300 ratings | 214 reviews | avg rating:4.33

more photos (4)

#26 most followed

Jennifer’s Year In Books

Jennifer’s 2022 Year in Books

Take a look at Jennifer’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.

Go to Jennifer’s 2022 Year in Books

Jennifer S. Alderson’s Followers (634)

Jennifer’s Bookshelves

read (348)
currently-reading (0)
to-read (448)
adventure-fiction (6)
adventure-travel (20)
amateur-sleuth (20)
amsterdam (14)
arc (2)
art (9)
art-crime (13)
See all bookshelves »

Jennifer’s Friends (208)

Kat Balitsos

1,484 books | 132 friends

Heather Turiello

7,981 books | 337 friends

Belle Blackburn

279 books | 85 friends

Thomas

5,314 books | 2,451 friends

Anna

3,984 books | 1,276 friends

Michael P. Dunn

180 books | 194 friends

Michael Finocchiaro

6,493 books | 5,000 friends

Claire

7,415 books | 833 friends

More friends…

Jennifer S. Alderson

Goodreads Author

Born

in San Leandro, California , The United States

Website

http://www.jennifersalderson.com

Twitter

JSAauthor

Genre

Mystery, Travel, Thriller

Member Since

December 2015

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/jennifesalderson

edit data

Hi! I am an American expat currently living in Amsterdam. After traveling extensively around Asia, Oceania, and Central America, I moved to Darwin, Australia, before finally settling in the Netherlands. When not writing, you can find me in a museum, biking around Amsterdam, or enjoying a coffee along the canal while planning my next research trip.

My love of travel, art, and culture inspires my award-winning Zelda Richardson Art Mystery series, Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mysteries, and standalone stories.

Connect with me here on Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or my website.

Thanks for stopping by! ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Jennifer S. Alderson questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Jennifer S. Alderson’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 5,401 ratings · 878 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death on the Danube: A New Year's Murder in Budapest (Travel Can Be Murder, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 893 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lover's Portrait (Zelda Richardson Mystery #1) 4.14 avg rating — 808 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mysteries: Books 1-3 (Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Box Sets Book 1) 4.36 avg rating — 669 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris (Travel Can Be Murder, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rituals of the Dead (Zelda Richardson Mystery #2) 3.95 avg rating — 483 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death by Bagpipes: A Summer Murder in Edinburgh (Travel Can Be Murder, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 274 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death by Windmill (Travel Can Be Murder, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 281 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death by Fountain: A Christmas Murder in Rome (Travel Can Be Murder, #5) 4.19 avg rating — 258 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death by Leprechaun: A Saint Patrick’s Day Murder in Dublin (Travel Can Be Murder, #6) 4.14 avg rating — 258 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marked for Revenge (Zelda Richardson Mystery #3) 4.16 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Jennifer S. Alderson…

115 posts
Jennifer S. Alderson's Blog

Death by Puffin - New Release Alert

Enjoy the turkey leftovers, but save room for some puffin!

Death by Puffin: A Bachelorette Party Murder in Reykjavik is now available in the Kindle Unlimited library, and for purchase as eBook, paperback, and Large Print edition.

I hope you enjoy the mystery and trip to Iceland! (And I hope my American friends had a wonderful Happy Thanksgiving!)

Click here for the eBook and paperback via Amazon:
htt Read more of this blog post »

3 likes · Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on November 25, 2022 04:56 • Tags: amateur-sleuth, book-9, cozy-crime, cozy-mystery, female-protagonist, fun-mystery, iceland, murder-mystery, mystery, mystery-series, new-release, travel-fiction

View all 115 posts »

Series by Jennifer S. Alderson

Travel Can Be Murder (9 books)
by

Jennifer S. Alderson (Goodreads Author)

4.15 avg rating — 3,446 ratings

Zelda Richardson Mystery (4 books)
by

Jennifer S. Alderson (Goodreads Author)

