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Ben and Lizzie Ross return in "a well-plotted and compelling mystery with lively characters and a strong invocation of fog-bound Victorian England" (Promoting Crime Fiction).
It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant.
Ben must establish who the victim is...
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Crime and criminals keep getting in the way of Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West's personal life. The woman he loves is living in his house, in his spare bedroom. It should be simple, but it isn't. He has a solution. A romantic weekend away, in a lighthouse on Clare Island. A stunning place, a beautiful woman. What could be more perfect? When one of the islanders dies in a bizarre and a tragic accident, West is roped in to help. But it isn't an accident,...
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From "an accomplished veteran" of crime fiction, a Victorian murder mystery featuring a female sleuth and her detective husband (Kirkus Reviews).
On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local...
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From "an accomplished veteran" of crime fiction, a Victorian murder mystery featuring a female sleuth and her detective husband (Kirkus Reviews).
When Mr. Thomas Tapley is found bludgeoned to death in his sitting room, his neighbor, Inspector Benjamin Ross of Scotland Yard, is immediately summoned.
Little is known about the elusive gentleman until Mr. Jonathan Tapley, QC, hears of the news, and the truth about his cousin's tragic past slowly...
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A mysterious advert in a newspaper promising to restore hope to the hopeless brings together four strangers. None realizing they will end up investigating a twisted and troubling crime that threatens their very futures. Mitch, a former Crime Scene Investigator, Olivia, a brilliant PhD student, and Florence, a middle-aged solicitor, find themselves working with an enigmatic newspaper editor who refers to himself only as Ed. But when, Maddie, a teenage...
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Ten people. Twelve days. One killer. Ten people meet for a reunion at a remote castle, organised by a preacher who once held them in a Christian cult. One by one, the old friends are brutally murdered, and yet their killer remains hidden in their very midst. Rafe attends the reunion at the castle for one reason only: to settle once and for all how he really feels about his childhood obsession, Suzanne. Rivalry reignites at the outset as the men who...
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In Victorian England, a Scotland Yard inspector and his wife investigate a condemned man's claim about a seventeen-year-old murder.
A hanged man would say anything to save his life. But what if his testimony is true?
When Inspector Ben Ross is called to Newgate Prison by a man condemned to die by the hangman's noose he isn't expecting to give any credence to the man's testimony. But the account of a murder he witnessed over seventeen years ago...
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A Wife. An Annoying Husband. A Mindful Killer.Women kill people.Bella Dawson goes home after a short prison sentence. She loves mindfulness. Bella hates her husband.Bella must be mindful to build a new life.A twisted, riveting, compelling crime short story about love, future and hate.BUY NOW!
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This killer takes no prisoners... Recently promoted to Detective Sergeant, Nasreen Maqsood is given the case of a brutalised body found dead in a car park. When they discover the victim was dragged around the car park by a pick-up truck and the killer recorded the murder, Nasreen realises she has her work cut out. She also has a new partner, Alicia Weekes, and the two detectives don't get on. When the victim is identified, the case takes an interesting...
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A classic mystery from "an accomplished veteran . . . { who} knows her history and relates it with charm in this peek at Victorian morals and foibles" (Kirkus Reviews).
It is 1864 when Lizzie Martin takes up the post of lady's companion to a wealthy widow who is also a slum landlord. Lizzie is intrigued to learn that her predecessor as companion had disappeared, supposedly having run off with an unknown man. But when the girl's body is found...
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A Kind Assassin. A Stupid Prime Minister. A Prime Assassination.Leaders die.Assassin Brooklyn Collins manages children's football. She reads at nursing homes. Brooklyn plots a death.The UK's future depends on Brooklyn.A gripping, tense, unputdownable crime story readers will love.BUY NOW!
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A Few Days Until Christmas. An Abusive Mother. One Brother To Protect Everyone.Abuse happens everywhere.Farm boy Tyler Gray loves family. He hates his abusive mother. Tyler protects them.The fate of Tyler's siblings depends on him.If you enjoy dark heart wrecking mystery short stories. You will love this one!BUY NOW!
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An Election. A Far-Right Threat. One Woman To Solve It.An election needs fixing.Piper fixes elections. She discovers a far-right plot. Piper knows innocent lives hang in the balance.Can she stop the plot in time?If you enjoy enthralling gripping mystery crime short stories, you need to read this one!
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The truth lies in the darkest places... When an anonymous call sends police to a house in Sheffield, a dead couple are discovered in the kitchen. Their skulls have been caved in, their hands mutilated, and their eyes damaged beyond recognition. When Detective Inspector Lucy Miller is handed the investigation, she is thrilled. She loves high-profile cases. But when her boss is involved in a traffic collision the investigation is stripped from her and...
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An Assassin. A Strange Group. Deadly Secrets.Reggie dies today.Assassin Reggie Lordwood stalks a target. He watches bright snow. Reggie feels growing darkness.Reggie faces shocking truths.A gripping, enthralling, shocking crime story hooking readers from first to last word. BUY NOW!
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A HEART-STOPPING CRIME THRILLER WITH A TWIST THAT YOU WON'T SEE COMING Is the truth stranger than fiction? Newly retired, Hannah Sanderson loves, reading crime novels so, when her favorite author, Jonas Burke, comes to town for a book signing, she wants to meet him. However, when she starts reading his latest novel, she finds that one of the crimes featured in it is too close to home. When DS Sally Fielding discovers that her police officer father...
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An Assassin. A Local Gangster. A Dying Neighbourhood.Bullies must die.Assassin Lily Hamilton arrives in a dying neighbourhood. She sees fear rip through the community. Lily needs the local gangster to die.The fate of a neighbourhood rests on Lily.If you enjoy enthralling, fast paced crime stories. You'll love this one!BUY NOW!
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A Captured Prime Minister. An Impossible Situation. A Country In Trouble.Every country needs a hero.Former MI6 Officer Abbie arrives at a dire crisis. She sees police everywhere. Abbie knows she can help.The fate of the world depends on Abbie.If you love suspenseful, high-stake mystery stories. You will love this one!BUY NOW!
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How do you make sense of your mother who married five times or your father who left his birth family and changed his name? What do you do with three differing newspaper accounts of your father's death? How does your uncle, "the Dynamite Man," the most arrested gangster in St. Louis, fit into all this? In an intersection of Mormons and mobsters, Stevenson takes you on a journey of discovery that spans seven generations and two-thirds of the continental...
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