Blackwater Bay series – serie

An isolated paradise. A dead body. A killer on the loose. The Body in Blackwater Bay is the first thrilling mystery in the series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.It was the Great Lakes’ most exclusive residential hideaway. A tiny haven, made up of a handful of cottages, free of crime and trouble. Until the morning a dead body is discovered, littering someone’s perfectly manicured lawn – bringing murder to paradise.Detective Jack Stryker is recovering from a gunshot wound at his girlfriend’s island cottage. But he’s forced to abandon his vacation when he is persuaded to join up with the local sheriff.A sinister tangle of events surround this unexpected killing – and it will take all of Stryker''s skills to uncover the truth . . .The series continues with A Few Dying Words.

The second compelling whodunit in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.Every year, the normally peaceful, ordinary citizens of Blackwater Bay celebrate Halloween with a carnival of madness, laughter – and practical jokes. They call it the Howl – and each town in the county competes for the wildest ''Howler'' of all. For one person, however, the Howl means one thing: murder.Thirty years ago, a killer struck. Now, under the cover of the carnival, the killer has returned. Or, at least, that''s what Sheriff Matt Gabriel thinks. Everyone else thinks he''s crazy. Suspicion and resentment surround him, as he searches urgently for the one who killed once, twice – and may kill again . . .''This is a writer who always entertains'' – Sunday TelegraphA Few Dying Words is the second book in the Blackwater Bay series. The series continues with The Dead of Winter.

The third compulsive mystery in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.Blackwater Bay has frozen over for the season, now a place for the idle reverie of the town''s sporting fishermen – and local teacher Jess Gibbons is stuck, gloomy about the sorry state of her life. So when a corpse floats up into an ice hole one morning, the intense shock is enough to shake her out of it.Soon, Sheriff Matt Gabriel’s team confirm the body to be a mob-connected New York ex-con, who could have been in the area to carry out a hit – and Blackwater’s quiet streets threaten to be submerged by a ravenous media circus.Then, as a girl from the local high school goes missing, the puzzle deepens. She was one of Jess''s pupils, and her disappearance is inexplicable. Though – she was recently cautioned for drug use. Could this be a factor?As the community prepares for its annual Ice Festival, Matt and Jess work to unravel these mysterious events. Could the two cases be connected? Who did the ex-con want to kill? And will Jess sort her life out in time for the wife-sliding competition?Weaving diverse strands together with great wit and ingenuity, this is another hugely entertaining slice of murder and mystery in the Great Lakes.The Dead of Winter is the third book in the Blackwater Bay series. The series continues with Death and Shadows.

The fourth murder mystery in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.A murdered nurse, disappearing drug supplies, diminishing funds and the sudden death of two apparently healthy patients are just some of the problems confronting Blackwater Bay’s leading private clinic.Laura Brandon, recently arrived physiotherapist and self-appointed sleuth, realises that a lot of people have something to hide. Confronted by tight-lipped colleagues, inter-staff feuds, and strange tales about a shadowy evil that lurks in the woods, Laura begins to believe the theory of a psychotic killer on the loose. Then another, eerily similar, murder occurs – and she knows the solution cannot be impersonal.Fast-paced, entertaining and expertly plotted, this is a masterful murder mystery set in the Great Lakes.Death and Shadows is the fourth book in the Blackwater Bay series. The series concludes with Underneath Every Stone.