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Miss Matilda Hayward has been assigned her first book review for the Women's Journal newspaper and she is very much enjoying Mr Linton Turner's novel, The Pyjama Girl Mystery, until it comes to life. When a young lady is found murdered and left on the church steps dressed only in blue satin pyjamas - just like in the plot of the novel - the author immediately comes under suspicion. But no one can identify the victim. Matilda's beau, Detective Thomas Ashdown, is on the case, and with his partner, Detective Harry Dart, they hire a talented mortician, Miss Phoebe Astin, to illustrate the deceased lady for identification purposes. After Matilda and her friend, Miss Georgina Urry, make Phoebe's acquaintance, the three ladies find themselves unwillingly caught in a battle of words and hearts between an author and a poet with deadly intent. There is secrecy, danger, and love afoot

Sophie Carell is making a name for herself and it is not on the stage or screen where she once planned a career. Accepting the cursed glasses bequeathed by her Great Aunt Daphne that gave her the gift of clairvoyance, Sophie has helped Detective Murdoch Ashcroft close several cases and her skills are in demand. But Sophie has to decide - will she continue auditioning and acting, or will she fill Great Aunt Daphne's shoes, including helping to solve the cold case mysterious death of a beauty queen? Trouble brews around Sophie as her protector, the handsome and powerful, Lukas Lens, is not sure he can fulfil his role, and the brooding Detective Murdoch Ashcroft looms as her potential enemy.Friends and enemies cross lines in the second volume of The Clairvoyant's Glasses.

Jesse Clarke's 10-year school reunion boasted a few shocks - and that didn't include Jesse running a publicity and private investigator business. The talk of the reunion was Alex Bryson, the overweight kid who transformed himself thanks to winning a place on the TV reality program, Lose it But a week after the reunion, Alex is dead. That's not the only reunion that's taking up Jesse's time. At a client's family reunion and birthday celebration, a very expensive Titanic relic goes missing - a Titanic Mourning Bear. And now T-Bear, as he is known, is showing up all over the country With support from her boyfriend Dominic, along with business partner Ed, Police Officer Jason, and Jesse's enthusiastic best friend, Melanie, Jesse is back solving mysteries while juggling publicity clients include Mona and her choir, again.

Beautiful muse, Miss Sapphire Reubens, the inspiration for her lover's latest art exhibition, is missing - items of her clothing found in the river. Worryingly, Miss Matilda Hayward and her fellow writer for the Women's Journal, Miss Alice Doran, only recently enjoyed a preview of the inspired work by artist, Marlon Dominey, featuring Miss Reubens immersed in water. Was it a death portrait? When another two artists are found murdered and posed in the manner of their paintings, Matilda and her new beau, Detective Thomas Ashdown, fear the artist's inspiration may have come from ill means. Matilda is determined to get to the bottom of the story, especially as her brother, Gideon, manages the Art Gallery featuring the artwork. There is mystery, passion and love afoot

Now on exhibition for a few days only, the strange, the wonderful, sights you have never beheld before - Burnham's Freak Show. Including Mrs Anna Tufton, the Giantess.-Brisbane Courier, 18 April, 1888. Matilda Hayward is determined to have a career, after all, it is 1888 While reporting for the Women's Journal newspaper, Matilda is sent to cover the visiting 'Freak Show' and to interview Mrs Anna Tufton, a giantess. During the interview, the giantess slips a note to Matilda begging for help to her escape the show she is forced to do by her husband. But then the giantess's husband, along with the owner of the Freak Show, Mr Alfred E. Burnham, is murdered. The giantess is a likely suspect. Matilda enlists the help of her lawyer brother, Amos, to prove the giantess is no killer and to free her from a life of exploitation. But close family friend, Detective Thomas Ashdown - who might just have feelings for Matilda despite having known her since childhood - would prefer Matilda was nowhere near his murder case. There is mystery, danger, and love afoot

Miss Matilda Hayward has a wedding to plan and while ordering her bridal bouquet in Bridal Lane, she finds a note in her sample bouquet requesting a liaison. Innocently believing the note to be a mix-up, Matilda engages her brother, Daniel, to attend the liaison with her, but the young paramour rushes off. He is later found beaten and bruised in an alley off Bridal Lane by Matilda's fianc , Detective Thomas Ashdown, and his partner, Detective Harry Dart. When a respected lacemaker is also found murdered in the same laneway, the note takes on a new significance. Matilda is assigned to write the obituary for the Women's Journal with her illustrator friend, Miss Georgina Urry, and soon finds herself embroiled in danger in the middle of a murder case, much to her fianc 's displeasure. There is mystery, danger, and love afoot before Matilda makes it to the altar

