In addition to being a cozy mystery writer, Victoria Tait is a British Army wife and a world traveler, having lived in the UK, Ireland, Africa, and, most recently, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Valued for Murder is Victoria’s second Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery.Inspiration for the Dotty Sayers Antique MysteriesVictoria said she wasn’t even thinking about writing this series … [Read more...] about Valued for Murder by Victoria Tait
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Casa Romantica in winter
A visit to Casa RomanticaIt feels like it was a lifetime ago when we visited Casa Romantica in San Clemente. I have to say, this was a place we’d never heard of, but it was a big deal back in the days when it was built. In fact, the man who built the home in the Spanish Colonial Revival style was Ole Hanson, the founder of San Clemente.A Spanish village by the … [Read more...] about Casa Romantica in winter
Review of The Physicist’s Daughter
From the publisher of The Physicist's DaughterNew Orleans, 1944.Sabotage. That's the word on factory worker Justine Byrne's mind as she is repeatedly called to weld machine parts that keep failing with no clear cause. Could someone inside the secretive Carbon Division be deliberately undermining the factory's Allied war efforts?Raised by her late parents to … [Read more...] about Review of The Physicist’s Daughter
The Double Exposure Murder
Jeanne Quigley is the author of the Veronica Walsh Mysteries and the Robyn Cavanagh mystery series. Unlike her fictional sleuths, she has never been a soap opera star or an accountant (though she was an accounting major for a few minutes in the spring of 1985). The Double Exposure Murder is Jeanne’s first Robyn Cavanagh Mystery.Inspiration behind The Double Exposure … [Read more...] about The Double Exposure Murder
Palm Desert Holocaust Memorial
Originally, I hadn’t intended to share these photos of the Palm Desert Holocaust Memorial because I know how emotionally challenging they can be. In fact, I took relatively few photos during our visit. My wife, Kathy, took at least as many as I did. Some of these are hers; some are mine. Palm Desert Holocaust Memorial — a sobering experienceA memorial to the … [Read more...] about Palm Desert Holocaust Memorial