4.02 avg rating — 1,827 ratings

rss
Jennifer’s Recent Updates

Jennifer S. Alderson finished reading The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure by Carl Hoffman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 25, 2022 04:55AM · 2 likes · like
Jennifer S. Alderson has read Death by Puffin: A Bachelorette Party Murder in Reykjavik (Travel Can Be Murder, #9) by Jennifer S. Alderson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 25, 2022 04:54AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Death by Puffin by Jennifer S. Alderson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Death by Puffin by Jennifer S. Alderson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jennifer S. Alderson is now following Brittany E. Brinegar Author of Prime Time Murder (Hollywood Whodunit #1)
Aug 08, 2022 07:56AM · like
Jennifer S. Alderson is now following Shannon Symonds Author of Safe House
Aug 08, 2022 07:55AM · like
Jennifer S. Alderson wants to read A Bookworm of a Suspect (A Cozy Mystery Tribe Anthology, #6) by Verena DeLuca (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Aug 08, 2022 06:13AM · like
Jennifer S. Alderson liked N.N. Light/N. N. Light's Book Heaven's blog post: 5+ stars for The Case of the Missing Botticelli by @MarilynBaron #cozymystery #italy #bookreview "Title: The Case of the Missing Botticelli (A Massimo Domingo Mystery, Book 1)Author: Marilyn BaronGenre: Cozy MysteryBook Blurb: In this cozy mystery, American art history major Hadley Evans joins an art detective agency in Florence, Italy, workin..." Read more of this blog post »
Jan 31, 2022 05:12AM
Jennifer S. Alderson and 3 other people liked Kathryn Gauci's review of The Cruel Romance: A Novel of Love and War: "I am a huge fan of Marina Osipova's writing and this book is one of her best. Beautifully written, it covers the harshness of the German assault on the Soviet Union until after the war. Although it is the story of Seraphima, a young village girl caug" Read more of this review »
Jan 31, 2022 05:12AM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Cruel Romance by Marina Osipova. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Cruel Romance by Marina Osipova <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jennifer S. Alderson liked Catherine’s status update Catherine wants to read Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
Jan 31, 2022 05:12AM · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Nordic Tales by Ulla Thynell. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Nordic Tales by Ulla Thynell <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Jennifer's books…

Quotes by Jennifer S. Alderson (?)

“Meandering cows, tenacious bicyclers, belching taxis, rickshaws, fearless pedestrians and the occasional mobile ‘cigarette and sweets’ stand all fought our taxi for room on the narrow two-lane road turned local byway.”
― Jennifer S. Alderson, Notes of a Naive Traveler: Nepal and Thailand

tags: asia, backpacking, memoir, nepal, thailand, travel, travel-quotes, travel-writing, traveling-abroad, traveling-alone, volunteering

3 likes

“I ended up in the back seat of a chicken truck’s cab heading through beautiful scenery and disastrous roads to my hotel. About an hour later, we stopped to sell a few hundred of the chickens to a butcher shop.”
― Jennifer S. Alderson, Notes of a Naive Traveler: Nepal and Thailand

tags: abroad, asia, memoir, nepal, thailand, travel, travel-writing, traveler, traveling-alone, travelogue, volunteering

0 likes

“Kajetan Mühlmann.”
― Jennifer S. Alderson, The Vermeer Deception

0 likes

See all Jennifer S. Alderson's quotes »

Polls

Cozy Mysteries Poll - June 2020

Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell

31 votes, 39.7%

The Girls Whispered Murder by Lynn McPherson

26 votes, 33.3%

From Garden To Grave by Rickie Blair

8 votes, 10.3%

Mousse and Murder Elizabeth Loganby

7 votes, 9.0%

Down and Out in Kathmandu by Jennifer S. Alderson

6 votes, 7.7%

78 total votes

3 comments

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Navigating Indiew...: Submit your books to navigatingindieworld.com: CLOSED	171	103	Mar 05, 2017 10:32PM
THE Group for Aut...: Seeking Authors for Interviews	461	1181	Nov 29, 2017 10:50AM
Around the World ...: Thailand	31	3166	Jun 06, 2018 09:19PM
Around the World ...: Nepal	15	995	Dec 27, 2018 10:00AM
Around the World ...: Netherlands	22	1397	May 13, 2019 03:36AM
English Translati...: Jennifer S. Alderson - The Lovers Portrait - Netherlands	1	7	Oct 05, 2019 03:51PM
Navigating Indiew...: Random stuff - the something good happened thread	3986	262	Mar 30, 2020 09:41AM

More…

Jennifer’s Quotes

“Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.”
― Robert Harris, The Ghost

tags: writing

67 likes

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

20228 likes

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
― Mark Twain

tags: age

5499 likes

“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: censorship

2653 likes

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

tags: inspirational

733 likes

More of Jennifer’s quotes…