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What started as a missing person case goes south fast when a body marked with pagan symbols is found in the woods. It’s her client’s son-in-law, but the daughter is still out there and a chance encounter with another investigator, none other than famed paranormal investigator Tempest Michaels, sets Patricia on a path of paranormal discovery and starts a race against time to save the missing woman.The pagan symbols point to a hidden cult and the dread suspicion that they plan to sacrifice her client’s daughter at midnight on Orion’s solstice. And that’s tomorrow night!While the police chase false clues, Patricia’s super-team follow the breadcrumbs, but they soon discover this case is far bigger than they thought.As they glimpse the truth, and her friends start to go missing, Patricia realises she has come too far to stop now …

When the local goddess of cake is found impaled with her own palette knife, the victim’s husband is found holding the murder weapon. It’s an open and shut case …… until he calls Patricia Fisher that is.With a surprising new assistant in tow, your favourite middle-aged sleuth has all the help she will need, but this case is a tough one, for everyone she suspects instantly becomes the next victim.With the village fete a week away, cooks are revving up to win the coveted best cake prize, especially now that the favourite is in the morgue. Can the killer really be one of the lovely old ladies?With president of the church council, old rival Angelica Howard-Box, stirring up trouble, Patricia has more than enough on her plate, and she’ll have to solve this fast because her own cook, Mrs Pam Ellis might be next!

When an old school friend begs for her help, Patricia takes on a case more suited to her friend Tempest Michaels …… a criminal dubbed ‘the banshee’ is attacking people in their homes and paralyzing them with its scream. The police believe it is a burglar with a unique twist, but Tempest seems to know differently.The two teams join forces again, but this case will test them to their limits – how do you tackle a criminal who can paralyze you before you get to them? The answer is surprising, even to Patricia.Climb on board for another hair-raising adventure as Patricia and a full cast of friends go all in to prove there’s no such thing as the paranormal …… let’s just hope they’re right.Author cozy guarantee: This series contains no bad language or graphic descriptions of violence or bedroom activities.

She spent a fortune on the dress. It would have been cheaper to buy unicorn horn, but before she can even put it on, a scream splits the air …… and the first body is found.Patricia and her friends are the special guests of the world’s third richest man, her benefactor, the Maharaja of Zangrabar. At a banquet thrown to celebrate a new peace treaty between his country, and long-time hostile neighbour, Itarnia, the murder of Itarnia’s ambassador does not bode well.To prevent a return to war, Patricia and her team must unravel the clues to find the killer, but there’s more going on than a simple assassination, and it might be that even the Maharaja is lying to her.With the clock ticking down, another body appears, but just when she needs to create a distraction, so too do some old friends.Murder, mystery, and mayhem abound as her expensive dress sits unworn in its wrapper. Will she get to put it on? Will she be able to follow the breadcrumbs to the end of this mystery?Under pressure like never before, Patricia and her friends must keep two warring nations apart long enough to find the truth, but the truth in politics is an elusive beast, and there’s no telling what the killer’s motivation might be.

Amid glistening icebergs and chill winds, the Aurelia sails from Newfoundland to Iceland. It's a beautiful setting ...... for revenge.Patricia and friends are back on the ship with a few new faces alongside the old. It ought to be cause for celebration but the Aurelia is suffering a series of mishaps and the captain, devilishly handsome Alistair Huntley, suspects sabotage is to blame.But who is the saboteur?What would motivate a person to damage a ship in frigid waters and what might that person do next? It's no surprise when Patricia decides to look into it, but taking to the Aurelia just to escape the Godmother and her crazed assassins, could it be that she is already here waiting for her?The truth will shock you to your core.

