Welcome to
​Vacations Can Be Murder!
​A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide

As Close as You Can Get to Murder While Still Breathing!

The first of the multi-volume series covers New England!

​For the true crime lover—finally, a travel guide from an award-winning travel journalist and suspense author that gives you the down and dirty on exactly where the major crimes occurred, and where the bodies are buried. For aficionados of paranormal, prison, and tombstone travel, there’s a goldmine of tourism suggestions for you here as well.

Along with summaries of the major crimes committed in New England, you’ll discover where to find the best crime and ghost tours; which hotels and restaurants are former jails, courthouses, or harbor paranormal activity; where infamous criminals are/were jailed, and which venues and attractions might feed your fancy for murder and justice. Reading lists in each chapter will guide you to books expounding on the crimes discussed.. Best of all, suggested itineraries bring all the pieces together to help you traverse New England’s criminal landscape in an organized, entertaining way. Up for a true crime road trip? Let Vacations Can Be Murder be your ultimate travel guide.

​Whatever your interests...

Maybe you have a thing for true crime.
Perhaps you are into tombstone travel.
Or want to meet a ghost face to face.
Or want to pass by the prisons
​housing famous criminals...
It's all in Vacations Can Be Murder!

Volume 1 ​Out March 25, 2025

In August Level Best Books will publish
the next of this multi-volume series: Mid-Atlantic States!
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About the Author

Dawn M. Barclay is an award-winning fiction and non-fiction author who wrote the Lowell Thomas Gold-winning travel guide: Traveling Different  (2022, Rowman & Littlefield) as well as several psychological /domestic thrillers as D.M. Barr. She is on the board of Sisters in Crime-NY/Tri-State, a former board member and current member of Mystery Writers of America-NY, a member of International Thriller Writers, Society of American Travel Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the New York Travel Writers Association. She loves to hear from readers so be sure to write to her at VacationsCanBeMurder@ gmail.com.