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Blood on the Rocks

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:56:28 +0200

DI Joanna Piercy is irritated at what she perceives to be an attempt to wrap her up in cotton wool during her pregnancy when she is asked to take on the case of Zachary Foster, a missing ninety-six-year-old man suffering from dementia. Zachary has vanished from his residential care home on the edge of Leek during the night with his beloved old teddy bear. He can't have gone far, surely, but how did a frail, elderly man manage to abscond from a secure house at night? As Joanna investigates, it soon becomes clear that this apparently minor case is far more sinister than it first appears. Could her own life, and that of her unborn child, be at risk?

The Quiet Woman

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:55:30 +0200

Undue Influence

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:20:28 +0200

Where's Nora Selleck? Nurse Florence Shaw investigates when a mysterious stranger walks into her patient's life - and then she disappears . . .
Nurse Florence Shaw is worried about her patient and friend, elderly widow Nora Selleck. When she encounters Nora in the market town of Stone seeming confused, Florence decides to pay her a visit in more familiar surroundings. But at Nora's house she meets Ben Evans, a mysterious young stranger who has befriended Nora. Who is Ben, and why is he encouraging Nora to miss her surgery appointments?
Florence doesn't trust Ben. She's sure he doesn't have Nora's best interests at heart and is a threat to her vulnerable patient. But no one else, not even Nora's doctor, shares her concern. Until, one day, Nora suddenly disappears . . .

Almost A Whisper

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 10:01:11 +0200

Bloodline

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:11:51 +0200

Joanna Piercy must rescue an elderly man from a hostage situation that has chilling roots in the past in this enthralling mystery.
Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy's joy at her close colleague Detective Sergeant Mike Korpanski's return to work is short-lived. Elderly Joseph Holden has been taken hostage in his secluded mansion overlooking Rudyard Lake by an armed intruder. And the hostage taker insists he will only speak to her.
With just a four-day hostage negotiation course under her belt, Joanna is feeling the heat. How does the hostage taker know her name? What does he want? As the questions multiply and Rudyard Lake is sealed off by an armed response unit, Joanna is about to discover that the roots of this shocking event lie deeply buried in a terrible crime - a crime that happened far away and many years ago . . .
Set in the beautiful Staffordshire countryside, featuring a compelling heroine and a stunning final revelation, this...

THE SHROPSHIRE CASTLE MURDERS an absolutely gripping and unputdownable British crime mystery

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:50:51 +0300

THE MELVERLEY GRANGE MURDERS an absolutely gripping and unputdownable British crime mystery

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:30:18 +0300

Bridge of Sighs

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:15:06 +0200

Two violent suicides leave Coroner Martha Gunn with some disturbing questions to answer – but the most difficult one of all lies closer to home . . .
Gina Marconi was a beautiful young barrister with everything to live for – a loving fiancé, a young son and a successful career. So why did she leave her home in the middle of the night and drive her car into a stone wall?
Soon afterwards, Patrick Elson, a clever twelve-year-old schoolboy, jumps off a bridge on to the A5. The victims are unrelated, but neither suicide makes sense. Could there be a connection? Then there's a third unexplained death: DI Alex Randall's wife, Erica. With Alex on gardening leave pending an investigation, Martha must search for answers to the questions raised by the suicides on her own. Not only that, she must confront the most difficult question of all: could Alex Randall be a murderer?

River Deep (A & B Crime)

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:01:08 +0200

The Subsequent Wife

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:11:02 +0300

She's not the first. Will she live to be the last? Jennifer Lomax is twenty-one, but she's already taken some hard knocks in life. So when older, reserved and enigmatic widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she's desperate to believe she's found true love. That her lifelong dream could finally become a reality. But Jennifer also knows there's something not right about Steven. What secrets is he hiding about his dead wife, Margaret, and why does he refuse to talk about her? Jennifer decides to uncover the truth about Margaret. She soon wishes she hadn't. Is she about to make a devastating mistake?

THE SHREWSBURY MURDER an absolutely gripping and unputdownable British crime mystery

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:40:49 +0300

Final Curtain

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:01:12 +0200

A former child soap star needs Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy’s help – are her claims real-life drama or just an act?

Just back from her honeymoon, the last thing Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy wants deal with on her return to work is nuisance calls from an old lady ringing the police incessantly to report seemingly trivial incidents.

The woman in question is Timony Weeks, a sixties’ child star in the once-popular soap Butterfield Farm, who lives in an isolated farmhouse. Is she putting on an act and wasting police time, or is someone really trying to frighten her? Joanna is dubious, but as events become even more creepy and disturbing, her instinct tells her something is not right. What is Timony hiding? As she digs into her past, Joanna discovers a shocking secret. It seems that someone may have sinister intentions towards Timony after all . . .
Review
“A solid police procedural especially likely to appeal to 1960s nostalgia buffs.”
Kirkus Reviews on The Final Curtain
"Masters well-paced 11th Joanna Piercy mystery, produces surprises to the end."
Publishers Weekly on The Final Curtain
About the Author
Priscilla Masters is the author of the successful 'Martha Gunn' series, as well as the 'Joanna Piercy' novels and a series of medical mysteries. She lives near the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, works part-time as a respiratory nurse in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and has two grown-up sons and one grandson.

A Game of Minds

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:18:18 +0200

A missing girl. A dark secret. Dr Claire Roget is drawn into a deadly game to find the truth behind a young girl's disappearance in this chilling mystery.
It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's seriously ill father, Tom Trustom, who's desperate to know what happened to his daughter.
DS Zed Willard has always believed that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer serving life for the murders of four other girls in the area, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, and Kobi denying any involvement, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can she persuade Kobi to reveal the truth and finally confess to Marvel's murder?
Claire is soon drawn into a battle of wits with a dangerous psychopath, as well as a world of dark secrets. Can she find out what really happened to Marvel and fulfil a father's dying wish before it's too late?

The Final Curtain

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:21:36 +0200

A former child soap star needs Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy’s help – are her claims real-life drama or just an act?

Just back from her honeymoon, the last thing Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy wants deal with on her return to work is nuisance calls from an old lady ringing the police incessantly to report seemingly trivial incidents.

The woman in question is Timony Weeks, a sixties’ child star in the once-popular soap Butterfield Farm, who lives in an isolated farmhouse. Is she putting on an act and wasting police time, or is someone really trying to frighten her? Joanna is dubious, but as events become even more creepy and disturbing, her instinct tells her something is not right. What is Timony hiding? As she digs into her past, Joanna discovers a shocking secret. It seems that someone may have sinister intentions towards Timony after all . . .
Review
“A solid police procedural especially likely to appeal to 1960s nostalgia buffs.”
Kirkus Reviews on The Final Curtain"Masters well-paced 11th Joanna Piercy mystery, produces surprises to the end."
Publishers Weekly on The Final Curtain
About the Author
Priscilla Masters is the author of the successful 'Martha Gunn' series, as well as the 'Joanna Piercy' novels and a series of medical mysteries. She lives near the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, works part-time as a respiratory nurse in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and has two grown-up sons and one grandson.