THE INNOCENTS MYSTERY SERIES

MARCH 11, 2018

The Innocents – released 19th April 2018

In Wyoming, 1868, Pinkerton detective Abigail MacKay is on the trail of one of the most infamous criminals in the country—Nat Quinn. It’s one of the toughest cases of her challenging career, going undercover to catch an elusive thief. When in the course of her pursuit, Nat saves her life. She must reevaluate the case, especially when a new mystery unravels. Now on the trail of a killer, the two must work together to stop a vicious murderer who targets women. His burglary skills and criminal contacts dovetail together with her forensic and detection expertise to solve a complex case involving secret identities, inheritance, and brutal murder.  If she’s found working with the man she’s been sent to capture, the results could mean her expulsion from the Pinkertons and imprisonment—and a murderer could continue to kill.

Innocent As Sin  –  released 26th July 2018 

The second part of The Innocents Mystery Series finds Abigail MacKay’s carefully-planned operation disrupted by her inopportune presence at one of The Innocents’ robberies. Nat is determined to see her again and their past is revealed in Jake’s episode of ‘Irritable Heart’ (the 19th century name for P.T.S.D.). The real nature of the Pinkerton operation leaves them all exposed and vulnerable. Not everyone walks away unharmed, especially as Nat’s nemesis, Smitty, has hired a ruthless bounty hunter.

Emotions bubble to the fore when a frozen corpse is discovered. Who is he and why was he disguised as a tramp after death? More importantly, who stabbed him through the heart and left his body in the church hall? The answer lies in traces of blood splatters, fabric, and in the traces of dust and white powder found in the victim’s clothes.

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Innocent Bystander – Released November 8th: order link http://a.co/d/a7JTnh5

The third in The Innocents Mystery Series sees all Abigail’s secrets exposed when her willful sister, Madeleine, is on a train held up by the gang. They look sufficiently alike for her to be singled out by the gang. Abigail is frantic as she has discovered that the man her sister has run away to marry is a serial killer, and it looks like her sister is next in line.

The only problem is that he seems to have discovered a new way to kill which leaves the bodies unmarked with no trace of a poison. Nobody can prove a thing and he remains free to kill.

Trying to save Madeleine from herself leaves the trio juggling rival journalists, suspicious Pinkertons, and a ruthless killer while Nat’s arch enemy, Smitty, circles in the background.

In All Innocence – Released 3rd October 2019

Nat and Abigail have decided that Canada is their best bet for a clean start with their new baby. It the place where American and Scottish accents go relatively unnoticed, and newcomers can get lost in   a crowd. The problem is that Canada doesn’t have a transcontinental train, so they have to sneak back into the USA to get to the West coast.

The train is packed full of English butlers heading west. They hope to make a fortune providing the New World nouveau riche with the Old World class, which they are desperate to buy for their children. When the train is stuck in a rock fall, they find that a woman has been attacked in the night, and her moonstone stolen. Our heroes decide it’s best to solve the mystery rather than face too many questions.

They unravel a mystery which has evil tentacles reaching across oceans. Will they be caught up in them too?   

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Innocent Minds – released Feb 27th 2020

It’s 1871, and our heroes are still reeling from a tragic, and barbaric, loss. They need to piece their lives together, build a future, and repair the past. But first they have to find Jake’s missing children in a maelstrom of grief, anger, crushing bereavement, and legal complications. One of Abigail’s friends, also a female Pinkerton, steps up to help, but is soon embroiled in mysterious happenings in the insane asylum where she consults as an alienist.

In the meantime, the murderous Night Hag is stalking the land. She is killing men in their beds, as a nightmare come to life. What does she want? How can a spectre be stopped?

And why is a little girl being visited by a ghost in her bedroom every night? Can she be saved before she is driven mad by an increasingly menacing spectre? Can anyone make sense of this world of shadows, darkness and madness?

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 Released in July 2020  – The 6th and final part of The Innocents Mysteries Series – Now available for pre-order – Innocent to the Last https://amzn.to/2A9m7QQ

Nat and Abi are determined to bring their daughter’s killers to justice, and Jake is just as determined to do the same with the man who killed the love of his life. Their quest takes them into an explosive showdown with a gang of international criminals, and in touch with a devious British spy who may hold the key to their future.

Their quest is complicated by the appearance of a few familiar old faces from their pasts, as well, as Jake’s growing attraction to a newspaper woman who is investigating the same gang as they are.