Professor and former crime reporter, Kary Turnell, sets sail on an Arctic adventure cruise aboard the MS Explorer. While the passengers are preoccupied with the shimmering spectacle of the Northern Lights and daunting vistas of Baffin Island, one individual seizes the opportunity for murder. -- read more...

Step into the world of author Mark Okrant and his Kary Turnell Mystery Series, set at some of America's finest historic resort hotels. While some visitors check in to enjoy the 4-star dining and the legendary golf courses, others have something far more sinister up their sleeves. A Last Resort, set at Dixville Notch New Hampshire's Balsams Grand Resort, is the first book in the series. I Knew You When, the second Kary Turnell Mystery, is set at the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. With Okrant behind the wheel, the twists and turns on the road to these hotels might be deadly. Check out this new link on The Balsams website- http://thebalsams.com/about/news/page:2 

Okrant and his publisher, Beech River Books, have just released the third Kary Turnell Mystery, An Icy Reception. An Icy Reception is set aboard the famous little red ship, M/S Explorer. The fourth book in the series, Murder With a View, set at the gorgeous Mountain View Grand in Whitefield, New Hampshire, is being penned as we speak, and number five, Surfside Slaying (working title) set in Rincon Puerto Rico, will follow.