The Posie Parker Mystery Series

Sometimes the truth is as slippery as a mermaid...December, 1925A dark, smog-filled London doesn’t seem very Christmassy, or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective receives an urgent call from one of her oldest...

Lies, Spies, Film Stars and MurderNew Year’s Eve, 1921Posie has been asked to accompany Inspector Richard Lovelace of Scotland Yard on an undercover mission. Their destination is a glittering New Year’s Eve party at Maypole Manor, the clifftop home of...

A GLAMOROUS PERFUME LAUNCH WHICH REEKS OF NOTHING BUT DEATH…London, Midsummer, 1925London is in bloom and the sun is shining. But trouble is lurking around the corner…Posie Parker, has been summoned to Chelsea, to the House of Sinne, the fashionable...

Under the Tuscan sun, ice-creams melt and dark secrets unravel…March, 1925Pregnant, bored, and longing for an adventure, Posie Parker accepts a rather last-minute Wedding Invitation from an old friend who is getting married out in the gorgeous town of...

WHO DO YOU TRUST WHEN SIMPLY EVERYONE IS WEARING A MASK?A Winter Wedding, Venice, 1923Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, is getting married…But on arrival in Venice, Posie finds she is walking into a nightmare: her lodgings on...

LIGHTS, CAMERA, MURDER…London, 1923As England swelters during the hottest summer on record, Posie Parker, Private Detective, is summoned to Worton Hall Film Studios, where she steps into the heart of a sinister new mystery.Silvia Hanro, the famously...

In the dangerous world of 1920s London, you've to act for your life...Valentine's Day, 1921When Posie Parker’s childhood friend is robbed of a priceless jewel and becomes a suspect in a cold-blooded murder case, budding detective Posie vows she will...

What if the City of Light holds nothing but darkness?January, 1926Invited aboard the glamourous Night Train to Paris, and tasked with investigating the disappearance of her best friend, Dolly Cardigeon, Posie Parker suddenly finds herself right in the...

You can hunt. But do you really want to find?Bonfire Night, November 1924Posie Parker once failed a client. And now that client is dead.Elsie Moncreiff, a Housekeeper, has fallen from the White Cliffs of England in a howling storm. But the question...

A magic show with death as the star guest...A snow-bound and freezing London, December 1925Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, is only just back in town when she receives an unexpected visitor.The mysterious magician, Count Olli...

Posie Parker Mystery Box Set: Novellas 9 - 10Marriage is Murder? (Book 9)Posie Parker is finally getting married!The date is Saturday 6th December, 1924. It’s snowing heavily outside, but in the little white Swiss Church in London, packed to the...

MURDERED WITH A BOX OF TEARS…London, 1924Posie Parker has been called to her most baffling case yet.Amyas Lyle, London’s top young lawyer, has been found with his head in a box of poisoned saltwater.It’s the perfect murder. But who hated him enough to...

Like your mysteries as sweet as honey but with a real sting in the tail?Summer 1921Posie Parker thought she was about to enjoy a restful summer. But this is no ordinary summer holiday...When famous explorer Alaric Boynton-Dale disappears, Posie...

Can the past really come back to haunt you?Cambridge, Christmas 1922Posie Parker has cleared a space in her hectic schedule to try to unravel a tragedy in her own family. But Posie’s past is hiding around every turn in the old University town, and she...