**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.** 

The Topsfield Town Library, in partnership with other libraries across the state, will host author Dawn Barclay  to discuss her latest book, "Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States ". Learn all about the grisly (and not so grisly) criminal behavior and haunted happenings in the states just south of us and, then, plan a trip to visit them all!

Register directly on Zoom HERE.

About the book: For the true crime lover—finally, a travel guide from an award-winning travel journalist and suspense author that gives you the down and dirty on exactly where the major crimes occurred, and where the bodies are buried. For aficionados of paranormal, prison, and tombstone travel, there’s a goldmine of tourism suggestions for you here as well.

This is the second in the Vacations Can Be Murder series. Along with summaries of the major crimes committed in the Mid-Atlantic states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, you’ll discover where to find the best crime and ghost tours; which hotels and restaurants are former jails, courthouses, or harbor paranormal activity; where infamous criminals are/were jailed, and which venues and attractions might feed your fancy for murder and justice. Reading lists in each chapter will guide you to books expounding on the crimes discussed. Best of all, suggested itineraries bring all the pieces together to help you traverse the region’s criminal landscape in an organized and entertaining way. Up for a true crime road trip? Let Vacations Can Be Murder be your ultimate travel guide.

About Dawn: Dawn M. Barclay is a veteran travel trade reporter who has served as senior or contributing editor on several magazines, including Travel Agent, Travel Life, Travel Market Report, and most recently, Insider Travel Report. Her book, Traveling Different: Vacation Strategies for Parents of the Anxious, the Inflexible, and the Neurodiverse (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), considered the autism travel bible, won the Lowell Thomas Gold Award in 2023 from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. It also won Honorable Mention from ASJA's Arlene Awards for Books that Make a Difference, and took first place in the Maxy Awards (inspirational/self-help category.)

Dawn offers editing services through SuggestedDevelopment.com and ghostwriting/personal history services through LegacyQuest.net.

When not writing about travel, she pens psychological/domestic/romantic suspense and edits crime fiction anthologies as D.M. Barr.