Everything To Hide

Sydney, Australia, 1933: Wealthy impresario and amateur Egyptologist Roland Cuthbert Barry is murdered on his 60^thbirthday, and everyone attending the evening’s celebrations is a suspect.

Detective Senior Sergeant Harold Chesterfield of Sydney Central Police has been sent by Chief Inspector Ron Thompson to Barry Island on the Hawkesbury River and the rambling sandstone house of the wealthy Barry family. Thompson is a longtime friend of Roland Barry, who has confided in him about threatening notes he has received, suggesting he will be held to account for past actions.

Harold Chesterfield discovers a curious cast of characters at Barry Island: a long-suffering wife and an ambitious young mistress; a Russian ballet dancer who isn’t what he seems; Roland’s daughter and her lover, an Egyptian woman; the family doctor with a secret past; Roland’s two troubled sons; and the evening’s entertainment, a psychic medium, who, from the moment she steps foot on Barry Island, declares something terrible will happen.

With Harold is Ben, an English Pointer with a nose for crime; together, Harold and Ben will face their most challenging case.

Australia is in the grip of the Great Depression, and Harold is surrounded by opulence: tuxedos, sequined dresses, and sumptuous food. But when a severe storm hits and the electricity and telephone are cut off, Harold and the guests find that Roland Barry’s vast wealth cannot protect him, and Harold must uncover secrets, discover motives and find the killer.

Who knows more than they’re telling? Who has everything to hide?

Summer Heat Cold Blood

Danger can hide in plain sight.

After being injured while breaking up a gang fight in Auckland, Senior Constable Mitch Cramer temporarily transfers to New Zealand’s subtropical north, hoping for a quieter pace.

But just days before Christmas, things are far from quiet.

Thefts from local farms have rattled a once-trusting community. And Neve Jacobsen, a café owner still reeling from her husband’s sudden death, is receiving anonymous messages. Someone is watching her.

As Mitch digs deeper, he’s drawn into more than just a case. It’s clear Neve is being targeted, and the threat is more personal and more dangerous than either of them suspects.

A slow-burn mystery that asks how well you really know the people around you, especially when danger is closer than you think and falling for someone could put you both at risk.

Cats, Dogs & Feathered Gods

Find yourself sailing on a Portuguese galleon bound for Lisbon, watch the ancient library of Alexandria burn, and discover who could be trusted in ancient Egypt.

This collection of forty-eight poems will take you on a journey through the cloth markets of Constantinople, to Helen’s Troy and the steppes of Mongolia. Along the way, you will meet Leonardo da Vinci, Rene Descartes, Charles Darwin, and Albrecht Durer, as well as the cats, dogs, and feathered gods of the ancient world.