These fast-paced and wonderfully funny cozy mysteries by best selling British author Helen Smith, are just what we need as the days are getting colder. Helen Smith manages to pack in surprises and plot twists, creating a story that is fully engaging from start to finish. Enjoy!
Three Sisters: A British Mystery (Emily Castles Mysteries Book 1)
Helen Smith
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Contemporary Fiction
Three Sisters introduces twenty-six-year-old amateur sleuth Emily Castles in this entertaining new mystery series from best selling British author Helen Smith.
Emily receives an invitation to a party in a large house at the end of her street, hosted by a mysterious troupe of circus performers. She accepts, despite her misgivings, because her dog has died and she needs cheering up. But when she witnesses a murder in the midst of the surreal entertainment, no one will believe what she has seen. Is Emily befuddled with grief at the loss of her pet? Or has something wicked happened in plain sight of all the party-goers? Emily and her eccentric neighbours attempt to discover the truth in a charming story that will have you giggling at every funny line.
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Showstoppers: A British Mystery (Emily Castles Mysteries Book 2)
Helen Smith
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Contemporary Fiction
Twenty-six-year-old amateur sleuth Emily Castles helps out at a local stage school in London. As parents and prospective new pupils turn up at the end of term show – where prizes will be handed out by eccentric philosophy professor Dr. Muriel and famous romance novelist Morgana Blakely – Emily deals with a blackmail threat and two deaths, before teaming up with the guests of honour to try to prevent a massacre happening live on stage.
The funny lines will keep you giggling as you race through this madcap story to discover whether Emily and her friends will triumph over disaster.
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Real Elves: A Christmas Story (Emily Castles Mysteries)
Helen Smith
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Contemporary Fiction | Holidays
~ REAL ELVES is a short Christmas story ~
In a department store in London, a little girl called Sophie visits Santa’s magical forest with her grandfather. As they emerge from the forest, Sophie’s grandfather reports her missing… but the little girl’s right there. Is she a ghost, a twin, an alien abductee–or is there some simpler explanation? Twenty-six-year-old amateur sleuth Emily Castles has fifteen minutes to figure out the puzzle before the police are called and Christmas is ruined.
This short mystery is a standalone story set in London. The Emily Castles mysteries can be read in any order.
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Invitation to Die (Emily Castles Mysteries)
Helen Smith
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Twenty-six-year-old Emily Castles is out of work… again. So when famous romance author Morgana Blakely offers her a job helping out at a conference in London, Emily accepts. Just as eagerly, American blogger Winnie Kraster accepts an invitation from Morgana to attend as a guest, not realizing she has, in effect, accepted an invitation to die.
As a cast of oddball characters assembles at the conference hotel, grievances, differences, and secrets begin to emerge. When Winnie goes missing, and then is found murdered nearby, Emily begins to suspect that someone involved with the conference is responsible. Could it be one of the organizers, one of the authors, a member of the hotel staff, or even the supplier of the chocolates for the conference gift bags? Emily teams up with guest speaker and eccentric philosophy professor Dr. Muriel to find out.
Offbeat and engaging, this entertaining comic mystery is the first full-length novel featuring amateur British sleuth Emily Castles.
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Beyond Belief (Emily Castles Mysteries)
Helen Smith
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Emily Castles, spare-time private investigator, full-time desk jockey is at it again! When renowned psychic Perspicacious Peg predicts a murder will occur at England’s Belief and Beyond conference, her skeptical colleagues recruit twenty-six-year-old budding sleuth Emily to attend the event to investigate. The suspected victim is illusionist Edmund Zenon, who plans to perform a daring stunt at the conference.
In the seaside town of Torquay, Emily meets a colorful cast of characters: dramatic fortune-teller Madame Nova; kindly Bobby Blue Suit and his three psychic dachshunds; Sarah and Tim Taylor, devastated parents mourning their late son; and religious cult members Hilary, Trina, and the Colonel. Tensions rise as believers in science, the supernatural, and the spiritual clash with one another. But once a body count begins, Emily must excuse herself from the séances and positivity circles, and use old-fashioned detective work to find the killer.
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