Shanghai, 1928. The body of a blonde is washed up on the Beach of Dead Babies, in the heart of the smog-filled city. Seemingly a suicide, a closer inspection reveals a darker motive: the corpse has been weighed down, it's lower half mutilated...and the Chinese character for justice' carved into the chest.

Death In Shanghai (Inspector Danilov Historical Thriller)

Literature & Fiction

Lee, M J

Genre Fiction

Jayne Sinclair is back and this time she's investigating her own family history. For years, Jayne has avoided researching the past of her own family. There are just too many secrets she would prefer to stay hidden. Then she is forced to face up to the biggest secret of all; her father is still alive. Even worse, he is in prison for the cold-blooded killing of an old civil servant. A killing supposedly motivated by the betrayal and death of his mother decades before. Was he guilty or innocent? And who betrayed his mother? Jayne uses all her genealogical and police skills to investigate the world of the Special Operations Executive and of secrets hidden in the dark days of World War 2. A world that leads her into a battle with herself, her conscience and her own family.

The Sinclair Betrayal: A Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mysteries)

Independently published

Death In Shanghai

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Charnwood

June 8, 1921. Ireland. A British Officer is shot dead on a remote hillside south of Dublin. November 22, 2015. United Kingdom. Former police detective, Jayne Sinclair, now working as a genealogical investigator, receives a phone call from an adopted American billionaire asking her to discover the identity of his real father. How are the two events linked? Jayne Sinclair has only three clues to help her: a photocopied birth certificate, a stolen book and an old photograph. And it soon becomes apparent somebody else is on the trail of the mystery. A killer who will stop at nothing to prevent Jayne discovering the secret hidden in the past The Irish Inheritance takes us through the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Irish War of Independence, combining a search for the truth of the past with all the tension of a modern-day thriller. It is the first in a series of novels featuring Jayne Sinclair, genealogical detective.

The Irish Inheritance: A Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mysteries)

World Literature

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

July 1, 1916. The Somme, France. A British Officer prepares to go over the top on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. March 28, 2016. Manchester. England. Genealogical investigator Jayne Sinclair, a former police detective, is commissioned by a young teacher to look into the history of his family. The only clues are a medallion with purple, white and green ribbons, and an old drawing of a young woman. Her quest leads to a secret buried in the trenches of World War One for over 100 years. Who was the real heir to the Lappiter millions? From the author of the best selling, The Irish Inheritance, comes a gripping new book revealing family secrets hidden in the fog of war. The Somme Legacy is the second book in the Jayne Sinclair genealogical mystery series, but it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story.

The Somme Legacy: A Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery

After a DNA test, Rachel Marlowe, an actress from an aristocratic family, learns she has an African ancestor. She has always been told her family had been in England since 1066, the time of William the Conqueror, and they have a family tree showing an unbroken line of male descendants. Unable to discover the truth herself, she turns to Jayne Sinclair to research her past. Which one of her forbears is Rachel's African ancestor? And, who is desperate to stop Jayne Sinclair uncovering the truth? Jayne digs deep into the secrets of the family, buried in the slave trade and the great sugar estates of the Caribbean. Can she discover the truth hidden in time?

The Merchant's Daughter (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mysteries)

In a time of war, they discovered peace.
When David Wright finds a label, a silver button and a lump of old leather in a chest in the attic, it opens up a window onto the true of joy of Christmas. 
Jayne Sinclair, genealogical investigator, has just a few days to unravel the mystery and discover the truth of what happened on December 25, 1914.
Why did her client’s great grandfather keep these objects hidden for so long? What did they mean to him? And will they help bring the joy of Christmas to a young boy stuck in hospital?
This is the fifth Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery but it can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone novel.

The Silent Christmas: A Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery Novella (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mysteries)

The case was closed. Until people started dying...DI Thomas Ridpath was on the up in the Manchester CID: a promising detective who captured a notorious serial killer. But ten years later he s recovering from a serious illness and on the brink of being forced out of the police. Then people start dying, in an uncanny echo of his first case.As the murder count grows, old records, and bodies, go missing. Caught in a turf war between the police and the coroner s office, Ridpath is in a race against time. A race to save his career, his marriage, and innocent lives.When a detective disappears everything is on the line. Can Ridpath solve the case and save his colleague?A nail-biting crime thriller, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and D. S. Butler.

Where The Truth Lies (Di Ridpath Crime Thriller)

Canelo Crime

Where The Dead Fall (Di Ridpath Crime Thriller)

Canelo

Where the Silence Calls (Di Ridpath Crime Thriller)

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