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After the drama in Biggleswade, our crime-busting duo head to York for the annual Yorkshire pudding competition and a well-earned rest …… well fat chance of that because they interrupt a robbery before they can even get to the venue. When Albert realises he’s stumbled across something much bigger than a random mugging, he decides, for once, to leave the crime-solving to the locals.

Baking. It can get a guy killed. In the small Bedfordshire town of Biggleswade, retired detective Albert, and former police dog, Rex, are enjoying a peaceful break from the murder and mayhem of the last week. Until the waitress serving him is arrested for murder …… and he discovers she killed the café’s owner three days ago. But Albert saw her eyes when the police came for her – she is innocent! With evidence stacked against her, no alibi, and both motive and opportunity, she will carry the blame unless someone can prove otherwise.

Sacramento has its share of spooky, crazy, and unexplained, just like everywhere else, but most other places don’t have a self-appointed paranormal investigator to really stir things up. There are good reasons to fear the night. August Watson is about to kick them in the pants. With an oversized sidekick, a school-skipping apprentice, and too many bad habits to count, August aims to drag the truth into the light. Kicking and screaming if necessary.

Hired by a wealthy developer, August finds himself in Scotland where the mythical beastie is manifesting in physical form. Numerous sightings, together with claw marks and other physical evidence, are causing costly construction delays. Suspecting local objectors, August knows there will be more to the mystery than first meets the eyes, but when things get deadly, he isn’t above calling in a little help.

Possessions, monsters in the mist, alien abductions ... the frickin Loch Ness Monster? He's bitten off way more than he can chew in the second half of this slick urban fantasy series.

Moored among the tranquil islands off Thailand's coast, the Aurelia's passengers are completely unaware of the danger lurking just out of sight. Patricia would happily remain oblivious, too, but that's not really how her life works. So when a couple report their teenage kids have gone missing, the ship's detective swings into action. Had she glimpsed the terror awaiting her, she might have thought twice. There's a secret to uncover, the kind people will kill to protect, and she must expose it if there is any hope of rescuing the missing teenagers.

Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting… Chloe Mayfield is rebuilding – her love life, her career, and most importantly, Blue Moon Division, the only branch in the entire Boston Police Department tasked with investigating the paranormal. Having brought about an end to the war with the...

Welcome to the wild world of Patricia Fisher—respectable English lady, freshly-minted private investigator, and full-time magnet for mayhem. One minute she’s buttering her crumpet, the next she’s knee-deep in corpses, conspiracies, and career criminals. So much for a quiet life in the village! With a ninja butler by her side, Patricia tackles gangsters, killers, and generally bad eggs using nothing but her razor-sharp wit.

Growing up in Boston, Chloe Mayfield has always felt a special affinity for the ocean. The salt-filled breezes, fresh lobster from the bay, and familiar songs of the sailors maneuvering their ships in and out of the harbor are just a few of the things she loves. Dead knights washing up on the...

Beware the voices in the mist. Their promises are lies. On a research trip to Alaska, Maya Adler has no business investigating a mysterious ghost ship, but she’s not the kind of person who listens to reasonable advice and one of her best friends is a paranormal detective after all. However, what started with innocent curiosity soon becomes a quest for the truth when five strangers arrive in town claiming to be survivors from the ship. What happened to them? Why do they all remember the incident so differently. Did they kill the rest of the crew?

Fuelled by anger and decision-impaired by gin, Patricia boards the world’s finest luxury cruise ship for a three-month tour of the world … and awakes to find herself embroiled in a thirty-year-old priceless jewel theft. Less than twenty-four hours after setting sail, she’s accused of murder and confined to her cabin. Thankfully, she is staying in the royal suite and that means she has a butler to help her. When he recruits his gym instructor BFF, Barbie, the trio turn detective to find the real killer.

Am Strand von Cawsand werden Goldmünzen eines jahrhundertealten gesunkenen Schatzschiffs gefunden. Tempest, der von den Ereignissen in Cawsand nichts mitbekommen hat und glaubt, dass eine Woche Urlaub überfällig sei, reist mit seinen Hunden nach Cornwall, um sich zu entspannen und vielleicht den einen oder anderen Cream Tea zu genießen. Die Chancen dafür stehen schlecht, denn noch bevor er sein zweites Bier ausgetrunken hat, steckt er schon mitten in der Geschichte mit den mörderischen Geistern.

Maya is missing. All August has to go on is a note she left behind. A note that suggests she is a really deep trouble. Never one to play it safe, Maya was investigating a doomsday cult when she vanished. But was the note even from her, or is it a lure to draw August into their web? With only the faintest hint of a breadcrumb trail to follow, August must use all his cunning to locate not just Maya, but the cult itself. They are like smoke, hiding in the shadows.

The paranormal? It's all nonsense, but proving it might get her killed. Chloe Mayfield has found herself in some tight spots before, but a full-on war? That’s new territory for her. Branded a terrorist and enemy of the United Fairy Commonwealth, she’s under fire from every direction, and...

When the curtain falls, so does the body… In the picturesque village of Ashbury, Kent, the local amateur dramatics group is ready to bring *Hamlet* to the stage. But the performance takes a deadly turn when one of their own is found stabbed behind the arras, just like Polonius. Veteran actor...

People are going missing in rural California. That might not make it onto August’s radar, but their sudden reappearance with tales of alien abduction sure does. It’s not just some wilderness bumpkins with too much moonshine in their bloodstream though, a US Airforce pilot had to ditch his plane in the wake of a close encounter and that’s much harder to ignore. Just what is going on in the desert? Can it really be something not of this world?

Sometimes the oldest secrets are the hardest ones to keep. When retired police detective, Albert Smith, and his dog wander into a small town in the French mountains, no one expects the trouble they will uncover. A body has been unearthed at a nearby archaeological dig and it’s clear no one was...

On board the world’s finest luxury cruise ship, the days are filled with sunshine, cocktails, and incredible new places to explore. Unless you are employed as the ship’s detective, that is. That job falls to a lady called Patricia Fisher, a whip-smart sleuth whose special skills include attracting trouble, getting shot at, and running away screaming.

Dirk De Graaf has kept his deadly secret for twenty-three years. Not one person on the planet knows. Until today. A chance encounter in the street threatens to expose everything and topple an empire he built with little more than ruthless cunning. But it's just one man. One old man. And one old...

Mike Atwell is in trouble, he just doesn’t know how deep yet. His life as a private investigator is yet to generate any income, and another unpaid case just landed on his desk – Frosty Fred, the county’s favourite ice cream salesman has just been found dead at the wheel of the chilly...