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How do I always attract trouble and drama?When a crewmember takes his own life but hands Patricia a cryptic note and a request to save Anna just before he jumps, she feels she has no choice but to honour his dying wish - save Anna ...... who is Anna?The note leads her to investigate the odd-looking and mysterious couple staying in cabin 2124 and so begins an adventure that leads Patricia and her friends through the streets and underbelly of Tokyo, Japan.Why did he kill himself? And what are the couple in 2124 up to?The quest to save the unidentified Anna is not her only problem, though. The captain, who has always been warm and friendly, appears to now be flirting with her. She's in her fifties, for goodness sake! How can she be thinking about starting again, but goodness, he is handsome and oh so charming.Before she can get to grips with that, they dock in Japan where waiting for her at the port is none other than her estranged husband, Charlie, the man whose cheating behaviour acted as the catalyst for her around the world adventure.He isn't done with their marriage it seems, but how does Patricia feel about him now that her anger has had time to dissipate?A mystery to solve, two men to pick from; how did her life get so complicated?Join Patricia and gang again for another pulse-pounding adventure onboard the world's finest luxury cruise ship.

When retired cop, Albert, arrives in Stilton for a festival, he has cheese on his mind, but that's not what he gets ... ... arriving the morning after the factory and warehouse have been raided, all the stilton is gone, and the security guard, Dave, who bravely fought to stop the thieves, needs someone's help to save the day. With sidekick Rex Harrison, the failed police dog, at his side, our aging but sprightly hero will put his ear to the ground and his mind to work as he unravels the clues to this mystery. Rex and Albert will be tested like never before in this quiet English town as they catch the first glimpse of a criminal mastermind at work. Can they find the cheese in time to save the festival? Will Rex be able to smell the answer with all the stinky cheese around? It's a race against time to solve this crime but is there something bigger going on? Can this really just be about some mouldy cheese?

A cruise ship filled with gangsters, a missing woman, and a new head of security who can't do his job. What's a middle-aged sleuth to do?Patricia just wants to spend more time in the company of Alistair Huntley, the offensively handsome captain of the Aurelia who seems only too happy to host her. But as the Aurelia sets sail from Miami, it does so with a dangerous new addition: there is a mob boss among the passengers and he's on the run - from more mobsters!Any romantic notions are soon put aside when the mobster's reluctant-looking bride-to-be goes missing and Patricia is unexpectedly volunteered to solve the mystery of her disappearance.There's a cryptic ransom note where the missing woman should be and one of her bodyguards is soon found - with a hole in his head!Regretting her decision to help out, it's not long before the opposing mobster factions take an interest in Patricia's involvement.Someone has the missing bride, everyone wants her, and they all think Patricia knows where she is.With ever-faithful butler, Jermaine, at her side and perfect blonde, Barbie, to distract the men, Patricia will still have to go all out to unravel the riddle before anyone else turns up dead.Where is the kidnapped bride?Find out for yourself as you take another hilarious, action-filled voyage with Patricia Fisher.The Kidnapped Bride is the second in a 10-book series as Patricia Fisher rediscovers herself, uncovers a skill for unravelling mysteries, and from the ashes of her marriage, becomes the phoenix she was always meant to be.

Who would call if your family were not the only ones occupying your house? The cops? Sure. But you already know the 'thing' living with you isn't bound by mortal laws.August Watson specialises in all things spooky and weird; it's his niche in the P.I. market, but this case might just be a little too far into left field even for him.But how can he turn down a family in distress? Too terrified to return to their home and convinced their little girl has been possessed by a demonic entity, they beg for his help.He's faced his past. He's faced his demons. Now it's time he faced the truth.Get ready for your spine to shudder, August Watson has a case to crack.

If she doesn't break her father out of prison, the man she loves will be killed.With the help of a wild-card FBI agent and a brother involved with the Seattle mob, Artemis Blythe plans a prison break. But in order to get close to the warden, she promises to solve a twenty-year-old cold case that has baffled the FBI for decades.Now, the genius FBI consultant must solve the old murder, trick the warden, and-most of all-figure out a way to outwit her father and whoever is behind the diabolical plan to set him free.