From author Helen Goltz comes an exciting new series about love, fate, and putting to rest more than the dead, with a hint of magic, mystery and visions. Miss Phoebe Astin and her brothers, Julius and Ambrose, lead an unconventional life working in the family funeral business - The Economic Undertaker. But Phoebe is not just a talented mortician, she is a medium for the spirit world, and often enjoys the company of her clients before they move on to the next world. When a gentleman lingers behind before passing over to the other side and begs her to investigate his murder, Phoebe contacts her brother's friend, Detective Harland Stone, to explain her concerns. Fortunately, the detective - who is new in town and making his mark - has an open mind and accepts that Phoebe communicates with the dead, but is fixed on finding the evidence to support her claims.It is not long before another body, that of a young woman, is found buried under the hearthstone in a small family home and the likely villain is the very same man who Phoebe's ghost claimed was responsible for his death. Detective Stone is racing against the clock to find the villain and to prevent any further deaths from those that the villain may love or con into marriage. Meanwhile, Julius Astin is doing his best to avoid the persistent mothers and flirting daughters who manage to find a way to corner him, and his younger brother, Ambrose, has lost his heart to Phoebe's friend and reporter, Miss Lilly Lewis, who only has eyes for Julius.There is murder, love and mystery afoot, and it appears that for the Astin family, being dead is no excuse for letting a crime go unpunished The Missing Bride mystery includes: - A hint of paranormal, fantasy, clairvoyant skills, and visions- A family with a funeral business and all the quirks that come with it- A beautiful and intriguing medium- A handsome detective who is happy to have all the help he can get to solve the mystery- Two handsome undertaker brothers who have their share of adventure and romance- Historical detail accurately researched and set in 1890 Australia. BOOKS IN THE LADY MORTICIAN'S VISIONS SERIES so far... The Missing BridesThe Fake ChildThe Dastardly Debutante (coming soon).

From author Helen Goltz, the second book in the exciting series about love, fate, and putting to rest more than the dead, with a hint of magic, mystery and visions. Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker is not just a talented mortician, but a medium for the spirit world and often enjoys the company of her clients before they move on to the next world. When her funeral director brothers, Julius and Ambrose, bring the deceased Mrs Henriette Tochborn to her workroom, there is much interest as the lady was quite well known for her tragedy - twenty years prior her child was kidnapped and never found.Prior to her death, to mark the 20th anniversary, Mrs Tochborn placed an advertisement in the paper requesting information, or for her child, if he was still alive, to come forth. Two men responded - a butcher and an asylum inmate - claiming to be that very child. Unfortunately, illness took Mrs Tochborn's life before their claims could be tested. But that's not stopping the claimants from trying for their rightful inheritance. Phoebe is surprised when Mrs Tochborn appears in spirit form asking Phoebe for help. The deceased lady still has work to do amongst the living and now having crossed over to the other side, Mrs Tochborn knows the truth of what happened to her son.Working with Detective Harland Stone who has faith in Phoebe's visions and a keen interest in the lady herself, and journalist, Miss Lilly Lewis, a case that has been cold for 20 years is suddenly warming up. Meanwhile, Julius and Ambrose Astin struggle to maintain their professional undertaker countenance at a funeral that goes awry, and Julius's affection for a certain lady becomes hard to ignore. There is murder, love and mystery afoot, and it appears that for the Astin family, being dead is no excuse for letting a crime go unpunished The Fake Child mystery includes: - A hint of paranormal, fantasy, and visions- A family with a funeral business and all the quirks that come with it- A beautiful and intriguing medium who is not a clairvoyant but has psychic leanings- A handsome detective who is happy to have all the help he can get to solve the mystery- Two handsome undertaker brothers who have their share of adventure and romance- Historical detail accurately researched and set in 1890 Australia. BOOKS IN THE LADY MORTICIAN'S VISIONS SERIES so far... The Missing BridesThe Fake ChildThe Dastardly Debutante (coming soon).

