Stella Cameron draws on her English background and her reputation for crafting stories filled with tension and allure. Her new, already critically acclaimed mystery series, beginning with COLD, is deeply atmospheric and character-driven, focusing on relationships. Cameron masterfully reveals the power of old secrets to twist the present. Her distinctive use of background elements enhances the narrative, further solidifying her literary impact.
Six weeks after a battered body is found in the grounds of a Cotswold village cricket club, a second body is discovered in the nearby tithe barn. Could there be a serial killer on the loose? When evidence leads DCI Dan O'Reilly to visit the Black Dog pub, owner Alex Duggins and her partner Tony are once again drawn into a police investigation.
As the ever-reliable manager of her pub, Hugh Rhys has owner Alex Duggins' total trust. So when a battered body is discovered in a pond near Hugh's estate and he becomes the police's chief suspect, Alex determines to prove his innocence. But she's about to find herself walking a dangerous line, looking for a killer she may wish she had never found...
As she passes the site of a new housing development, Alex Duggins is confronted by the terrifying scene of a construction trailer on fire and a man desperately trying to break the door down. Her efforts to help - and the subsequent findings of the police pathologist - will draw her into a major murder investigation with far-reaching implications.
A body is found in Underhill, but Alex Duggins doesn't want to get involved. But she learns that young boy found the body, she and Tony are reluctantly drawn into the investigation. To protect Kyle and his elder brother, Alex withholds information from the police, which could have fatal consequences. Has her silence put those she loves in danger?
The arrival of a talented, ambitious and unusual new family leads to mayhem and murder in the peaceful Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir The idyllic Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir, with its traditional pub, sumptuous tea rooms and fragrant bakery, is a piece of paradise found ... until 'those incomer Quillams' arrive. A young piano virtuoso and his neglected but talented half-sister, their controlling father, the pianist's beautiful, acquisitive and passionate mother, an ambitious family retainer, and an intimidating woman who has always run the Quillam household form a successful little empire - until it starts to crumble. The Quillams' arrival has also attracted the attentions of a sly, clever and perverted killer who desperately needs a jackpot and knows where to find one - if the obstacles can be removed. Once again pub owner Alex Duggins and her veterinarian friend Tony Harrison must use their wits and resourcefulness to prevent further carnage - and ensure that they themselves don't become the killer's next victims.
Returning to her hometown in the Cotswolds after a bad divorce, Alex Duggins stumbles across a corpse buried in the snow, and she must find the real murderer and clear her name.
Second in the traditional British mystery series featuring rural inn owner and amateur sleuth Alex Duggins: an intriguing departure for bestselling romantic suspense author Stella Cameron. Once again Alex Duggins and her veterinarian friend Tony Harrison are thrown into a major murder investigation. An almost fresh body is discovered in a disused well among the ruins of a 14th-century manor house ... the motive for the killing a baffling mystery. The victim was a widow who had lived quietly in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Folly-on-Weir for the past ten years. Who on earth could want her dead, and by such brutal means? As rumour and speculation engulf the town, another woman is attacked - and Alex discovers that behind a tranquil face lurks a cunning and vengeful mind. Despite warnings from the police to stop interfering, she finds herself in the sights of a ruthless killer who has decided she knows too much ... The Alex Duggins series will appeal to fans of Louise Penny and Elizabeth George.
Meg Smiles takes a job as companion to the madcap sister of her handsome next door neighbor, JeanMarc, Count Etranger, but her employment and her life is soon threatened by a series of strange accidents.
When she glimpses the fate of two missing New Orleans jazz singers, Marley Millet, born of an ancient family of clairvoyants, after going to the police, catches the attention of cop-turned-writer Gray Fisher who is interested in her story as well as in her. (Paranormal romance).
Roche Savage, a skilled psychiatrist, grapples with a life-altering secret about his intense sexuality, which complicates his relationships. He shies away from gentle women, fearing he might frighten or harm them due to his overwhelming desires. As he navigates his personal struggles, the tension between his professional life and his hidden self creates a compelling narrative about love, trust, and the challenges of intimacy.