A homecoming baptized in bones...Artemis Blythe has returned to her old stomping grounds, this time as an official consultant of the FBI.And this new case will be like none other. A mass grave is found in the mountains. The bones of long forgotten victims hidden in a mineshaft.The mountains outside Pinelake are combed for more victims. And then another mass grave is found. And another.And while Artemis sets out with Agents Grant, Forester and Wade to solve the old cases, she's faced with a spine-chilling thought. What if some of these bones belong to her sister?Helen disappeared around the same time as these graves were formed.In a twist, Artemis is forced to confront old fears in a race against the clock to find the most prolific serial killer she's ever heard of.And through it all... she can only hope her sister Helen isn't identified among the slain.

Two skeletons are found with arms wrapped in an infinite embrace, discovered at the bottom of the sea.The corpses of a young couple are discovered in a crabbing cage off the coast of Alaska. Someone is murdering young married couples, and his taunting notes to the police call his next shot. He promises to next kill Nome's sweethearts-Priscilla Porter and Chief Baker.With her sister and brother-in-law threatened, FBI Agent Ella Porter is serving out her banishment in the small, gold-mining town, and is now faced with enemies from every direction. A tycoon of a father who wants her dead. An internal investigation that wants her job. And now a murderer striking the shores of the small, wilderness town she once called her home.Against this tidal wave of opposition, she's forced to use every ounce of cunning and training to outwit and outlast. And through it all, she's determined to bring this new, demented murderer to shore.

A cold knife, a brutal laugh.Then the odds-defying escape.Once a hypnotist with her own TV show, now, Sophie Quinn works as a full-time consultant for the FBI. Everything changed six years ago. She can still remember that horrible night. Slated to be the River Killer's tenth victim, she managed to slip her bindings and barely escape where so many others failed. Her sister wasn't so lucky.And now the killer is back.Two PHDs later, she's now a rising star at the FBI. Her photographic memory helps solve crimes, but also helps her to never forget. She saw the River Killer's tattoo. She knows what he sounds like. And now, ten years later, he's active again.Sophie Quinn heads back home to the swamps of Louisiana, along the Mississippi River, intent on evening the score and finding the man who killed her sister. It's been six years since she's been home, though. Broken relationships and shattered dreams exist among the bayous, the rivers, the waterways and swamps of Louisiana; can Sophie find her way home again? Or will she be the River Killer's next victim to float downstream?

When they found the body of a stowaway in the bowels of the ship, no one could have predicted the storm of trouble heading their way.Three-hundred-year-old coins found with the dead man's meager belongings point to a treasure thought lost to the ocean long ago. However, when the arrival of a murderous mystery figure forced Patricia and her friends to figure things out for themselves, they questioned if the trail they now follow might just lead to one of the greatest treasure finds ever recorded.Some might call that exciting, but for the gang on board the Aurelia, they have another word: deadly.They are playing someone else's game and not only are the rules unclear, they are constantly one step behind.In the Canaries, they were being spied on. In Rio they found only bodies instead of answers - the mystery man left no one alive to reveal his secrets. Arriving in New York, things are about to get a whole lot worse.But sometimes the only way to avoid trouble is to hit it head on.

He photographs them as they die beneath the Northern Lights...Three bodies have turned up just outside of Juneau. The capital of Alaska has no roads leading out of it, and FBI agent Ella Porter arrives by plane with the sinking suspicion that it might be a one-way trip.Someone is murdering the most beautiful women in the city, hunting them down and posing them under the Northern Lights. The photographs capture the terror in their eyes as they die... And each photograph has a single letter written under it.But what is the killer spelling?And how many letters remain?It's up to Ella Porter to find out what it all means before the killer continues his spree. But with no roads out of the city, and all eyes on her, Ella finds herself caught in the crosshairs, and before long, she's the one trapped beneath a killer's knife, fighting for her survival in the lonely beauty of the Alaskan wilderness.