Invited to a big anniversary party in the suite next door, Patricia Fisher is pleased to celebrate the idea that marriage can work. Successful internet billionaire Howard Berkowitz and his wife Shandy seem very happy, even after thirty years together …… that is until a shot rings out and Shandy’s sister falls to the deck stone dead. But who was the bullet meant for?The shot winged Shandy, who was standing right next to the victim. Is she still in danger?Desperate for an answer, Howard begs Patricia to solve the mystery and find the killer. Can she do it before the killer can finish the job? Or was the sister always the target?Stuck in Iceland while the Aurelia’s dented hull is repaired, Patricia and her friends must dig deep into the Berkowitz family history. However, the moment she believes she is onto something, a second murder muddies the water and this time the victim is a member of Patricia’s immediate circle.The killer is still at large, but is their grisly task complete? Or are there more victims to come?Though they grieve losing one of their own, Patricia and friends double down to unravel the clues as a deadly game begins to unfold …

When the head of a global organised crime family wants you dead you don’t stand a chance …… unless your name is Patricia Fisher, and you have the kind of mind that can work its way around a problem.Targeted by underworld boss, the Godmother, for inadvertently interfering with their operations around the world, Patricia Fisher is trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse which can have only one outcome – someone is going to lose.The deck is stacked heavily in the Godmother’s favour, but will her supreme confidence create an opening?Patricia and friends have nowhere left to run and everything to do if they are to expose the hidden organisation and topple the Godmother’s powerbase.How on Earth can they do that? By calling in a few old friends for a start. Will that be enough?Grab your copy and find out! Be ready for Patricia’s deadliest adventure yet!

Solving mysteries can be murderWhen a famous artist boards the Aurelia, no one expects his work to be interrupted by a death, especially when the victim is the artist’s muse who seemed vibrant and full of life just hours before. The official verdict is suicide, but that doesn’t sit well with our famous sleuth and all too soon she is poking her nose where someone doesn’t want it.None too surprisingly, it’s not long before the verdict is brought into question – and the team find a ruthless killer clever enough to disguise their crime. Clever, but not clever enough.The evidence is compelling. But is it real?Presented with a killer, Patricia suspects someone else, but as she clashes with everyone on board, is she right or wrong? Is she leading herself astray? Or is she the only one with the brain to figure this out?With the ship just a few hours from Southampton, she’s running out of time to convince everyone, including herself, that it’s the wrong person in custody. But how far will Patricia go to make sure the right person goes to jail?

In the book fans have all been waiting for, Patricia will finally settle her divorce from cheating rat of a husband, Charlie. But will it go her way? Charlie has a crack team of lawyers on his side, all eager to get their hands on the enormous wealth Patricia has amassed. Patricia’s been too busy staying alive to organise her own team so all she has is her ruthless cunning.Will that be enough?However, as the divorce meeting looms, Patricia calls in some favours to arrange a wedding for on-board friends, Lieutenants Bhukari and Baker. Did she ‘accidentally’ arrange for it to be at the same venue on the same day as arch-rival Angelica Howard-Box holds the wedding of the year for her son?Oops.The fur will fly but before it can, Patricia and team uncover something sinister afoot and to save the day, they might just have to save themselves … and Angelica.

A desperate call for help is more than enough to get Patricia and friends in motion, especially when the call is from Patricia's socialite friend and zoo owner, the rather gin-soaked Lady Mary Bostihill-Swank.Her husband, George, an acclaimed thriller writer, has gone missing from her home but there is no ransom note and no sign of foul play. With no crime to investigate, the police are doing nothing and that's not good enough for Patricia.Amid a backdrop of strange occurrences, which include jewellery stolen from inside Lady Mary's mansion, a note that suggests George might have been kidnapped by Bolivian freedom fighters, and a lady tiger somehow pregnant from immaculate conception, the team must wade through a confusion of clues to find the truth.Will they be too late? Is George dead or alive? Will Lady Mary run out of gin?With Patricia's ability to attract trouble working overtime, every hour counts, but as she begins to close the net, the dangerous creatures that surround them reveal a far more deadly crime is taking place ...

When a climber suspiciously falls to his death and a local artist has her dog stolen, both cases fall into the lap of local sleuth, Patricia Fisher …… but they should have come with a warning.No sooner does she start to investigate, than a mysterious underworld figure issues a confusing threat. What has she uncovered?Local boy, Sam Chalk, wants to help, his antics amusing but seemingly nothing more than a distraction. Does he know something though?With time running out to save the dog, and the climber’s death looking like nothing more than a terrible accident, a chance discovery will rock Patricia’s world.If only she had listened to Sam.Get ready for a new series of thrills!

