Bøker av Neive Denis

1 body. 1bus. 1 canine terrorist. 2 rebel uprisings. 2 relationships in trouble. The Merivale Retirement Village residents hope things return to normal soon. Their life is never dull, but does it have to be so demanding and intense?

Private Investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington, finds herself entangled in a web of deceit and danger when she takes on a seemingly routine case for the enigmatic businesswoman, Janine Thomlinson. Initially tasked with investigating Janine's husband's suspected affair, Sony's case takes an unexpected turn when Janine is involved in a suspicious accident, leaving her hospitalised for several days. As Sonny delves deeper into the case, she discovers that the Thomlinson mansion holds secrets far darker than a simple affair. Strange incidents begin to occur there. A security guard is drugged and surveillance footage is tampered with, pointing to the presence of an intruder in the mansion. Janine's financial auditor disappears amid signs of a brutal struggle, and Janine's marriage is under a microscope. When Sonny intensifies her investigation, she becomes the target of a deadly assailant and barely escapes with her life. As the pieces fall into place, Sonny realises she is racing against time to save her client. Her determination and resourcefulness are tested as she fights to uncover the truth and save her client.Layers of Deception weaves an intricate tapestry of suspense, danger, and intrigue, as it follows Sonny Whittington on her relentless pursuit of justice in a world where secrets lurk around every corner and danger lies in the shadows.

How do you prove you are who you claim to be? After the death of the only parents she ever knew, Kirsty McGregor is devastated to learn she was adopted. In the course of trying to establish her true identity, she uncovers a possible link to a longstanding deceased estate which includes a substantial property and a big old house. The gruelling process to prove her identity, necessary to substantiate her claim, leaves her psychologically fragile and in a dark place. Long-time friend and Private Investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington, steps in to help search for any surviving members of Kirsty's family, and to help and support Kirsty in discovering her tragic background.

After some twenty years away from her home town, Stella Martin returns for a high school reunion. Her life becomes bizarre when a girl she barely knew claims her as a long lost best friend. After discovering they both now live in the same town, the ''friend'' maintains contact. Stella''s decision to attend the high school reunion destroys her life. After engaging Private Investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington, to investigate recent changes in his wife''s behaviour, Stella''s husband experiences first-hand something of the world impacting on his wife. Early in her investigation, Sonny discovers her new case requires her to work closely with the local police on one of their cases if she is to discover what is happening to Stella Martin.

Unholy Secrets is the story of a daughter''s dtermination to uncover the truth about her father''s death.After eight years away from home, Lucy Telford returns to resolve the circumstances of her father''s death more than three years earlier. At the time, the police believed it was suicide, but their botched investigation resulted in a coroner''s open verdict due to a lack of evidence presented. Lucy turns to local Private Investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington, to look into his death. To uncover the secrets surrounding the event, Sonny delves into past associations and relationships in the hope of finding answers. She discovers a story of a sinister plan, an adulterous wife, an illegitimate child, murder, drugs, secrets and lies and, above all else, heartbreak.

Why would security services owner, Frank Hensley, need to engage a private investigator? Intrigued by that question, private investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington, can’t resist taking the case. Early in her first night on the job, one of Hensley’s security patrols is ambushed. She doesn’t know it then, but the incident marks the start of a case more complex than anticipated.With the attack on the patrol a police matter, Sonny is forced to suspend work on her case for a while. To fill in the anticipated few days until the police complete their investigation, Sonny and a friend head to Sonny’s beach cottage on a remote island. When a series of incidents occur soon after their arrival, she soon realises she hasn’t left the Hensley case behind. It followed her to the island. As the situation there escalates, Sonny is forced to call on long-time friend, Millhaven Police Superintendent, Ben Richards, for assistance.Together, they investigate a network involving abduction, corruption, deception, drugs and a rising body count. Their ongoing challenge is to identify what is real, and who they can trust.

When a phone call ends Private Investigator, Sonoma (Sonny) Whittington’s planned lazy weekend, she has no idea she is about to be dragged into the murky world of drug trafficking, corrupt public servants, money laundering, death and attempts on her own life.Sonny’s former boss, Therese Melrose, is dead. The family can’t accept the Police verdict of domestic accident and asks Sonny to take a look at what happened. Although reluctant to revisit that earlier time in her life, Sonny agrees to spend a couple of days on an investigation. Key items are missing from the crime scene and the investigation quickly develops sinister overtones. Sonny finds herself having to call on former public service colleagues and long-time friend, Detective Ben Richards, for assistance to unravel clues that uncover Melrose’s dark side.

 After a number of years of working every waking hour as a way of dealing with the grief in her life, private investigator, SONOMA (Sonny) WHITTINGTON, takes time out and heads to England for a term of study at a university there. Those studies unexpectedly take her to work for a brief period on an archaeological dig site on the island of Crete. What she imagines will be a pleasant sojourn on a Mediterranean island turns into an adventure beyond her wildest imagination when Sonny and her supervisor, TROY DONALDSON, become aware of strange boats that visit their bay in the night.Sonny’s idyllic stay on Crete turns into a nightmare that takes her and her supervisor across the Mediterranean on the trail of stolen artefacts. Bodies begin littering the murky illegal trafficking world she and Troy find themselves drawn into. To avoid becoming part of that growing body count, they race across Sicily in a bid to outrun their pursuers. But the threat to their lives follows them.All Sonny wants is to return to her ‘real’ life. Who can they trust, and who is not what they purport to be? Sonny’s intuition and gut instinct must find the right answer to these questions if they are to avoid becoming a part of an ancient solution.