Martha Ockley
A Saintly Killing (A Faith Morgan Mystery Book)
By Martha Ockley (Lion Fiction)
Release date: November 19, 2014
It is late July, the run up to St James’s Day. It is also the 1000th anniversary of the church at Little Worthy, and Faith Morgan has planned a whole range of celebratory activities – a music festival; a photographic booklet of recent history; a planting of new trees in the graveyard and vicarage garden; bell ringing; a visit from the bishop. A new painting of the church is commissioned from distinguished local artist Sal Hankley. Sal, who has recently returned from Australia, is not a universally popular choice: outspoken and opinionated, she has made her share of enemies. Before the painting can be completed, Sal is found dead at her easel on a hillock overlooking the church.
The Reluctant Detective: A Novel (Faith Morgan Mysteries)
By Martha Ockley (Monarch Books)
Release date: March 1, 2011
The first in a new series featuring the Reverend Faith Morgan Faith Morgan, former policewoman and newly ordained priest in the Church of England, arrives in the village of Little Worthy, near Winchester, to look around the parish. Within an hour of her arrival she witnesses the sudden shocking death of a fellow priest during a communion service. One of the first police officers at the scene is Detective Inspector Ben Shorter, Faith’s former long-term boyfriend. They had been inseparable until Faith’s sense of calling led her to question his drive for convictions, seemingly at any cost. At the Bishop’s urging, Faith stays on to look after the parish of Little Worthy.
Sandra Orchard
Another Day, Another Dali (Serena Jones Mysteries)
By Sandra Orchard (Revell)
Release date: October 18, 2016
A Fast-Paced, Keep-You-Guessing Whodunit with a Dash of RomanceWhen a valuable Salvador Dali painting belonging to her grandmother’s friend is mysteriously replaced by a forgery, FBI Special Agent Serena Jones is called in to investigate. Serena hopes finding the thief will also mean finally measuring up to Nana’s expectations. But when the evidence points to members of the owner’s own household, it becomes increasingly clear that Serena won’t be winning any popularity contests. The Dali isn’t the only painting that’s fallen prey to the forgery-replacing thief, raising the specter of a sophisticated theft ring–one with links to dirty cops, an aspiring young artist, and the unsolved murder of Serena’s grandfather. With plenty of edge-of-your-seat moments, Another Day, Another Dali gives the plucky Serena Jones–and readers–a new high-stakes case to crack.
Blind Trust: A Novel (Port Aster Secrets)
By Sandra Orchard (Revell)
Release date: June 17, 2014
When amateur sleuth Kate Adams investigates a small-time counterfeit operation, she discovers a sinister corporate conspiracy and uncovers shocking family secrets.
Deadly Devotion: A Novel (Port Aster Secrets) (Volume 1)
By Sandra Orchard (Revell)
Release date: June 1, 2013
The police declared her mentor’s death a suicide, but Kate Adams knows it’s not-and her quest for the truth puts her own life in jeopardy.
Desperate Measures: A Novel (Port Aster Secrets)
By Sandra Orchard (Revell)
Release date: June 2, 2015
Researcher Kate Adams has finally pinpointed the medicinal plant responsible for tearing her family apart. She’s certain that discovering its secrets is her only hope of solving the mystery surrounding the disappearance of her father. Kate will risk anything to find the truth–even her budding relationship with Detective Tom Parker. But more people than she can fathom are after the plants and going it alone just might prove to be a fatal mistake. Award-winning author Sandra Orchard pulls out all the stops in this breakneck and breathtaking conclusion to the Port Aster series.
Fool and His Monet (Serena Jones Mysteries)
By Sandra Orchard (Revell)
Release date: March 1, 2016
Serena Jones has a passion for recovering lost and stolen art–one that’s surpassed only by her zeal to uncover the truth about the art thief who murdered her grandfather. She’s joined the FBI Art Crime Team with the secret hope that one of her cases will lead to his killer. Now, despite her mother’s pleas to do something safer–like get married–Serena’s learning how to go undercover to catch thieves and black market traders. When a local museum discovers an irreplaceable Monet missing, Jones leaps into action. The clues point in different directions, and her boss orders her to cease investigating her most promising suspect.
Over Maya Dead Body (Serena Jones Mysteries)
By Sandra Orchard (Revell)
Release date: July 4, 2017
FBI Special Agent Serena Jones arrives on Martha’s Vineyard with her family, ready for a little bit of R&R and a whole lot of reminiscing as they celebrate the engagement of an old family friend. But crime doesn’t take a vacation, and she’s soon entangled in an investigation of a suspicious death tied to an antiquities smuggling ring. When her investigation propels her into danger, Serena must stay the course and solve this case before anyone else dies. But just how is she supposed to do that when the two men in her life arrive on the scene, bringing with them plenty of romantic complications–and even a secret or two?Award-winning author Sandra Orchard keeps readers guessing with this fast-paced mystery laced with romance.