While author Wendy H. Jones' Dundee, Scotland based police procedurals are grounded in the present, she's not afraid to mix in a little fantasy and magic in her Young Adult mysteries.

Wendy has a lot on her plate; she's written six books in the DI Shona McKenzie series (five published so far with the sixth coming out in August 2017). Now she's added a young adult series to her repertoire. AND she's organizing a writing and reading festival at Glamis Castle in Scotland.

We talk about all of this today, and below you'll find links to everything, including the book festival.

Keep your eyes on Wendy H Jones! She's clearly a lass to be reckoned with. ;-)

You can find out more about today's guest, Wendy H Jones, and all her books on her website WendyHJones.com. You can also find her on Twitter @WendyHJones.

Links and resources mentioned in this episode

* Click on any of the book covers to go to Wendy's books on Amazon

* Wendy's home and the location for her books, Dundee, Scotland

* The Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee

* Flora MacDonald's Wikipedia page

* McManus Galleries, Dundee

* Wendy's blog post about the launch party for The Dagger's Curse

* Details about Wendy's Crime at the Castle writers' and readers' festival on the Glamis Castle website

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Transcription of Interview with Wendy H. Jones

Alexandra: Hi, Mystery Readers, I'm Alexandra Amor. This is It's a Mystery Podcast and I'm here today with Wendy H. Jones. Hi, Wendy.

Wendy: Hi.

Alexandra: How are you doing today?

Wendy: I'm absolutely fabulous. We've got sun in Scotland, so that's always a bonus.

Alexandra: Yeah, that is a bonus. Well, you know what, I was reading up about you before the show. And there was a, I went to a site about Dundee, which we'll talk about where you live. And it said that it gets the most hours of sunlight of any city in Scotland.

Wendy: It does, yes.

Alexandra: So, that benefits...

Wendy: It can't help the rest of Scotland is all I can say.

Alexandra: Oh, yeah, that's right. Exactly. Goodness me. Okay, well let me give our listeners a bit of an introduction to you.