Genius Chessmaster and FBI consultant Artemis Blythe is now suspected of murder, accused of picking off competition in her upcoming tournament.The evidence is iron clad. They have her on camera entering the room of the most recent murder victim minutes before he died.The FBI is sent to arrest her, and Artemis is forced to flee, running to her brother-who has ties to the Seattle mob-in order to lay low. It's now a race against time for Artemis to clear her name and find the real killer before the FBI locates her.But time spent with her twin brother yields clues to another case-the disappearance of their sister, seventeen years ago. In a shocking climax, Artemis learns once and for all: what happened to Helen? All the while tackling her most mind-bending case yet.

Artemis Blythe is on the run with only a convicted serial killer as an ally.In order to rescue the man she loves, chessmaster and FBI agent Artemis has to perform a task for the man she hates. The Ghost-killer's demand is simple: find Helen.Artemis' sister has been missing for nearly twenty years, long thought dead. And now, in order to appease her father and his accomplice, Artemis must discover what happened to Helen Blythe all those years ago.Once upon a time, she'd thought the Ghost-killer had murdered his own daughter.But new evidence is found, and Artemis is no longer so certain... The truth, it turns out, is far more bone-chilling.

Tempest Michaels has a vampire problem.He's an old hat at this game and dealing with cases like this are his speciality. Except this time ...... the vampires are his clients.When someone starts targeting members of the local vampire Live Action Role Play club, there's only one person they can think of to turn to - their old nemesis, Tempest Michaels.Unfortunately for Tempest, when he takes the case, he doesn't realise they automatically assume that means twenty-four-hour protection. All too soon he has vampire wannabes camping on his lawn, he has vampires wannabes sleeping in his shed, and as for his office ...He needs to solve this case and fast and it's not the only one demanding his attention.Hold on to your butts because this one's going to be a thrill-ride!

Artemis has her life back, but she needs to lay low for a while. She retreats to a sleepy beachside resort for some much needed R&R.But then two teenagers go missing. According to security, though, they never left their rooms. Now, Artemis is reluctantly dragged back into a game of cat and mouse in an old castle-turned-hotel. Amidst the ancient, imported stone work, and the luxurious resort amenities, she hunts a killer who strikes without a trace.At the same time, she's still in contact with her family of fugitives. She knows it isn't advised, but Artemis considers bringing in her own father to help on this most baffling case.

She should say no.She's not a detective after all.But how can she?When Felicity Philips receives a panicked call from an old friend, there simply isn't a way that she can turn him down.Edward, the jeweller to the crown, is in deep trouble and he cannot tell the police. His terrible truth must be kept secret.But what is his motivation for calling Felicity? Does he really believe she is the only one who can help? Or are his motivations more personal and dark than he is letting on?With her usual cast of supporting misfits, Felicity is going to see what she can do ...... but when she uncovers the truth, will she be able survive it?

A blizzard is coming, and a murderer known as the Mockingbird stalks the snow.Seven teenagers went into the mountains on a camping trip. Two days later, their parents lost contact.And now a young woman's body is found tied to a tree. The campsite was destroyed, and the others are all missing. But rumors abound, and a folktale resurrects-legends say there's a wildman in the mountains known as the Mockingbird who mimics the voices of those he kills.In the small, gold-mining town of Nome, FBI Agent Ella Porter is called in to hunt the killer in the mountains and to discover what happened to the other campers.Meanwhile, Ella's father wants revenge against his daughter, and a serial killer from Ella's past-the man who cost her everything-is on his way to Nome.

A skeleton is found entombed in a hundred-year-old tree, then another, fresher body in a much younger tree.Is it a century-old killer? Or a family of murderers who've passed their grisly trade down through the generations?Brilliant FBI Agent Ella Porter, currently banished to the small town of Nome, discovers a woman's remains in an ancient tree and the clues bring her to a small, secluded lake town in the beautiful inland of Alaska. Meanwhile, a wraith from her past wants to forge an unlikely alliance, but some boundaries can't be uncrossed.Aided by an unwanted informant, as well as her old friend, Brenner Gunn, Ella Porter sets out to solve her most harrowing case yet. Meanwhile, secrets from her past are being unearthed, and threats are closing in.

