<strong>Gordon Cope</strong> is a full-time writer and freelance journalist who travels searching for memorable characters, rollicking adventures and expatriate experiences that North American readers and travellers dream about. He is the author of <em>A Thames Moment</em>, <em>A Paris Moment</em> and <em>So, We Sold Our House and Ran Away to the South Pacific</em>, as well as <em>Secret Combinations,</em> his first book in a mystery fiction series.