When she finds a wounded member of British Intelligence in her bedroom, Patricia really isn’t that surprised. I mean, it happens all the time, doesn’t it?However, she is surprised, and really not delighted, to hear that he has a secret task for her - find his contact, hand over a harmless looking data storage device that just happens to have the details of a superweapon on it, and save the world from certain disaster. Her country needs her.Well, that’s just perfect.Throw into the mix a missing grandmother who just might have been grabbed by sex traffickers, foreign agents who all want the weapon, and the return of her gin-guzzling friend Lady Mary Bostihill-Swank and her relaxing, romantic stop in Malta might be the most exciting two days of her life.Get ready for another cozy thrill ride as Patricia, Barbie, Jermaine, and more get in and out of trouble in an ancient island paradise.

Fifty-three-year-old Patricia Fisher is a trouble magnet like no other, a sad fact she has come to accept during her three month around the world cruise. Wherever she goes, bodies just appear, or someone gets kidnapped, or she accidentally uncovers a plot to overthrow a government.Life certainly isn’t dull for Patricia.But when she arrives home in England, she plans to start a new chapter of her life. Of course, she has a case waiting for her: the murder of her former BFF, successful business owner Maggie Jeffries. It’s not the straightforward investigation she expected though.Maggie’s office manager has vanished, anomalous sums are missing from the business accounts, and there’s a mysterious giant following her. Could her past cases be coming back to get revenge?With a potential gangland connection to the murder, cops telling her to leave the case alone, and her dog, Anna, about to give birth to royal puppies, Patricia is in for one heck of a homecoming week.Oh, and she has nowhere to live, her car is on the fritz, her soon-to-be ex-husband is lying to her, and someone definitely wants her dead. She’s going to need a lot of gin and tonic to get through this case alive.This book includes Under a Blue Moon, a free additional full-length bonus novel from the Blue Moon series.

Marriage? It can be absolute murder.Wedding planner for the rich and famous, Felicity Philips is aiming to land the biggest gig of her life - the next royal wedding. But there are a few obstacles in her way ...... not least of which is a dead body the police believe she is responsible for murdering. Out of custody, but under suspicion, her rivals are lining up to ruin her name. With so much on the line, she needs to prove it wasn't her and fast. But that means finding out who the real killer is ...... without said killer finding out what she is up to.With Buster the bulldog as her protector and Amber the ragdoll cat providing sartorial wit - mostly aimed at the dog - Felicity is turning sleuth. What does a wedding planner know about solving a crime?Nothing.Absolutely nothing. Get ready for a wild ride!'

Marriage? It can be absolute murderSuperstar celebrity wedding planner, Felicity Philips has an event to run on a private island this weekend. With a stunning landscape as their backdrop and an architectural masterpiece for their venue, it's the perfect setting ...... for a murder.After the nightmare of last weekend ... oh, and the one before that, Felicity was hoping for things to run smoothly. However, an unpredicted storm cuts them off from the mainland before all the guests and staff can arrive.That's a big enough problem for a person trying to impress a prince. But when a guest is found hanging from the rafters, it becomes clear there is a killer in their midst.Can Felicity employ Buster the bulldog and Amber the cat to help her again?Aided by her loyal assistant, AKA her ninja niece, Mindy, the team of four have no choice but to solve their way out of this one.

Marriage. It can be absolute murder.At a wedding fayre in a prestigious London hotel, Felicity Philips is in her element ...... until something terrible happens in her booth and all eyes swing her way.Convinced arch-rival, Primrose Green, is behind it, Felicity knows she will have to find the proof before she points the finger. That might not be that easy though. She needs to schmooze the top clients perusing the companies on show - if she doesn't then Primrose will, and there's the small matter of the royal wedding to consider - reputation is everything.Thankfully, she's got help. It comes in the form of her teenage, part-ninja niece, Mindy, vastly superior cat, Amber, and dumb but enthusiastic dog, Buster. Together, the foursome will have to pit their wits to catch Primrose in the act of dastardly sabotage. But when a second terrible accident occurs, even Felicity begins to doubt her assumptions.Whoever is behind the events, they have more than mischief in mind and now that Felicity has poked her nose in, there is a target on her back.Planning a wedding can be murder, let's hope it's not hers.