Honeymoon horror leaves three newlyweds dead...Three brides turn up murdered in the isolated vineyards and wineries of the Cascade Mountains. And three different grooms are accused of murdering their newlywed spouses.Each of the grooms admit to the murders.But one of the suspected killers happens to be the younger brother of everyone's favorite coroner, Dr. Miracle Bryant. Bryant contacts her friends with the FBI, and soon, Artemis and Forester find themselves investigating honeymoon horrors.Few places are more isolated than the sparse vineyards in the Cascade Mountains. The serene beauty is haunted by the specter of the grisly murders, and it's up to Artemis Blythe to clear the names of three men who have already admitted to their guilt.And what better way to investigate someone admitting a crime they didn't commit, than by partnering with the man she assumed was the Ghost-killer for nearly two decades.

Once a rising star in the FBI, with the best case closure rate of any investigator, Ella Porter is now exiled to a small gold mining town bordering the wilderness of Alaska. The reason for her new assignment? She allowed a prolific serial killer to escape custody.But what no one knows is that she did it on purpose.The day she shows up in Nome, bags still unpacked, the wife of the richest gold miner in town goes missing. This is the second woman to vanish in as many days. And it's up to Ella to find out what happened.Assigning Ella to Nome is no accident, either. Though she swore she'd never return, Ella grew up in the small, gold mining town, treated like royalty as a child due to her own family's wealth. But like all gold tycoons, the Porter family secrets are as dark as Ella's own.

Even billionaires bleed...Ecola State Park is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful preserves in the country, surrounded by some of the wealthiest communities in the world. But amidst the scenic coastlines, and the hiking trails, the bodies of the wealthy and the elite are turning up dead.Three wounds each, one for each comma in their bank accounts. Secret billionaire parties and tight-lipped communities stump genius chessmaster and FBI trainee Artemis Blythe; she fears she may have finally met her match.The wealthy local communities blame the off-grid population known to be living in the state park, but Artemis isn't so sure. She thinks something far more nefarious is at foot.

The skeletons in her closet are twitching...Genius chessmaster and FBI consultant Artemis Blythe swore she'd never return to the misty Cascade Mountains.Her father-a notorious serial killer, responsible for the deaths of seven women-is now imprisoned, in no small part due to a clue she provided nearly fifteen years ago.And now her father wants his vengeance.A new serial killer is hunting the wealthy and the elite in the town of Pinelake. Artemis' father claims he knows the identity of the killer, but he'll only tell daughter dearest. Against her will, she finds herself forced back to her old stomping grounds.Once known as a child chess prodigy, now the locals only think of her as 'The Ghostkiller's' daughter.In the face of a shamed family name and a brother involved with the Seattle mob, Artemis endeavors to use her tactical genius to solve the baffling case.Hunting a murderer who strikes without a trace, if she fails, the next skeleton in her closet will be her own.

Chessmaster and FBI consultant, Artemis Blythe, will have to keep her wits about her as she visits her old man, the Ghostkiller, in prison.A notorious murderer who targeted seven women in the sleepy town of Pinelake.Artemis only wants one thing: to discover if her sister, Helen, is still alive.But her father is making moves of his own. And now, outside the walls of the prison, a giant of a killer is drowning the daughters of powerful men...Artemis pits her wits against her father, this new killer, and anyone else in town who scorns her family name.

Chessmaster and FBI consultant Artemis Blythe is confronted by a case that tests her genius like nothing before...The troubled grandson of a close friend is found hanging above the gunshot body of his girlfriend. The police claim it's an open and shut murder-suicide.But Artemis Blythe isn't nearly so certain.She travels to Chicago, on behalf of her friend, to investigate the scene of the crime. Late night excursions into historic homes, run-ins with questionable detectives, and a pattern of violence buried under a pile of caution tape leads Artemis to her most harrowing conclusion yet.But even across state lines, her reputation as the Ghost-killer's daughter follows her, and Artemis is faced with a life-altering choice.

