I am absolutely thrilled to be returning to Avid Reader, Davis, to celebrate the launch of HOP SCOT, the sixth book in the Last Ditch Motel trilogy. Lexy and the gang are off to Scotland for Christmas, so this book will make the perfect seasonal present. The Avid Reader even gift-wraps free of charge. Wine and appropriate snacks (i.e. I was writing this book last year when the Thanksgiving themed one came out and I got confused and brought Christmas sweeties).

CrimeReads: date TBA - top 5 Christmas mysteries (+ Die Hard (always))

Dr Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour on KDVS 90.3FM: Nov 22

Jungle Red Writers: date TBA - planes, trains and all the ordeals (travel nightmares) 

Criminal Minds: Nov 30 - when a trilogy gets to be nine books long . . .

BOLO Books: DEC 4 - Snakes on a Tree (and other Christmas oddnesses)

Wicked Authors: Dec 5 - deck the halls with . . . this year's fashions?

LAUNCH PARTY- DEC 5

Dru's Book Musing: DEC 6 - A Day in the Life of Keith and Judith Campbell

Stiletto Gang: Dec 7 - Seasonal Romance (The good, the bad, and the worse)

Cozy Corner Podcast: Dec 14 - where Alexia Gordon and I will discuss my favourite holiday. Wonder if it's hers?

Chicks on the Case: Dec 15 - holiday disasters and why they're better than triumphs

As I promised at an event in Biggar: here is the portrait of my grandad, James "Mac" MacDonald, painted by Terry Frost in Stalag 387, 1942. 

I gave his war history to Sandy, in In Place of Fear, partly to honour the quiet heroism of the "non-compliant" prisoners of war. 

Find--a-Bookclub is a great resource for UK readers. I was thrilled to be asked for my reading suggestions. Here's the link