As an author, I should be cool and collected, but after twelve years of writing Elspeth Duff mysteries, I am really excited to see my first book, A Murder in Malta, in print. You can purchase it from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.  The Kindle version will be available in a few days. I’m busily getting the…

It is very driech (as the Scots say) where I am tonight. Pronounce the word with a guttural accent and pronounce the second vowel and you will get the gist. Certainly there’s no bright and shining star to lead the way to anywhere. But at least I’m not in the blizzard in Northern New England…

I read the final proof from the publishers today. I found two small errors but it’s too late to change them. Can any of my readers find them? But at least I am done with all but one thing, that is  getting the title page and copyright page updated. The publishers promise the revisions by…

Elspeth’s assignments for the Kennington hotel chain have taken me around the world. My own love for travel has contributed in great part to this. I normally block out a book and then go to its location on a mission of discovery that follows the plot of the book. (By the way, it’s a great…

Welcome to my blog. I hope to offer some bits and snippets of information about my writing, but sometimes my thoughts will be random. So let’s begin. Why a Scottish investigator when I did not grow up in Scotland? My family roots are in Perthshire and I have visited there many times, including several extended…

The publisher is finishing up the last few changes to A Murder in Malta. It will be available in paperback at Amazon.com, and on Kindle at the end of the year, hopefully. Stay tuned.