I’m looking forward to seeing you at one of our No Cal or So Cal book events in November, our virtual event on Nov. 1…
The life, times, adventures, books, and other passions, of bestselling author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
Category: Paris
COMING on November 1, 2022 In Commissioner Daria Vinci’s second investigation, the intrepid, beautiful Italian police commissioner finds herself in the dark, dank entrails of…
The first review of Four of Clubs: Murder in the High Sierra is up! You can read the whole review by fellow novelist John Pearce…
Red Riviera: A Daria Vinci Investigation, pub date: June 25, 2021,Alan Squire Publishing, ASP Introducing Commissioner Daria Vinci, a plainclothes special agent of the elite…
The First Daria Vinci Investigation: June 25, 2021 Its jaws open wide, a firefighting seaplane skims the glittering Gulf of Portofino on Italy’s jagged Ligurian…
Northern California Friday, March 1, 6 pm, Catamaran Literary Salon, Santa Cruz: Lit Chat at The Tannery, 1050 River St., Suite118, Santa Cruz CA 95060…
The Gardener of Eden is my literary debut, a haunting and luminous novel of suspense. The story’s antihero, James, discovers dark secrets lurking beneath the…
In memory of the policeman killed and others wounded last night on the Champs-Elysees… Terror and demagoguery will not undo Paris, will not change Paris…
The French version of "the icing on the cake" is "the cherry on the cake." A perfect spring day in Paris today, the flowering cherries…
Soul food in Paris? Absolutely: Paris is good for the soul! (And it's not bad for the sole). A Taste of Paris: A…
In bookstores everywhere on Sept. 26, 2017 but already available for pre-ordering (click on the image) Related posts: A Taste of Paris: A History of…
Our spring 2015, coast-to-coast extravaganza to celebrated the publication of A PASSION FOR PARIS: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light, starts on April…