On a spring night, a lone nightingale starts to sing in the boughs of the old village oak tree and a local psychic predicts that it will sing every night until a village mystery is solved.As if the excitement surrounding Megan and Jack's forthcoming nuptials isn't enough, a TV antiques show arrives in Bliss Bay to film an episode on the village green, and a trinket Des bought years ago in a junk shop for pennies turns out to be worth thousands... and a magnet for trouble.And when Jack finds a mysterious package on his doorstep, it's the start of a journey that will change his and Megan's lives forever.Pull up a comfortable chair, grab a cuppa, and join in the fun in the final Bliss Bay Village Mystery.

Event organiser, Megan Fallon, needs to find a killer before the biggest night of the year in Bliss Bay village; a charity dinner and auction to raise funds for local children's charities. After all, there's nothing like a murderer on the loose to put a dampener on the party spirit.With her Uncle Des in tow, the two intrepid amateur sleuths set out to identify the perpetrator. They could be onto something after a mysterious rocking horse offers up a clue to the identity of the murderer but, with so many suspects and the body count rising, how will they solve the mystery before another innocent person is targeted? As the hunt for the killer intensifies, it soon becomes clear that no one is safe...This book is written in British English and contains no graphic violence, language or sex.

Small-town murder meets a big-hearted café ownerPerfect for the beach, or curling up on the couch with a cuppa, these lighthearted mystery reads will take you sleuthing with no strong profanity, violence, or sex, and no cliffhangers!When a crime writer with a colourful past becomes the victim of a crime, the list of suspects is as long as one of her books...Sadie Grey, prolific crime writer, fifty-something spinster, and former wild child, is threatening to write her memoirs. Unfortunately, not everyone in the UK coastal town of St. Eves is as keen to see the result of her reminiscences as she is so, when she is found dead at the foot of her staircase, the list of likely suspects is a long one.Who was it who would stop at nothing to prevent Sadie's story from being published. And why?As Detective Chief Inspector Nathan Costello and his team have their work cut out to establish a motive and track down the...

Murder in an English village. Unsolved mysteries. An empty-nester longing for a quiet life. What could possibly go wrong?So many secrets, so many schemers, So many lies and misdemeanours...Event organiser, Megan Fallon, is gearing up for a concert in honour of the oldest tree in the county: the ancient village oak on Bliss Bay's village green.What she's not gearing up for, though, is stumbling over the dead body of Bliss Bay's most unpopular villager, under the oak tree's sprawling boughs.With a murder investigation underway, a mystery that has everyone looking like a suspect, and a cat that needs a new home, there's also the small matter of the theft of forty-eight garden gnomes to get to the bottom of...Will you guess who, and why, before the big reveal?This book is written in British English and contains no graphic violence, language, sex, or cliffhangers.

When Megan Fallon arrives in the charming English village of Bliss Bay for the festive holiday season to discover that an attacker is on the loose, the race is on to find out whose Christmas wish could be so mean-spirited as to bring bad tidings on others.Will she be able to help police find the perpetrator in time to save Christmas?Meanwhile, Megan's spending the holiday apart from her boyfriend, Hugh, but an unexpected visit on New Year's Eve gives her the surprise of her life.Turkey, Tinsel and Tribulations is a novella, and a prequel to The Bliss Bay Village Mystery Series. Unlike my other books, it is a murder-less mystery.This is the second edition of the story, which first appeared in the anthology, Riddles, Resolutions and Revenge, collated by R.B. Marshall.

39-year old empty-nester, Megan Fallon, is back in the second book in The Bliss Bay Village Mystery Series. It picks up where book one finished, with Megan putting the fiancé who left her well and truly out of her mind, and focusing on settling back into village life, and her new job. Meanwhile, her childhood friend, American, Jack Windsor, is renovating the old village school, and is looking for a four-legged friend to share his new home with.All is well in Bliss Bay until obituaries start appearing on the church noticeboard for villagers who are still very much alive, and the village is thrown into turmoil.Is the well-respected family who is being targeted the subject of a very bad joke, or are the obituaries a sign of something far more sinister?And who is responsible when an unassuming member of the village is murdered?Could a 40 year-old suspicious death hold the key to solving the murder, or is that simply a red herring to...

