This author, residing in Indiana, debuted with an award-winning first novel that introduced a charming detective. Her works are characterized by intelligent writing, drawing readers into mysteries filled with twists and turns. Through her characters, she explores complex relationships and human nature with a keen eye for detail. Her mystery novels are beloved for their ability to craft compelling narratives that keep readers guessing until the very end.
When Dorothy goes to France, she is embroiled in mysteries: a woman drowning in quicksand; a man suffering a near-fatal fall; and a missing archaeologist - all connected to a monk named Abelard, who has been dead for almost nine hundred years. When another body is found, Dorothy's ability to 'think outside the box' unravels a despicable scheme.
Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan head to the Canadian city of Victoria to investigate a series of petty crimes. But when a woman goes missing and a body is discovered, it would appear that the petty crimes have turned deadly - and Dorothy and Alan have embarked on a trip that will become far more dangerous than they ever envisaged.
Talking a walk on the first day of their holiday on the beautiful island of Alderney in the English Channel, Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, discover a body on a precipitous hill path. An accident - or something more sinister? Dorothy and Alan make it their business to find out.
A trip to the Lake District proves to be anything but idyllic when Dorothy and Alan investigate a mysterious death. Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbitt, jump at the chance to holiday in the beautiful Lake District when Alan's old friend, Christopher Prideaux, invites them to visit him in Grasmere. A party at Christopher's cottage is the perfect way to meet the locals, but one stands out - accountant Donald Atkinson, an egoist hoping to become a politician, clearly isn't popular among his fellow villagers. When he's found mysteriously dead during the Fell Race, could his demise be due to a sudden, fatal medical emergency, or was it murder? Dorothy and Alan find themselves catapulted into a disturbing case that will lead them back in time, and to a terrible, scandalous secret that someone is determined to keep hidden.
1926. Spirited female sleuth Elizabeth is drawn into Chicago's growing jazz scene to see the world's best trumpeter, Louis Armstrong, in action. But an explosion of the roof causes panic and threats emerge from the KKK. Elizabeth has made herself a target, but she has a plan to save the club. involving the notorious criminal Al Capone.
Murder threatens to disturb the creativeness of Sherebury's art college One late-summer's evening, before the beginning of the new term, Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, are guests at Sherebury University art department's drinks party to introduce the new teaching assistant, sculptress Gillian Roberts However, tragedy strikes on a tour of the sculpture department, when the lift breaks down and a corpse is discovered at the bottom of the lift shaft. Dorothy and Alan become involved in the ensuing investigation, putting their local knowledge and sleuthing skills to good use once again. But when another member of the art faculty goes missing and someone receives threatening phone calls, it seems the killer still has something to hide and may very well strike again . . .
Dorothy Martin's husband, Alan Nesbitt, is heavily involved in the complex and lengthy process of choosing a new bishop for Sherebury Cathedral when one of the candidates is found murdered in his own church. Then a second candidate is found dead, and the case becomes very complicated indeed. Who is murdering England's clergymen and why . . .?
While accompanying her husband to a conference, Dorothy discovers what looks like a pool of blood on the floor of one of the university's laboratories. She goes to fetch help, but when she returns there is nothing to be found. Was she mistaken? Or has a terrible crime been committed? Dorothy, who can never resist a puzzle, determines to find out.
Alan's unofficial great-niece, Lucy Bowman, arrives from the States and can't wait for Dorothy and Alan to meet her fiance, Iain. But when Iain is the victim of a hit-and-run in London, Dorothy learns that he wasn't all he seemed to be. Can she separate fact from fiction to untangle a deadly web of lies?
Dorothy Martin's birthday celebrations in Bath are curtailed when she and her husband, Alan Nesbit, discover a curious assortment of loot in their car boot on a trip to Stonehenge. As Dorothy and Alan determine to prove their innocence and catch a thief, they are soon swept into a conspiracy that runs much deeper and darker ...