I’m delighted to announce that the latest book in my Cape Breton Mystery series, Heritage House, has been shortlisted for a Whistler Independent Book Award. This is a very prestigious award, and I’m so very honoured to have been shortlisted in the category ‘fiction’. The three finalists in each category will be announced on July […]
I’m so delighted to share with you the cover of my upcoming book 3 in the Cape Breton Mystery series. Here’s the back cover description: Leaving her past in Germany, Gretha Braun’s new life on Cape Breton Island Canada is cut short when she is brutally murdered. With international and local pressures urgently demanding they […]
I’m pleased to announce the launch of my new book on May 28th, 2022. Sea Child is the second in the Cape Breton Mystery series. Caught up in an investigation that threatens the lives of those he loves, Detective Gordie MacLean and his partner are drawn into a dark world far removed from the seemingly […]
Writing is a solitary experience which means that getting through a pandemic is less of a hardship for someone like me than for many folks who are more social beings. At the same time, we do need to come up for air once in a while and when we do, we look for our people. […]
I am delighted to announce the upcoming launch of my latest novel GARDEN GIRL Unlike my previous three novels, which were all Historical Fiction, this is the first in a series of mysteries, set in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Canada. It features Detective Gordie MacLean and his partner Detective Roxanne Albright. Here is the […]
November 11th, 1918 was a day that Liesbeth Zwart would never forget. Enjoy this presentation (first given live on November 10, 2020) that features three short readings from my novel AFTER PARIS, accompanied by old photos, music and film. Walk in Liesbeth’s shoes in the times leading up to November 1918 to experience it firsthand.
I should be used to this by now, but I’m not. With every positive comment for my latest novel, Torn Asunder, I’m thrilled and excited all over again. This one is especially gratifying as the reviewer talks about the key theme of the book (ie – how we influence others). Read the review below. Looking […]
In 2019 I was honoured to be invited to Ottawa by the Canadian Tulip Festival to tell this story in person at the Heritage Pavillion. A version of this piece has also been included in the Liberation75 School Curriculum for Grade 9 – 10 students across Canada. In 1942, my mother (Johanna deGroot nee Meijer) […]
For the past several weeks the world has been under quarantine and we, who are self-isolating are the lucky ones. The people who are out on the front lines are faced with the challenge of choosing between competing loyalties every time they leave the house and again when they return. By choosing to leave they […]
Amidst the sad and scary news this week, I had a wonderful email land in my inbox. I was notified that my new Historical Fiction, Torn Asunder, had been awarded a Chill With A Book Premier Readers’ Award out of the U.K. As per the notification, A Premier Readers’ Award is only honoured to books that […]