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Hello lovelies, you haven’t heard from me for a while, at least in this blog (if you have subscribed to “Bernadette’s Letter” – there is a button on the homepage – then of course you have read about me, and I am also active on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok). I Read More

For many of my European friends, Vancouver is the most beautiful city in the world. For them it is a dream destination, and they cannot stop praising its stunning setting between the ocean and the mountains. Those who have already been here, want to come again, and those who haven’t, Read More

Currently I’m looking at some photos I took some time ago while visiting Battle Island. It’s off the coast of southern Labrador, and I don’t know anyone who hasn’t succumbed to the magic of this place. In the past, Battle Harbour was the salt fish capital of the world, as Read More

DS Calista Gates is back! This time, with volume number 4 “Missing in the Dark”. The story is mainly set in British Columbia’s interior. For those who don’t live in Canada or have never been to British Columbia, I will show you some of the locations that play a crucial Read More

At the end of August, I took a break from working on my manuscripts (I use the plural because not only a new German crime novel is coming out, but also an English translation). I flew to St. John’s, Newfoundland’s capital, to meet my friend Ruth. We had planned to Read More

In case you wonder how I spend a warm summer day in northern Newfoundland, I can give you some impressions: As the North Atlantic is way too cold for a swim, even with a wet suit, I do the next best thing: When the tide is low, I stroll out Read More

When I tell people that I live in a hamlet of 46 inhabitants, the reaction is often surprise, sometimes even pity or shock. Fortunately, our fishing village is not as isolated as other remote communities in Newfoundland. Noddy Bay is only a five-minute drive from L’ Anse aux Meadows, a Read More

Trigger Warning! Early on in my career as a mystery thriller writer, I was given the advice not to include anything in my crime novels that has to do with harming children or – even worse – dogs and cats (or any other pets). I was told that people would Read More

I would like to show you some of the existing places where things are happening in my new mystery thriller “Bay of Evil”. Let’s start with the harbour of L’ Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland where you will find the statue of Leif Eriksson, the Viking Read More

I’ve been in Switzerland for almost four weeks and I have travelled all over the country. Switzerland is still very familiar to me, even though I haven’t been here for four years because of the pandemic. I emigrated to Canada in the middle years of my life and I am Read More