Isobel Blackthorn

A delightful Australian cozy mystery filled with quirky characters and unexpected twists, Too Bright for Murder is the second book in Isobel Blackthorn's Ruth Finlay Mysteries.

When Ruth finds herself saddled with writing a feature on Myrtle Bay’s annual horse carnival, she knows she is out of her depth. Horse racing is just not her thing.A fatal accident during a maiden race on the first day catapults Ruth headlong into a confusing inquiry. Her sidekick Doris...

When feature writer Ruth Finlay and her elderly neighbor Doris Cleaver visit an antique and collectibles market in the small town of Myrtle Bay, they get a lot more than they bargained for. After Ruth's old tennis coach is found dead, they discover that there's no lack of people who harbor a...

Haunted by demons past and present, geologist Ann Salter seeks sanctuary on the exotic island of Lanzarote. There, she meets charismatic author Richard Parry and indigenous potter Domingo, and together they explore the island....

Seeking asylum from the wreckage of her life, Yvette Grimm arrives in Australia and overstays her holiday visa. Desperate to carve a life for herself as an illegal British migrant, she invests her hopes in a palm-reader’s prophecy: She is to meet the father of her children before she’s 30...

Southern Australia, 1983. While Middle-aged stalwart Miriam rolls into town in her broken down car, Frankie—a deer hunter—is up in the forested hinterland with her gun. Meanwhile, fisherwoman Old Pearl sits on her front deck with her dog, a glass of whiskey in her hand, and Emily, the...

Librarian Heather Brown discovers the fascinating life of Alice Bailey - a long forgotten occultist....

Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Billy ended Marjorie's career, and she needs an explanation - an apology....

Across two continents, two sets of mothers and daughters are bound by a dark mystery. On a winter’s day in the Dandenong Ranges, Australia, pianist Ginny returns home to her eccentric mother, Harriet. Ginny tries to apprise the truth of her father’s disappearance. In an effort to distract...

At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish heiress in London as she reminisces over her dear friend, Oscar Wilde. As the story of Wilde unravels, so does Emma’s past. What really happened to her husband? She’s taken back to her days in...

From tragic beginnings as an aristocratic orphan to becoming the mother of the New Age spiritual movement, Alice A. Bailey is one of the modern era’s most misunderstood occult figures....

Infused with gentle optimism, these 15 uncompromising stories explore themes of sacrifice and hope in domestic relationships. Mum and Nan struggle to contrive a sense of normal family life in the emotionally charged environment of a women’s shelter. A visual artist faces the return of her...

Voltaire’s Garden is a memoir of creating a sustainable lifestyle, back-to-earth style, on a 15-acre cattle paddock in an idyllic pocket of southeast Australia, made famous by the bushfires of New Year’s Eve 2019....

A regular Sunday night in a Las Vegas strip club is rocked when a local oddball dies mysteriously during his private dance. Amber falls immediately in lust with the hot paramedic who arrives and follows him outside, anticipating sizzling romance....

After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to and should he hand it in...or keep it? Listen to find out more....

Hapless musician Adam Banks stands on the bridge over the river that cleaves the isolated village of Burton. He thinks of turning back. He should be looking forward to his guest spot at The Cabin Sessions, but fear stirs when he opens the door on the Cabin's incense-choked air....

When her zany neighbour Doris Cleaver invites Ruth Finlay on a hiking tour with a mixed group of trauma survivors, neither anticipates that they'll have to solve a murder.

When Ruth lets her neighbour and sidekick Doris accompany her on a trip to Cape Bridgewater, an idyllic coastal location known for its pristine natural beauty, the last thing she expects to find is a body.

When Ingrid flees a violent husband to become a housekeeper in the Scottish Highlands, she discovers the family she works for has a much darker history than her own. Who haunts Strathbairn? Why are the adult McCleod children at each other’s throats? And why does the youngest sneak off at night?

Once again, HellBound Books Publishing brings you an outstanding collection of horror, dark, slippery things, and supernatural terror - all from the very best up and coming minds in the genre.