From author Helen Goltz, the sixth book in the exciting mystery series about love, fate, and putting to rest more than the dead.Miss Phoebe Astin is quite accustomed to speaking with spirits as they leave this life on their way to the next. As the mortician at The Economic Undertaker, Phoebe and her brothers, Julius and Ambrose, find themselves inundated with victims from a ferry disaster on the river. But when one of the victims, Mrs Elizabeth Rowe, appears to Phoebe and insists she did not die on the ferry, but her killer hopes it will appear as such, Phoebe is compelled to help. Passing the information on to her beau, Detective Harland Stone, it soon turns out all is not as it appears, especially when photographs taken by Phoebe's friend, Kate, tell a different story. It is a time of flurry for the Astin family, who believe being dead is no excuse for letting a crime go unpunished.The Watery Grave mystery includes: -Paranormal visions-A family with a funeral business and all the quirks that come with it-A beautiful and intriguing medium who is not a clairvoyant but has psychic leanings-A handsome detective who is happy to have all the help he can get to solve the mystery-Two handsome undertaker brothers who have their share of adventure and romance-Historical detail accurately researched and set in 1890 Australia.BOOKS IN THE LADY MORTICIAN'S VISIONS SERIES so far...The Missing BridesThe Fake ChildThe Dastardly Debutante The Deathly DollsThe Potent PerfumeThe Watery Grave

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker has applied her mortician skills to many faces but a beautiful young debutante needed little work, or so she thought. When the debutante's spirit appears to her, insisting she was murdered and demanding Phoebe do something about it, Phoebe agrees. She has, after all, helped many of her ghostly clients before they move on to the next world. Aided by her brothers, Julius and Ambrose, Detective Harland Stone, journalist friend Miss Lilly Lewis, and her dear friend Kate who took a portrait of the debutante the day before her death, Phoebe finds time is running out before the debutante will be laid to rest. For the Astin family, being dead is no excuse for letting crime go unpunished

From author Helen Goltz, the fifth book in the exciting mystery series about love, fate, and putting to rest more than the dead.Accustomed to speaking with spirits as they leave this life on their way to the next, Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker found herself charmed by the recently deceased perfume salesman, Mr Edward 'Teddy' Tate, as were many of his former clients. The debonair salesman asks Phoebe to investigate his death, which he believes was not an accident and to send his love to three ladies whom he had been romancing. Phoebe passes the information on to her beau, Detective Harland Stone, and when two of Teddy's love interests are found dead, the detective gets a whiff of a crime afoot. Aided by her brothers, Julius and Ambrose, and her dear friends, the Vexed Vixens, Phoebe is doing her best to grant the dearly departed justice. For the Astin family, being dead is no excuse for letting a crime go unpunished (even if Mr Teddy Tate was romancing three ladies, the cad )The Potent Perfume mystery includes: - Paranormal visions- A family with a funeral business and all the quirks that come with it- A beautiful and intriguing medium who is not a clairvoyant but has psychic leanings- A handsome detective who is happy to have all the help he can get to solve the mystery- Two handsome undertaker brothers who have their share of adventure and romance- Historical detail researched and set in 1890 Australia.BOOKS IN THE LADY MORTICIAN'S VISIONS SERIES so far...The Missing BridesThe Fake ChildThe Dastardly DebutanteThe Deathly DollsThe Potent Perfume.

Fate comes to call in the fourth and final volume of The Clairvoyant's Glasses.Since accepting the cursed glasses bequeathed by her Great Aunt Daphne giving her the gift of clairvoyance, Sophie Carrell made the decision to give up her acting career and embrace the opportunities that came her way - helping the police, guiding her clients, and being in demand as the best and hottest clairvoyant in town. But in the love stakes, Sophie's past has come back to haunt her. A generational love story - a love triangle - between Sophie, Murdoch the Raven, and Nikolas the shapeshifter, has emerged in the current generation and there is more at stake than just hearts being broken. For the first time in history, the descendant of a powerful witch and the cursed glass recipient are one in the same - Sophie - and her enemy, the Raven can't be with her, or without. But the Raven is not her only enemy, and not her only lover.

Grave Tales: Scenic Rim & Surrounds, Qld visits the many public and private cemeteries in Queensland's Scenic Rim and tells of the everyday people who - willingly or unwillingly - were participants in events that made local and national headlines. They may have lived in the same suburbs, streets, and even the same houses as exist now, or finished their days in this beautiful area. These stories hint at our history - tales of unsolved murders, love lost, mystery, tragedy, early settlement, health epidemics, scandal and sacrifice. Grave Tales reveals more than the headstone can ever convey by tracing the tumultuous journeys that lead to these final resting places.