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Steve Higgs
What was she thinking? Quitting her steady job in the police for an uncertain future at a paranormal investigation agency? Not only that, her new boss inexplicably took the week…
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Tempest is back! His office burned down, his love life is a joke so it’s the perfect time for a new case then! Is there witchcraft being practiced in the…
Patricia is a guest of the world’s third richest man, her benefactor, the Maharaja of Zangrabar. At a banquet thrown to celebrate a new peace treaty between his country, and…
Patricia gets a call from her friend, and zoo owner, saying her husband George is missing and the police are not investigating due to no ransom note or evidence of…
When she finds a member of British Intelligence in her bedroom, Patricia really isn’t that surprised. However, he has a secret task for her - find his contact, hand over…
The paranormal? It’s all nonsense but proving it might just get them all killed. When a vampire starts killing people in his town, paranormal investigator, Tempest Michaels, takes it personally…
I just took a case from the tearful, but very rich, widow Barker, whose husband supposedly died at the hands of a century-old phantom. He was the owner of Barker…
After the drama in Biggleswade, our crime-busting duo head to York for the annual Yorkshire pudding competition and a well-earned rest … … well fat chance of that because they…
Felicity has an event to run on a private island this weekend. Unfortunately, it's also the perfect setting for a murder. When an unpredicted storm cuts them off from the…
When Patricia returned the missing sapphire she had no idea the Maharaja would invite her to his son’s coronation. The invite suggests he has a mystery for her to solve…
Baking. It can get a guy killed.
When a retired detective superintendent chooses to take a culinary tour of the British Isles, he hopes to find tasty treats and delicious…
Following a trail of clues to a sleepy seaside village in the southwest corner of England, retired police detective, Albert Smith, aims to prove his theory of a master criminal…
In Biggleswade, Albert & Rex, are enjoying a peaceful break, until the waitress serving them is arrested for murder. But Albert saw her eyes when the police came for her…
When a crewmember takes his own life but hands Patricia a cryptic note and a request to save Anna just before he jumps, she feels she has no choice but…
Now halfway through her trip, the peace is interrupted when another calling card is found. Proof that someone has been breaking into the upper deck suites, but nothing has been…
On a culinary tour of the British Isles, a retired detective and a failed police dog intend to taste the kippers that made the town famous but when the first…
On the train ride into Dundee, Albert and Rex discover a woman has just witnessed a murder. She claims she saw something in the window of a house as the…
Visiting Lancashire, Rex and Albert dream of delicious dishes. What they get is the dead body of a famous TV chef. Plunged into mystery, Rex and Albert must stay one…
Upon arriving in Blackpool, Albert walks into a shop being shaken down by heavies enforcing a protection racket. Instantly marked when Rex rousts the criminals, Albert must choose whether to…
On board a cruise, the days are filled exploring places. Unless you are employed as the ship's detective, Patricia is the sleuth whose special skills include attracting trouble, getting shot…
It's not so much the number of dead bodies that Patricia needs to worry about on this cruise, it's how far up the mystery meter they score. Patricia must work…
Reaching the British Unions Isles, the ship arrives for the pirate festival. It's party time! But Patricia finds an eccentric millionaire waiting to hire her and his spooky ghost story…
Cut off from her friends and forced to perform tasks at her enemy, Angela Howard-Box's, beck and call, Patricia is on the run. Multiple criminals are on her tail, plus…
When the body of a stowaway is found in the bowels of the ship, no one could have predicted the trouble heading their way. However, when the arrival of a…
On the LA to Hawaii leg, a film crew are shooting a new action movie, Barbie has been given a role. It's all great fun and she attention of the…
Can you keep a really terrible secret? A town in America is about to be rocked to its core, as three sisters come to terms with what they are. Being…
What started as a missing person case goes south fast when a body marked with pagan symbols is found in the woods. A chance encounter with another investigator, none other…
When an artist boards the ship, no one expects his work to be interrupted by the death of his muse who seemed vibrant and full of life just hours before…
A retired detective and his former police dog expect a quiet time in a Cumbrian village. However, when Rex picks up a scent upon arriving at their B&B. The discovery…
When the chef tipped to win this year's annual Eton Mess competition falls to his death in mysterious circumstances, Albert races to investigate…
What lurks in the shadows at the Dockyard? Is it something evil and malignant? Will it suck at your soul? No, because it will be some idiot in a costume…
What would motivate a person to damage a ship in frigid waters and what might that person do next? It’s no surprise when Patricia decides to look into it, but…
There are crop circles in the fields near Cliffe Woods and unexplained lights in the sky at night. Does Amanda’s latest case have aliens at its core? A farmer hires…
When retired cop, Albert, arrives in Stilton for a festival, he has cheese on his mind, but that’s not what he gets … … arriving the morning after the factory…
Gold coins from a centuries-old sunken treasure ship have been found on the beach in Cawsand. This would be no cause for Tempest Michaels to take notice, but a man…
When Michael Michaels finds himself facing off against a giant ghoul, he begins to think he should have listened to his wife and stayed at home. In trouble with the…
Telling your superior officer he is an (insert expletive) was not a good career move, but it sure felt good to do it. I'm tiny and bits of me are…
Whatever it is that makes her special, it's attracting a lot of heat. The demons all seem to want her, but the ancient secret driving them to her might also…
She's got a magical hand cannon and is carrying God's sword. That makes her tough to beat, but when the devil himself sends the four horsemen of the impending apocalypse…
Immortal wizard, Otto misjudged his deal with Daniel badly. Now he's a demon's puppet and kidnapping people because he has no choice. Who can you trust when you are already…
When Zachary arrives at a farming community looking for work, he finds a girl, and the men that want to dominate the village threaten her livelihood. There's something very rotten…
What would you do with your last week? My plans got shot to hell when the police, asked for my help. They have a murder with strange circumstances. I only…
Today's tasks: 1.Escape from underground cell 2.Recruit snarky d-bag werewolf to help 3.Invade demon realm and rescue a girl For wizard detective, Otto, magic has always kept him out of…
When the local goddess of cake is found impaled with her own knife, the victim's husband is found holding the weapon. It's an open and shut case until he calls…
Fifty-three-year-old Patricia Fisher is a trouble magnet like no other, a sad fact she has come to accept during her three month around the world cruise. Wherever she goes, bodies…
steve higgs
A humourous murder mystery adventure set aboard a luxury cruise ship. Middle-aged English sleuth, Patricia Fisher, unwittingly takes on opposing gangster factions when asked to find a missing person. With…
Fire.
Every creature fears it.
Except one.
When a call late one evening leads Jane to Buckingham Palace, she holds no concern the dragon they want her to investigate is…
With a billionaire about to get married onboard the Aurelia and a guest list that reads like a celebrity who's who, tension among the security team is understandably high.
They…