-The second of two spinoff stories from the Alianna Winter Mysteries- It's two weeks after the fall, and Scotland Yard is in turmoil, trying to round up the remnants of Stephenson's gang while the old man himself sits quietly in custody, determinedly not being helpful. But Detective Inspector Toby Smart is on a diff...
Alianna Winter thought her detecting days were over when she solved the case of the Merryweather Jewel Thefts. But never had she ever been so wrong. An innocent visit to the country village of Lesser Farthing twists into one of the most dangerous investigations Allie has faces so far. Two apparent suicides-but neither...
Alianna Winter was getting used to the home life. She hadn't heard from Barnes or Fisher in months, and since nobody on Praed Street was planning on getting murdered anytime soon, Allie had assumed her services as a detective would not be required. Until, one hot summer's day, that peace is shattered by the arrival of...
On the eve of a hot summer's day, a body is found in the summerhouse of a great estate. It is up to the young, inexperienced, newly appointed governess Alianna Winter to find the killer before he or she strikes again. -The first book in the Alianna Winter series. Her later cases: 2.The Merryweather Jewel Thefts 3.A Ho...
Alianna Winter is on the run. London is no longer a safe place for her to be. She, Newham, Isabel and Fisher have fled to Hettie's house in the countryside, in a hope that it will buy them more time before Stephenson catches up to them. But when Allie suddenly falls dangerously ill, it seems that nature might beat her...
-The first extract from the casefiles of D.I.Hawes & D.S.Gray- Edmund Gray is already under pressure. He's just been promoted to the rank of Detective Sargeant at his job in the Oxfordshire Police, and his new boss, the infamously irritating Detective Inspector Cynthia Hawes, seems set on returning Edmund to his old l...
A Murder Shall Commence, on the 21st of November, at 3pm. If you want to know some more, find the poppies in the garden of the Convent which is missing a Nun. This was the first message Scotland Yard received. (Well, after they had been set on the right track by a certain Alianna Winter) What did it mean? That was obv...
Alianna Winter has returned to London. Her time is up. Her worst fears have been realized-she is a threat, and Stephenson needs her out of the way. Mysteries and puzzle solving are useless to her now; all she can do is try and stay ahead of the game, for her friends' sakes if nobody else. She knows she can't run forev...
Four men sit down to a poker game. The first is a company commander, returned from the War under suspicious circumstances. The second is a humble soldier, although humble he certainly is not. The third is Lieutenant Robert Newham, and the fourth is dead before the games are over. It's a closed-room case, and Allie wil...
Can a diamond ring really disappear from a table into thin air? How can it be possible for an emerald necklace to vanish from a locked safe, the code of which only the owner knows? And how on earth does a ruby bracelet disappear from a lady's wrist while she is eating dinner? These are all questions Alianna Winter mus...
-The first of two spinoff stories from the Alianna Winter Mysteries- Tobias (Toby!) Smart isn't exactly your average fourteen-year-old. To be honest, his seventeen-year-old brother Tarquin Smart, or Quinne as he prefers to be called, isn't exactly average either. Both boys, as well as an unfortunate inbred skill for b...
When asked in the future about her sister's cases, Isabel Winter would always refer to the Incident Concerning The Alsatian Dog. Nobody really knew why, but they all knew about Isabel's hatred of theatre people, or at least they did after she had finished talking to them about it. But when old friends unite with new...