[Note, please, that in one week, Back to the Garden will be on the shelves–in the USA, at any rate. You can find a long excerpt here. ] I turn 70 this year. The world is literally burning around us, I’ve had some energy-draining health issues, and there are books more than one series that…

Santa Cruz, California, is a quiet town even now. In the 1970s, it was a community of retirees, Italian fishermen, and people associated with the brand-new University of California. It was (and is) a beach town that attracts year-round surfers and summer visitors to the beach and Boardwalk. In October, 1970, in the hills south of…

In the spring of 2021, it was time for one of THOSE conversations. No, not with my kids; with my long-suffering editor. I’ve never been a writer who was satisfied with writing one set of characters, even if they are Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes.  Plus that, the Russell series generally involves foreign travel research,…