– BLUE FIRE REVIEW – Alex Graham is the daughter of geologist, Brian Graham, who suspects that gems from a Brazilian mine are being used to fund terrorism. Alex is dispatched to the mine to investigate, and the story begins with an illicit mission into the mine during which one person, Benjamin, is …
– BLUE FIRE REVIEW – Readers might not expect a geologist family to become involved in detective work, much less international intrigue; but Blue Fire isn’t the first to depart from the usual PI roots of its protagonist: it is Book 2 in a series in which geologist Alex Graham uses her rocky position to …
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I shared a little about myself with Mystery Book Shelf, recently … What initially got you interested in writing? I’ve always enjoyed writing, whether it was an essay or a scientific paper, but there were stories of my own that I wanted to tell. What genres do you write in? I write only thrillers, although …
I recently visited an island of just ten residents, a very remote locale that instantly brought to mind Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. With ten people living in close proximity, it would be hard to keep your life private. An argument with between husband and wife, a sick child, financial difficulties — it …
There’s something about hanging a new calendar in January that signals a fresh start. It’s a clean slate, a chance to start over, and reveals twelve months of exciting potential. But I’m also a writer with a book coming out this year, so the change of the calendar also triggers a little fear. Suddenly, “next …
We get a lot of rain here on Canada’s West Coast during the winter, and with a window right next to my desk, I’m often staring out at the drizzle while I write. It struck me that the trail of rain that weaves its way down the glass is as intricate and complex as a …
– THIRST REVIEW – I was happy to have found the author’s article on “Sense of Place” because from the time I met Geologist Alex Graham, I found myself reminiscent of a favorite series of mine by Nevada Barr, with Anna Pigeon, a park ranger, who spent most of her professional life outdoors and getting into …
I passed by a downtown corner the other day, a location I hadn’t visited in a few months, only to find that nothing looked familiar. The coffee shop, the clothing store, the restaurant I knew so well – all were gone, replaced by a plywood and chain link fence protected construction zone. It reminded me …
I live in Vancouver, British Columbia, in a downtown condo close enough to the water that I wake to the sound of seagulls. I don’t spend much time there though, at least not since I graduated as a mining geologist eight years ago and joined my dad’s consulting company. Gold, silver, precious metals – our …