Wrongdoers, it's time to say your prayers!Despite a serious cat allergy and her mother's warnings of doom and disaster, Reverend Jessamy Ward is excited to return to her early childhood home on the Isle of Wesberrey. There she will take up her new role as parish priest of St. Bridget's Abbey.However, she should have heeded her mother's warning for there are secrets waiting for her. Secrets that do not wish to be known. Secrets that will force her to question not only her vocation but her sanity too.Worse yet, when her return coincides with a murder, could it be that she is the root cause?Finding herself on rocky ground, can Jess uncover the killer, or will the unearthing of her own family's secrets destroy her new life?

Wrong Doers, it's time to say your prayers!Jess Ward has only been back on the Isle of Wesberrey for a few weeks, but all the recent drama has made it feel a lot longer. Drama much increased by the unexpected arrival of her sister Susannah.The bishop is due in a few days to formally install her into the benefice of St. Bridget's and there is so much to prepare. Add to that a double funeral and a surprise visit from her mother and Jess has no time for family legends about the 'godmother' and the Well of the Triple Goddess.However, the disappearance of a wealthy businessman forces Jess to reexamine her personal connection to this ancient family myth - her family claim they can sense that he is dead.It's all madness, of course. But the discovery of his body at his father-in-law's funeral drags them all back into the island's darkest secrets.Her best friend has gone AWOL with the handsome undertaker and her sister is proving to be an unwanted distraction for the dishy police inspector.Things move fast on Wesberrey, and it's enough to make Jess dizzy. Or is that the result of reconnecting with her pagan past?

The summer regatta is in full swing, but this isn't the most highly anticipated event in the local social calendar. The wedding of the year is only days away, and romance is in the air for everyone ... until a body washes up.Was it a tragic accident?No, probably not.Following on from her recent sleuthing successes, the islanders expect Reverend Jess Ward to solve the mystery. But in a race to find the truth, will she be forced to accept her family's supernatural past? Can she crack this case without embracing her own mystical, pagan side?Find out in Consecrated Crime!

Murder in a remote island parish ought to be rare ...Knee-deep in offerings for the harvest festival and battling the bellringers who appear to be on strike, another mystery is the last thing Jess needs.However, when the latest body is discovered, it coincides with the arrival of a film crew looking to make a documentary about the now-famous sleuthing vicar. Worse yet, the TV people are led by an old flame.Unexpectedly at the center of her own true crime story, all she really wants to do is hide away with a pumpkin-spiced latte. Her cosy night by the fire will have to wait though. There's a killer at large.Add to the mix some clumsy attempts at courting from the school headmaster and more convincing romantic overtures from the handsome blast from the past and Jess is going to have her work cut out solving this one.

Jess Ward joined the Wesberrey Walkers to get fit. But it might be the death of her!Obliged to look after her older sister's handsome and driven Brazilian lover, Jess introduces Frederico to the local walking group. With the annual Wesberrey Walkathon a few weeks away, everyone has their sights on the prize, but is there someone in the group prepared to kill for it?A mysterious illness lays low several walkers and Jess suspects foul play. Who would deliberately poison their competition, and how did they do it? Still unsure of the reality of her newly discovered psychic abilities, but with little else to go on, Jess tries to channel help from a higher plane.Can Jess trust her own intuition? Who or what is bringing everyone to their knees? Is it a dodgy hummus, or a deadly human?Wrong Doers, it's time to say your prayers!

It's been nine months since Rev Jess Ward returned to the island of her birth. Nine crazy months of uncovering her family's pagan history, her own psychic gifts, and a veritable cornucopia of secrets and lies.Is it too much to hope that her first Halloween on Wesberrey will pass without incident?Of course it is.When tragedy strikes the island's close-knit community on the night when the veil between heaven and earth is at its thinnest, Jess needs her family more than ever. But although she is surrounded by those who love her, Jess has never felt so alone.Join Rev Jess Ward as she discovers her true identity and learns how to harness her new knowledge to root out those with murderous intent.