The frothy Kaituna River, North Island 

That’s us – about to disappear.

Alexa Glock, the main character in my mystery series,  rents a cottage on the banks of this river that my husband and I survived rafting in 2014.

Hold on!

Here’s a Rotorua thermal park:

Otherworldly, don’t you agree?

Below is the mud pot that inspired Molten Mud Murder.