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First book in the Escape to Switzerland series:
Saving the Lakeside Hotel
‘Armchair travel at its best!’
Cass Grafton
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Stolen Sister
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Daria’s Daughter
‘Chillingly suspenseful…‘
Carmen Radtke
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The Un-Family
‘A brilliant read & highly recommended’
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The Cold Cold Sea
‘An emotional read, a turbulent read.’
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Tag Archives: Lake Constance
The year the lake spilled over… #travel #books
In Problems at the Lakeside Hotel, one of the main challenges hotel owners Rico and Stacy have to face is a rising – then overflowing – Lake Constance. Having to issue guests with wellies to get to the restaurant for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, floods, Lake Constance, reading, Switzerland, travel
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Out now: Problems at the Lakeside Hotel #books #newrelease
Book three in the Escape to Switzerland series is out – tap HERE to see the entire series in your local Amazon Store! To celebrate, Problems… is just 99p etc worldwide this week, and the other two are 99p/c in … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake Constance, Problems at the Lakeside Hotel, Switzerland, travel, Writing
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Springtime in Switzerland… (almost) #SilentSunday #travel
A few photos from last week: Next week, we have another Cover Love post, this time with writer Helen Pryke. See you then!
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Tagged Lake Constance, spring, Switzerland, travel
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This and that… #books #Switzerland
Nearly a week on from publication of Return to the Lakeside Hotel, and life is settling down again in N.E. Switzerland. Huge thanks here to everyone who has tweeted, shared, commented on posts, or bought, borrowed and read books. I’m … Continue reading
Two days (approximately) to go… #newbook
It’s back to crossed fingers here in N.E. Switzerland – if everything goes according to plan, Return to the Lakeside Hotel will be available at the beginning of the week, and both books will be on offer at 99p for … Continue reading
A week in the writing life… #amwriting #coverreveal
Saving the Lakeside Hotel is two weeks old tomorrow, and I’m beginning to recover from the unexpected suddenness of having my first full length feel-good book catapulted into the world. I was very happy to have lovely review posts last … Continue reading
One week on… pictures of Switzerland #amwriting
My new book is a week old tomorrow. One of the things I enjoy most about writing the Lakeside Hotel books is that I can picture the scenery. Come to that, I can go for my daily walk in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake Constance, Saving the Lakeside Hotel, Switzerland, travel, Writing
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Surprise… and a special offer #newbook #travel
What can I say? I didn’t think for a minute that I’d be writing this blog post today, but after my poor Un-Family spent over eight days being approved for publication on Amazon, Saving the Lakeside Hotel whizzed through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake Constance, new release, publication day, Saving the Lakeside Hotel, Switzerland, travel, Writing
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Coming soon in feel-good fiction… #travel #Switzerland
A holiday in Switzerland… that was something I’d never experienced when I arrived at Basle Airport on a cold January afternoon in the 1980s. That day, I was all set to work for a year, see something of Europe, learn … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake Constance, reading, Saving the Lakeside Hotel, Switzerland, travel, Writing
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New book on the way! #amwriting #travel And it’s set by a lake in Switzerland…
Several years ago now, I self-published the Lakeside Hotel series, five feel-good novellas about Stacy from Cheshire and Rico from N.E. Switzerland. It was fun, and a restful contrast to my rather gloomier psychological suspense fiction, but I always felt … Continue reading