When Felicity Philips visits a wedding dress boutique only to find the owner strangled and posed, she finds herself unwittingly embroiled in yet another desperate investigation. The dead dressmaker has been stuffed into a near priceless one-off by a famous designer and somehow three of Felicity's brides have paid a deposit for it. Is one of them the killer?With arch-rival, Primrose Green, stirring things up and the palace decision on who will run the next royal wedding looming, Felicity needs to get ahead of the impending PR disaster and fast.But killer brides aren't her only concern.Her newest employee's old boss wants her to fire him and looks set to stop at nothing to make her do it, local P.I. Vince Slater is still trying to romance her knickers off, and there's a ghost in her office.I wonder who she'll hire to sort that out?Get ready for another frenetic adventure as Felicity Philips grabs her sassy cat, make-believe-superhero dog, and ninja niece, and sets out to uncover who wanted the dress badly enough to kill for it.She had better pray she does, because this is a dress to die for, and the killing might not be finished yet.Marriage. It can be absolute murder.

Marriage. It can be absolute murder.It’s the day of the wedding and the bride’s little dog has gone missing. Ernie, her champion Pomeranian is to be the ring bearer and she will not get married without him.Thus starts a day Felicity would sooner forget.It’s a mercy she has Amber and Buster with her. Sending them to scour the venue for the little dog, it’s not long before the next problem arises.Is the wedding just suffering a run of bad luck, or are there other forces in play?Missing dogs and stressed-out brides are not the only thing on Felicity’s mind – tonight is the deadline for the palace to announce who has been given the contract for the forthcoming royal wedding.Felicity knows in her heart she is going to get it, but until she gets that phone call …Get ready for high drama and high jinks – it’s wedding time again!

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.So, when a mysterious stowaway is found murdered in the bowels of the ship, it falls firmly into her lap to work out not only who he is, but who killed him.To a backdrop of petty thefts, con artists targeting the rich and famous on board, and her own romance with the captain, the dead body leads to a surprising discovery and a word one should utter with care …Treasure.Thrown into a swirling maelstrom of deadly adventure, fifty-something Patricia is going to have her sleuthing skills tested to the maximum.Get ready for murder and mayhem on the high seas.

What’s worse than one dead body? Two, right?Wrong.It’s not so much the number of bodies that Patricia needs to worry about, it’s how far up the mystery meter they score, and this latest case is a doozey.Confused by the clues, Patricia and team must work against the clock to discover the truth. It’s not so simple as following a breadcrumb trail of clues though and when the body count continues to climb … well, can anyone figure out what is going on?An ape on the loose, a suspiciously empty glass tank in a storage room, and someone working very hard in the background to derail Patricia’s efforts.Could this be Patricia’s toughest case yet?The stakes have never been higher and if she doesn’t keep her head, she might lose it all.

Reaching the British Unions Isles, the passengers and crew arrive in time for the annual pirate festival. It’s party time! But when Patricia and friends leave the ship, they find an eccentric millionaire waiting to hire them …… and his fireside spooky ghost story is too good not to investigate.Patricia expects to figure this one out before happy hour arrives, but when the sun goes down and her client goes missing, the game gets downright scary.Are there ghosts on this island? Has the client been snatched by vengeful spirits?The locals certainly thinks so and they seem to know why.Facing an unknown adversary, and the very real possibility that they trying to catch perpetrators who died hundreds of years ago, Patricia and her team need help. This kind of mystery calls for a specialist, so it’s a good thing Patricia knows one.I wonder who that could be?

