A Reason to Kill (A Rina Martin Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Adams, Jane A.

Mystery

Worldwide

Fragile Lives

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Severn House Publishers Ltd.

The summer tourist season is in full swing when retired stage actress Rina Martin finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation. A man is found shot execution-style on his yacht in Frantham Harbor, and everyone's got a theory about who killed the wealthy computer games designer. Rina's eccentric group of boarders is no exception, and before long detective inspector Mac McGregor is swamped with people eager to lend a hand.Mac soon discovers the victim, Paul de Freitas, had designed a top secret computer program, which someone is desperate to acquire. To find the software, Mac and Rina follow a series of clues linked to de Freitas's newest video game, but a hidden enemy is watching their every move... determined to make sure this game has deadly consequences.

The Power of One (A Rina Martin Mystery)

Bright Young Things (A Henry Johnstone 1930s Mystery, 7)

Genre Fiction

Severn House

Girl in the Yellow Dress, The (A Henry Johnstone 1930s Mystery, 8)

Was the wrong man hanged for a young woman's murder, or is a copycat killer on the loose? DCI Henry Johnstone and DS Mickey Hitchens must crack a darkly complex case when the community close ranks. 1930, Leicestershire. Everyone in the quiet market town of East Harborough is convinced that local miscreant Brady Brewer is responsible for the brutal murder of Sarah Downham. Despite Brewer's protestations of innocence, and his sister's pleas for help from DCI Henry Johnstone and DS Mickey Hitchens, Brewer is convicted and hanged. Two weeks after the hanging, a farmworker finds the body of another young woman less than a mile from where Sarah was found - and there are other disturbing similarities between the two murders. Is a copycat killer on the loose, or was Brewer innocent after all? Where is the missing yellow dress that Sarah wore the night she was murdered? As the locals close ranks, Henry and Mickey soon discover that reputations - and the truth - are all on the line . . .

The new Naomi Blake mystery - Naomi and boyfriend Alec Friedman travel to the Fenlands for the funeral of Alecs beloved Uncle Rupert, who ran an antiques business and wrote books on local history. At the funeral, it becomes clear that there were some suspicious circumstances, and that the ostensible cause of death a heart-attack may not hold true. It soon becomes clear that Rupert may have had some secrets in his past...

Legacy of Lies (A Naomi Blake Mystery, 5)

The new Rina Martin mystery - Two men are found shot dead aboard a luxury yacht, and the key seems to lie with a company that makes computer games. What secret were the men protecting that others were prepared to kill to get hold of? Rina Martin decides to find out, much to the consternation of her friend, DI McGregor. But her impulse to help those threatened puts the people she most cares for in grave danger . . .

Power of One, The (A Rina Martin Mystery, 3)

The new ‘Rina Martin’ mystery - When DI ‘Mac’ McGregor came to Frantham he was a broken man, guilt ridden at the death of a child he had tried to save, and whose killer had escaped. But he found friendship there, in the shape of Rina Martin’s strange little household, and romance with CSI Miriam Hasting. But now his past is catching up with him. There are new leads in the child-killer case, and Mac rejoins the hunt – only to become the hunted . . . Can Rina save him from his darkest trouble yet?

Resolutions (Rina Martin Mysteries, 4)

The murder of a family forces former policewoman Naomi Blake to face her past Victor Griffin seemed to be one of the good guys, but that didn't stop someone coming to his home and killing him and his wife. The last act of Vic's life was to try and save his children: fifteen-month-old Jack, and his beloved stepdaughter, Sarah. But why were Vic and his wife shot dead? Why is there no record of them before they came to live in Ferrymouth three years ago? The one clue to their past is a business card, wedged between the pages of an almost empty address book. A card with Naomi's name on it. Naomi and Alec find themselves drawn back to face events that happened when Naomi was still a serving police officer - just before the accident that blinded her - and which have now led to murder.

Paying the Ferryman (A Naomi Blake Mystery, 10)

Life is looking up for Rina Martin, with the expected revival of her television career, but as her happy summer ends, storm clouds are on the horizon . . . Summer in Frantham had been long and lazy and DI MacGregor had enjoyed the peace and quiet after a traumatic year. In the Martin Household at Peverill Lodge, change is afoot. Tim is now engaged and preparing to move out, an event Rina views with a mix of pleasure and regret. She will miss Tim tremendously. And there is news of the revival of her television career. Lydia Marchant Investigates looks set to make it back onto the small screen But nothing stays peaceful for long. Old enemies have returned, the skeletal remains of a woman are found during excavations at the local airfield and then a man is murdered outside a local pub just a few miles away from Frantham. As the hot, peaceful summer ends, the autumn is set to turn nasty. Stormclouds are gathering, and Rina, Mac and their friends are about to be swept up into the maelstrom . . .

Cause of Death (Rina Martin)

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