Author Lin Weich

When asked about my favorite vacation spot, I find myself often at a loss. I have been fortunate to have enjoyed a lot of travelling all over Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Peru, Amazon, Belize, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia and South Africa. I have chosen an area quite close to home that inspired one of the locations in my latest novel Widow’s Luck.

Chilko Lake, located in central British Columbia, Canada features spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife and adventures galore.

We stayed at The Chilko Experience Wilderness Resort   (thechilkoexperience.com). While this resort seems expensive, you should know it is all inclusive and gives you all the adventure you can handle. There are also campsites, other lodges and accommodations in the area as well.

Highlights of our trip included:

Kayaking and boating on pristine Chilko Lake, where the scenery is amazing and the fishing exciting.

Crazy, wild rides in a speed boat up the Chilko River.

Visiting a unique couple who have created a self-sufficient island homestead using whatever nature provided.

ATVing on wilderness trails while watching out for bears, moose, deer, coyotes and other wildlife.

We stayed in the most fabulous log home accommodations (built by Pioneer Log Homes).

We enjoyed 5 Star gourmet food prepared by a young chef that should go far in the culinary world.

Perhaps the best part of this vacation spot is the way you are treated like family by both the hosts and whoever you meet – true Cariboo-Chilko style.

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Title:Widow’s Luck

Author/pen name: Lin Weich

Genre:  suspense thriller

Publisher: Friesen Press

Date of Publication:  2017

ASIN:  1530404661

ISBN:978-1-5255-0957-5  978-1-5255-0958-2

Number of pages: 217

Word Count:  63,628

Blurb: 

Behind her back they call her “The Black Widow”.

Daphne McNeil has been widowed four times in ten years. Each time, her husbands have left her considerable sums of money. She finds that she must use these inheritances to support her beloved charities. The money does not go far enough and with increasing financial pressures, she becomes desperate.

When Steve Johnson, a forensic scientist, discovers human remains in an isolated lake near Daphne’s drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, he unwittingly puts himself in danger.

He begins to suspect the beautiful widow is not as innocent as she seems. Will he become her next victim?

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Excerpt: 

He stood up to his knees in fetid muskeg, his breath coming in jagged gulps. Adrenaline pumping through his exhausted body, he slid his hand into the cavity under the edge of a crumbling bank. Sweeping his fingers around the dark, narrow space, he struck a solid, cold, hard object. He tugged and pulled at the plastic container, easing it out of its hiding place.

Success. The rush from the find made the hours of trekking through this swampy scrubland worthwhile. He forgot the mosquitos and blackflies biting every inch of exposed flesh; forgot the chill seeping up his legs; forgot the numbness in his toes from his waterlogged hiking boots. He’d found this geocache using only a compass and topographical maps. He had honoured the memory of his dad and did it old school.

Smiling and chuckling, he peeled off the duct tape surrounding the faded, green plastic container. Inside were half-a-dozen rabbit foot key chains, the usual logbook and pencil, and a note that simply said, ‘You’re fortunate to have found this cache. I wish you the best of luck as you journey through life.’

Reaching into the zippered pouch on the front of his backpack, Steve withdrew his own treasure: a piece of amber with an ancient insect trapped inside. Holding it in his hand for a few moments, he remembered when this memento had been given to him. His father had found the amber on one of their hiking trips in the foothills of Alberta. Later that evening while sitting around the dying embers of their campfire, his father had made a bit of a production giving the pretty stone to him. While mumbling something about always remembering their trips in the wilds, he’d gruffly passed the hand-warmed treasure over to him.

 Steve gave the amber one last stroke with his thumb and placed it in the worn tub. He hoped the treasure would pass through many hands as it continued on its own journey.

Taking up the pencil nub and selecting a fresh page in the notebook, he carefully scribed the date, how long it had taken him to find the cache, the fact that he’d seen three deer and a grizzly on his way in, and the most important thing, that he had honoured his father.

Biography and Publication History

I am a recently retired educator and live with my husband in Quesnel, BC. My journey through life has taken me from England, Africa and throughout Canada. My hobbies include kayaking, wilderness camping, photography, reading and writing.

Writing has taken me by surprise and consumes my days. My first novel Strength of an Eagle was inspired by the disappearance of women along the ‘Highway of Tears ’and the drug smuggling problems in Northern BC. In creating Half Truths, Total Lies, I drew upon my experiences as a teacher in both urban and rural settings. Alone, is a psychological suspense, set on Canada’s West Coast, Widow’s Luck is my latest novel.

I have had articles published in Our Canada, More of Our Canada and BCRTA, Postscript. Several photographic essays have been included in the Royal Photographic Society (Canada) on-line magazine.

www.linweich.com