited to see the story of Lane Winslow beginning a new life with a wonderful new publisher; Touchwood Editions. Her story is that of a woman starting…
Real Women Spies in WW2
Like all the women spying during the war, Lane was trained in absolute secrecy. She managed to survive the war, and evade capture, but it is certain that much that…