This year I will be helping my sister Janice with a family project and also researching my behemoth of a mystery novel - "Murder at Bosworth Field" and now that historians have found the actual battlefield site (a mile away from where they thought - go figure), the research should be much more accurate. Another work, "The Marlinspike Murders" will take me at least two years to research and write. I anticipate release of this book sometime in 2012/13.

My husband, Mick, is also a writer from England (yes, he really IS a Lancashire lad from the North of England), but I'm still waiting to see his work published! I come from a writer's heritage with other family members being published in the 1920's and 30's...and Janice has some of her work available in the last few years.

Other than writing, Mick and I are plaster statuary restoration artists and work mainly on church statuary. You will see that and all other kinds of links on our web site.                           

No accolades yet...but there is plenty of time for that.

There is much more to come. Keep checking back on this site for the latest books, stories, etc. and book signings coming up. You can read my new blog at: http://www.karinfickecook.blogspot.com or check my web site at: http://www.karinfickecook.com

Northwoods Forest Mystery
"Northwoods Forest Mystery" is the fictional account of a crime committed in 1883 in a logging camp close to Bemidji, Minnesota. One hundred twenty years later, the mystery is solved by the descendants of the unjustly accused man, Caleb White Bear, whose life and heritage were ruined by lies and greed. It's also a contemporary love story set in today's Bemidji. Two families are intertwined in friendship and heritage. Come visit with the characters and become swept up in their lives. This is the first installment in a four-part series of mystery, romance....and murder.

The Cook Companies
Our family web site, featuring my photography and our restoration work, plus great links to other sites.

Death Across the Pond
Second book in the four-part series about the Sanderson family and friends. This time, their journeys take them to Bosnia-Hercegovina and Italy, Ireland and the UK. Murder follows them, as does an international assassin. No one seems safe...and people die...but who and why?

The 'Ghost' in Bolton Hall
This is the third book in the series and will be a huge change in theme from the first two. We are bombarded with more crime, intrigue and deception. I've always wanted to blow things up in a book and this time I do it royally. And that could be a clue...or is it? Released in January 2009, the "Ghost" will hold your attention and have you asking, 'who dunnit?' And it isn't who you think! Murder and Pasta Don't Mix has just gone live 23 September 2009, with official roll out 14 November 2009. Check it out.