Murder has consequences,
but so does friendship.

COMING FALL 2025

About the Adventure Calls Mysteries

In the Adventure Calls Mysteries, ecotourism guides find their duties expanding from herding guests to solving murders. These intrepid and amusing amateur sleuths discover danger in their destinations, from the smart ex-professor whose knife is found in the wrong place to the sassy chef who didn’t suspect that the menu included dead bodies.

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About Kathy

Kathy McIntosh can’t play poker but she can tell a fib without blinking. What other career than writing fiction?

She grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles with parents who instilled a lifelong love of books, humor, and nature.

Praise for Kathy's Books

This whodunit is a rollercoaster of laughs, intrigue, and enough twists to keep you guessing until the end.

—Amazon Review

This story was witty, fun
and kept me guessing. I also found it very profound at times. I think my favorite line in the story was, “Never underestimate the lunacy of a man who thinks he's right.”

—Amazon Review

Kathy McIntosh… has
made it her business to understand her uniquely Arizona setting and she pays artful attention to authentic low desert details.

—Amazon Review 

Kathy McIntosh has … an incredible gift for creating hilarious,
yet recognizable characters.

—Amazon Review

I enjoyed getting acquainted with all the characters (zany, lovable, quirks and all) and love the way the author mixes points to ponder in with nonstop plot surprises and humor that sometimes just slaps you upside the head.

—Amazon Review

Beneath all of the crazy characters and their sometimes wild adventures lies a story with true heart and a valuable moral. There are plenty of laughs in this page turner and plenty of insights that keep the story fresh and memorable.

—Amazon Review 

A Havoc in Hancock
Humorous Suspense

Absolute charmers and totally fun reads…

Latest Blog Post

Don’t Needle Me: The Words We Use

Thoughts about words tend to needle me quite often. While traveling a while back, I saw a woman toting a sewing machine as her carry-on luggage. No one stopped her. What is the matter with the Transportation Security Administration? Don’t they realize the dangers inherent in sewing machines? Consider the terminology. A needle is a…

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