If you devote your life to seeking revenge …Whether Confucius had it right or not is of little consequence to Patricia Fisher right now because she’s on the run from multiple criminals plus the cruise ship’s security team who have orders to arrest her on sight.Her arch nemesis, Angelica Howard-Box, has finally figured out how to win and she is going all out to make Patricia’s life a living hell.Dressed in a pink anime kitten outfit, cut off from her friends, and forced to perform ridiculous tasks because Angelica is suddenly holding all the cards. It’s Patricia’s toughest challenge yet, and she must race against time if she wants to find a way to turn the tables.

Okay, so I have an attitude problem.Telling your superior officer he is an (insert expletive) might not a good career move, but it sure felt good to do it. Especially since he is.It's not so much that I like fighting ... I'm tiny, bits of me are missing (I'll tell you about the accident later maybe), but none of that means I am going to take any crap.So when I get attacked by two freakin' ugly creatures, and my body reacts by channelling some kind of magic ... well, that was the coolest sh*t ever.I can wield magic, baby, yeah!And that's where the real problems began.

They underestimated her. It will cost them more than they can conceive.Hounded by the police, trying to learn a new job in a new town, and constantly picking up after her slob of a flat mate, Anastasia has all she needs on her plate ...... add being hunted by demons to the mix won't help then.Whatever it is that makes her special, it's attracting a lot of heat. The demons all seem to want her, but the ancient secret driving them to her might also hold the key to her survival.Trained to kill, naturally aggressive, and angrier than a bear with no breakfast, Anastasia is looking for a way to turn the tables on her captors. Trick her into being a demon's slave ...... big mistake.

She's got a magical hand cannon and is carrying God's sword. That makes her tough to beat, but when the devil himself sends the four horsemen of the actual impending apocalypse after her ...... let's just say all bets are off.With a demon at her side, who she's not crazy enough to trust, Anastasia is going after the missing armour of God.It would be an easier task if anyone on Earth knew where the angels hid it.She'll recruit help, but can she get to the armour before the horsemen get to her?Be ready for a wild-assed ride!

Can you keep a secret?What if it is something really terrible?A quiet town in the American Midwest is about to be rocked to its core.As three young sisters come to terms with what they are – being a witch is a real problem in a churchgoing, God-fearing family - a new neighbour with a mysterious past hints at trouble to come.However, the scary woman stalking them could be the least of their worries, as their spellcasting draws the attention of something ancient and evil.

Immortal wizard, Otto Schneider misjudged his deal with Daniel badly. Now he’s a demon’s puppet and, kidnapping people because he has no choice …… or so the demons think.Forced to perform dread work or watch others suffer, he must bide his time, but millennia of being unopposed has made the demons complacent and they turn their back on him at their peril.Otto intends to find a way back to Bremen, his wife, his new student, Katja, and everything he loves, but he cannot do it without help. Who can you trust when you are already in hell?Amid a web of deceit and betrayal, our wizard must find a way to overcome the ancient magic that binds him and strike back against the demons who threaten to invade the Earth.The defender of Bremen is coming back and he’s bringing hell with him!

Don’t pick a fight with him. You won’t lose. You’ll die.Zachary has a secret he tries to keep under wraps …… if only people would let him. When he drifts into a remote farming community looking for work, the trouble starts before he orders breakfast.Normally he would just avoid the trouble and move on, but there’s a girl. Not a woman. A little girl, and the men that want to dominate the village threaten her livelihood. And that just won’t do.There’s something very rotten in this community but digging into it brings him face to face with something more powerful even than him. Something ancient and unstoppable. He has no choice other than to fight, but who will walk away?As the false gods force their way into the realm of mortals, how many will rise to defend the Earth?Be ready for war.

No one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming.In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon.That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl.What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help. They have a murder with… strange circumstances.I only need one look at the pictures to know they look like werewolf wounds. Could the killer we are chasing be my friend the snarky werewolf? I certainly hope not because I’m not sure he can be stopped.As I chase across Europe, with my time running out, the body count continues to rise. That’s not my only problem though. Clandestine organisation, The Alliance, are enacting their own agenda, which seems to include me whether I like it or not, the rescued girl’s father wants to sue me, and the demon I killed is back to get his revenge.It’s going to be a tough week.