The Calling of Alex Tate

by Lee Swanson

Popular, intelligent, pretty, and vivacious, Alexis Tate is a young woman any mother would be proud to claim as her daughter. As she prepares to graduate from high school, Alex confronts those issues faced by many girls on the verge of womanhood; relationships, a first job, and going away to university. There is one other complication in Alex’s life not shared by other girls, however. She has a newly-realized “calling,” one which will place her life in grave danger. With Seattle terrorized by the serial killer know as the ‘Woodsman,’ how long will it be before their paths ultimately cross?

The Calling of Alex Tate is a fast-paced crime novel, a great read for anyone who is an aficionado of the genre.

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Published March 15, 2024

About the author

Lee Swanson has enjoyed a lifetime interest in medieval history. Living in both Germany and England for extended periods of his life, he traveled extensively to seek out-of-the-way places with a little-known story to tell. Among his favorite places are the cities and towns that serve as the settings for his novels, such as Lubeck in Germany, Bruges in Belgium, and London.


Holding a Master’s Degree in European History from the University of North Florida, Lee’s thesis centered on the Hansa, a confederation of merchants from primarily northern German cities in the 12th through seventeenth centuries. Many of the colorful characters who populate his novels are drawn from the lives of these resolute men who traveled the waterways of Europe in search of profit and prestige.


After lengthy careers as a soldier and an educator, Lee now spends his time as a bed and breakfast owner in coastal Maine with his beloved Karine and their dog, Banjo,