Welcome to the Desert

Jeff—Saturday

With so much of the US enduring unbelievably cold, snowy weather, I wanted to present a different view of what’s out there. My daughter, shoveling out from 16 inches of snow, and my farmhouse—enduring a week of subzero (Fahrenheit) weather without me to keep an eye on its pipes—may not appreciate this, but I feel it my duty to share.  Besides, I’m hard at work on book tour… and that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Not Arizona

Here are scenes from the Boyce Thompson Arboretum state park, Arizona’s oldest botanical garden, located about an hour east of Phoenix in Superior, Arizona.   I loved it.  Mainly because it struck me as unstructured…unlike many botanical gardens that come across as just too managed for my tastes. But of course, that’s a question of aesthetics. I also liked the fact that the hike up along the trail was only a mile and a half, but that’s just a matter of laziness.

And you sure can’t beat the weather. OUCH…I feel those daggers.

Welcome to Boyce Thompson.

—Jeff

Jeff’s Upcoming Events

My ninth Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis novel, AN AEGEAN APRIL, published on January 2, 2018 and here is the first stage of my book tour:

Saturday, January 6 @ 2 PM            

Clues Unlimited

Tucson, AZ

Monday, January 8  @ 7PM

Vromans (on Colorado)

Pasadena, CA

Wednesday, January 10 @ 7PM                   

Tattered Cover (on Colfax)

Denver, CO

Saturday, January 13 @ 2 PM                      

Book Carnival 

Orange, CA

Sunday, January 14 @ 2 PM

Mysterious Galaxy

San Diego, CA

Wednesday, January 17 @ 7 PM      

Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park)

Seattle, WA

Thursday, January 18 @ 7 PM

Janet Rudolph’s Mystery Readers Literary Salon

Berkeley, CA

Sunday, January 21 @ 7 PM

Book Passage

Corte Madera, CA

Thursday, January 25 @ 6:30 PM

Mysterious Bookshop

New York, NY

Friday, February 2 @ 7PM

Centuries & Sleuths (Forest Park)

Chicago, IL

Saturday, February 3 @ 12 PM

Once Upon A Crime

Minneapolis, MN