Murder in an English Village. An empty nester longing for a quiet life. What could possibly go wrong?It's summer in Bliss Bay.Ladybirds have descended upon the village, and event organiser Megan Fallon has a diary as clear as the sky.Although her wedding to American fiancé Jack Windsor is a year away, excitement surrounding the biggest event of her life (after the birth of her daughter Evie, of course) is already building, and she's determined that nothing will take the edge off it.However, when a visitor to the village is found dead in suspicious circumstances—alone in his rented cottage with all the doors and windows locked from the inside—the police are left scratching their heads.And when Megan's ex-husband and her arch rival find themselves in a situation that leaves them desperate, will she be prepared to forget the past and offer to help them out of a fix?Put on your sleuthing hat, pull up a comfortable chair,...

Second Edition - June 2021 Ideal for the beach, or curling up on the couch with a duvet and a cuppa, the Bliss Bay Village Mystery Series will take you sleuthing with no strong profanity, violence, or sex!Murder in an English village. Unsolved mysteries. An empty-nester longing for a quiet life. What could possibly go wrong?Megan Fallon is in a pickle.As if empty-nest syndrome wasn't bad enough, she's joined the ranks of the unemployed, and her fiancé's run off with her hairdresser.In desperate need of a change of scene, she heads back to her childhood village home for some long-overdue friends and family time. Things are looking up until members of the community start getting bumped off at an alarming rate, and Megan finds herself at the heart of an investigation that has her suspecting everyone.As she becomes involved in the hunt for a murderer, it's not long before she finds out...

Here is a story based on the lives of actual persons, whose paths cross, as their lives unfold, and whilst some simply meet and pass by, others cheat, lie, marry, and abandon those closest to them. Sadness, hardship, love, and adventure; excitement, affairs, lust and loneliness – all end in surpriseand connection. Here is a story based on the lives and actions of an actual family, early in twentieth century New Zealand. Then ...... One hundred years later, the dots are joined, and the questions are answered.

A laugh-out-loud new illustrated chapter book series celebrating the roller coaster highs and lows of life in a second grade classroom.Buddy has a good feeling about second grade. He knows where to go, his best friend is in his class, and he’s ready for a great year. And then Bea shows up—new, tardy, and showing off brand new stitches. Buddy was not expecting Bea.  Bea's fast talking and upside-down thinking leave Buddy feeling buzzy—and with his hair full of mayonnaise. How will he and Bea ever figure out how to get along in the same classroom community?

Meet the pets of Buddy and Bea and their friends in the third installment of this laugh-out-loud illustrated chapter book series celebrating life in a second grade classroom.After an author visits their classroom, Buddy and his friends are inspired to write about their pets—in fact, animals are suddenly all anyone can talk about! Joey’s adorable puppy even stops by Ms. Maple’s classroom (and makes a major mess). But something seems off about the things Bea is saying about her cat. Are her stories true?Buddy has his own pet problems (training a cranky cat is . . . hard), so he tries not to focus on the drama with Bea. But she isn’t so easy to ignore. No one knows what to think about Bea’s tales—should they believe her? Is she fibbing? The truth turns out to be more complicated than Buddy thought.

Nine years ago, my sister died at Firestone Academy.​At least, that's what they claim. I don't believe their lies about a tragic accident.​Now I've come to face the trials myself - tests that will determine which Quarter I'll serve for the rest of my days. But I have other plans. Behind these ancient walls, dark magic pulses through every stone, and three elite shadow weavers rule absolute - The Princes: Beaufort Lincoln commands shadows like breathing, his charm masking deadly intent. Dray Eros weaves darkness into deadly art, violence wrapped in seductive smiles. Thorne Cadieux's silent power makes even teachers tremble. They've marked me as theirs, offering protection through the brutal trials in exchange for complete submission. Students break here, crushed by the trials. Most return changed. Others never return at all. The Princes may control these...

The Princes believe they can protect me. But what they don't understand is that no one is safe in the academy. Not even them.​We've survived one semester of deadly trials, but darker forces are gathering within these ancient walls.​We're all guarding secrets. All hiding bitter truths.​And while hunting for the truth may put my life at risk, it won't stop me from trying.​Who killed my sister?​Why is the stone I've kept hidden suddenly cracking?​And why do the three most powerful shadow weavers in the academy believe I belong to them?​I'm determined to find my answers before the academy claims another victim.​What I don't expect to discover: I'm hiding secrets from myself—secrets that could shatter everything I thought I knew about who I am and what I'm capable of.​***Return to the dangerous halls...