Tag: Mystery

The Amber Trap by Ellen Read.

The Amber Trap by Ellen Read.

Murder on the High Seas. Thomas Thornton reads the newspaper article. Can the murder of a young German man, fatally stabbed during a voyage out of London to Melbourne, have anything to do with the Thorntons? Alexandra’s curiosity is piqued when a Prussian Count, who travelled on the same ship, shows up at Thornton Antiques in search of a rare amber postage stamp. Alexandra Thornton and Benedict Archer have been married for one year. Benedict is estranged from his family, who own a vineyard in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Alexandra urges him to try to heal the breach….

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The Trafficking Murders by Brian O’Hare

The Trafficking Murders by Brian O’Hare

Lin Hui and Cheung Mingzhu win scholarships to study at Queen’s University in Belfast. Alina Balauru departs a poor farm in Romania for well paid work in Northern Ireland. Three lives harbouring long-cherished dreams. Three lives headed for tragedy. Sheehan and his Serious Crimes Unit discover the body of one of the young women in the garden of an upmarket residence. Confronted with violent Chinese racketeers, brutal human-traffickers and a fiendishly clever killer called The Shadow, they are baffled by a case that seems to lead in two entirely different directions. Can they find out who The Shadow is in…

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Freya’s Child by P.J. Roscoe.

Freya’s Child by P.J. Roscoe.

The perfect book for Halloween, the time when the veil between worlds is at its weakest… Helen Gunn moves to the Wirral, an area of England rich in ancient history, with her estranged husband and their three year old daughter Charlotte, in the hope of saving their marriage. When Charlotte starts talking to an imaginary friend and dark shadows threaten the family, Helen must face a parent’s worst nightmare and save her child. The Viking Einaar brought his family to England to farm the land and live in peace, but a sickness walks among his people and his child is…

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William Matlack’s latest novel.

William Matlack’s latest novel.

William’s latest novel is The Lazarus, a well written and fascinating tale based in San Francisco. The Bay Area is a sinister, living, breathing entity with a wicked sense of humor. James Bill, Private Investigator, spends most of his time chasing around cheating spouses, but this is all about to change when a mysterious woman enters his office, leaving behind an envelope with an old pawn ticket. No instructions, just a ticket and the name of a pawn shop. The mystery thickens when the woman ends up dead in the basement of his building, wrapped like a mummy in thick…

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The Coven Murders by Brian O’Hare

The Coven Murders by Brian O’Hare

The Coven Murders opens with a horrifying account of a ritual Black Mass with a human sacrifice in an abandoned church. Twenty-one years later, near an old ruined church in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Chief Inspector Sheehan and his team discover the skeleton of a young woman. But what seems initially to be a straightforward case, brings the team into conflict with a powerful Satanist who has plans to offer up to Satan another human sacrifice on the evening of the great Illuminati feast of Lughnasa. Several murders occur, baffling the Inspector until he makes a connection between…

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Disbelief by M.J.T. Meijer

Disbelief by M.J.T. Meijer

Multiple mass-poisonings at pilgrimage sites throughout Europe. Sophie Pearson, a successful artist, created paintings of the horrific events before they occurred. There are more sketches, implying other attacks are yet to take place. What does Sophie know? Who does she know? A serial killer, leaving dead bodies in five-star hotel rooms in the city of Amsterdam. James Edwards, multi-billionaire and founder of the ALA – the Atheist Liaison Association – has an alibi for the time of the poison attacks. But is it a coincidence he’s in Amsterdam at the time the serial killer hit? It is up to Chief…

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The Amber Trap by Ellen Read

The Amber Trap by Ellen Read

Murder on the High Seas. Thomas Thornton reads the newspaper article. Can the murder of a young German man, fatally stabbed during a voyage out of London to Melbourne, have anything to do with the Thorntons? Alexandra’s curiosity is piqued when a Prussian Count, who travelled on the same ship, shows up at Thornton Antiques in search of a rare amber postage stamp. Alexandra Thornton and Benedict Archer have been married for one year. Benedict is estranged from his family, who own a vineyard in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Alexandra urges him to try to heal the breach….

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A Spade and a Bottle of Port by Tam Meijer

A Spade and a Bottle of Port by Tam Meijer

Grace realizes hiding your husband’s body in the backyard is one thing, to ensure it remains hidden is a whole different matter. Add to that a line-up of mistresses looking for their lover-slash-Grace’s cheating-ass husband, a wedding reception, a mother with a fondness for smoking herbal cigarettes, and the task seems almost impossible. Luckily, she can count on Nat and Debs, her two best friends, to help out. But even with creative thinking and seizing opportunities when they present themselves, can Grace get away with murder? A funny, light-hearted, and somewhat outrageous story about the struggles in relationships and the…

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