Books

The Invite

Seven college friends. One stunning lakehouse. A weekend reunion that ends in murder…

The email arrives at 2.47 pm on an overcast October afternoon. An invite to a reunion at a luxurious, isolated lakeside house. It’s from Lexie, my ex-fiancée. The first contact we’ve had in three years, since she ripped my heart out with a single text message....

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The Carnival Murders: A captivating and pulse-pounding historical mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 7)

From the series: Tate and Bell Mysteries

The discovery of a murdered woman sparks a nightmare that may destroy everything for Gemma and Sebastian…

In a respectable London neighborhood, nurse Gemma Tate and her fiancé, Inspector Sebastian Bell, are planning their future together. But their dreams shatter when they discover a murdered young woman, carefully arranged in a darkened...

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Murder in the Maze: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 18 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

From the series: Redmond and Haze Mysteries

On New Year’s Eve, Professor Frederick Latham—renowned antiquarian and self-professed treasure hunter—gathers friends and rivals at his ancestral home. At midnight, he promises he will soon reveal the discovery that has defined his life’s work. But before the sun rises on the first day of the new decade, Latham is found dead at the heart of his...

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Murder on the Prince Regent: An unputdownable historical murder mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 6)

Book #6 from the series: Tate and Bell Mysteries

The ship rocks violently, and Gemma leans against the door to steady herself, but the figure on the narrow cabin bed doesn’t move at all…

London, 1859. Nurse Gemma Tate boards the American packet ship the Prince Regent to aid Inspector Sebastian Bell in investigating the death of a British aristocrat. But when she sees the crime scene, Gemma...

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The Lovers: An emotional and gripping historical page-turner (Echoes from the Past Book 1)

Book #1 from the series: Echoes from the Past

Their love was forbidden. But some passions echo through eternity.

London, 1664. Seventeen-year-old Elise de Lesseps wakes on the morning of her wedding, knowing her life is over. Sold into marriage to settle her father’s gaming debts, she’s bound to Lord Edward Asher—a man old enough to be her father and who harbors a twisted secret that will...

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Murder on Platform Four: A gripping and emotional historical mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 5)

Book #5 from the series: Tate and Bell Mysteries

A mysterious woman’s murder leads Sebastian and Gemma to risk everything to find a remorseless killer.

Inspector Sebastian Bell arrives at Paddington station through thick Victorian mist, hoping to reconcile with his estranged brother. Instead, he discovers a young woman’s body in an abandoned trunk, stabbed with a peculiar bone-handled knife....

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Murder in Bloody Weald: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 16 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

Book #16 from the series: Redmond and Haze Mysteries

A few days before Daniel Haze is to be married, he and Jason Redmond are drawn into society’s sordid underbelly when the son of Essex’s most violent crime boss is found dead in an ancient wood. They must wade through a long list of suspects to determine who hunted down Tristan Carmichael and murdered him in a way that was surely a message to his...

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Murder at the Orpheus Theatre: A totally enthralling historical mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 4)

Book #4 from the series: Tate and Bell Mysteries

She looks hardly more than a child, sleeping, her lashes long and thick as they rest against her rounded cheeks. But in the flickering gaslight, she is unnaturally still…

For Inspector Sebastian Bell and nurse Gemma Tate, a night at the theater becomes a deadly spectacle when the two lead actors are found dead on the stage, murdered before a...

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Murder at the Foundling Hospital: An addictive historical Victorian mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 3)

Book #3 from the series: Tate and Bell Mysteries

Gemma’s boots slip on uneven ground and her black cape catches in the wind as she runs. “Please, not Lucy,” she prays.

Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed. She knows that police inspector Sebastian Bell will work tirelessly to uncover the truth, but obstructed by...

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Murder of a Medium: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 15 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

Book #15 from the series: Redmond and Haze Mysteries

When famed psychic Alicia Lysander is brutally attacked after leaving a seance at the home of an earl, Jason Redmond and Daniel Haze must retrace her movements to determine who might have had a motive to want Alicia dead. As they delve into the private life of the woman who had not only become a friend but had also helped Daniel to rescue his...

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Murder of Innocents: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 14 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

Book #14 from the series: Redmond and Haze Mysteries

Summoned to a historic Tudor manor, Jason and Daniel are charged with investigating the heart-wrenching murder of two small boys. To discover who would have a motive to commit such a heinous crime, they must delve into the unexpectedly complicated relationships between the manor’s inhabitants.

Untangling a web of secrets leads them closer to the...

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A Fall from Grace: A Nicole Rayburn Historical Mystery Book 6 (Nicole Rayburn Historical Mysteries)

Book #6 from the series: Nicole Rayburn Historical Mysteries

When Nicole Rayburn adds a historic bookshop to her list of promotional venues, she meets the owner, Deborah Dolan, who’s desperate to discover what happened to her Victorian ancestor. A well-respected playwright, Edgar Hilliard seemingly had it all: professional success, a thriving business, and a loving family, but according to family lore,...

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Murder at Traitors’ Gate: An utterly compelling historical murder mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 2)

Book #2 from the series: Tate and Bell Mysteries

The chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be little cheer this season…

Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past – her memories of nursing in the Crimean war – behind her. Until Jacob Harrow, a journalist with ties to Crimea, is found brutally killed, and Gemma is...

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The Hands of Time

Book #1 from the series: The Hands of Time

She needed an escape…

After a devastating divorce, Valerie Crane escapes to the picturesque English coast, hoping to soothe her damaged heart. On the hill behind her inn, the elegant ruins of Yealm Castle draw her repeatedly, but instead of peace, Valerie is swept up in an astonishing mystery when she is transported to the year 1605.

Alone and...

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After Midnight

Stranded by a raging hurricane, a group of strangers find themselves trapped at a grand antebellum mansion, now a boutique hotel. Novelist Callum Burke, known for his historical bestsellers, is among the guests, the Oleander Plantation the main stop on a research trip for his new book, while several couples from up north are in New Orleans to...

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The Highgate Cemetery Murder

Book #1 from the series: Tate and Bell Mysteries

His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: “Woman dead in Highgate. Man in caped coat.Milky way and red streaks.I’m being followed.”

Hours later, the man’s cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn’t save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police...

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Murder of a Hangman: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 13 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

Book #13 from the series: Redmond and Haze Mysteries

When a severed head is left on the steps of Newgate Prison, Lord Redmond and Inspector Haze are left with few clues to solve the murder.

Even after the victim is identified as the prison’s hangman, narrowing down the number of suspects proves difficult when the victim was responsible for dozens of deaths, leaving a long list of relatives who...

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The Passage

Book #1 from the series: The Wonderland Series

Does the past hold the key to her future?

Returning to work after a terrible personal tragedy, location scout Neve Ashley visits historic Everly Manor. Touring the elegant Tudor mansion, she’s delighted by the vivid tapestries and intricately carved features, and is intrigued by the local legend of Lord Hugo Everly, who vanished without a trace...

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Murder Among the Dead: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 12 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

Book #12 from the series: Redmond and Haze Mysteries

When Charlotte Haze’s nurse, Rebecca Grainger, is discovered murdered at a disused burial ground and her young charge is nowhere to be found, Daniel and Jason must race against the clock to solve the crime in order to save the little girl.

Will their personal connection to the victim and their desperation to save Charlotte cloud their judgment...

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