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The Subsequent Wife

The Subsequent Wife

Priscilla Masters

Severn House
2021
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She's not the first. Will she live to be the last?Jennifer Lomax is twenty-one, but she's already taken some hard knocks in life. So when older, reserved and enigmatic widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she's desperate to believe she's found true love. That her lifelong dream could finally become a reality.But Jennifer also knows there's something not right about Steven. What secrets is he hiding about his dead wife, Margaret, and why does he refuse to talk about her?Jennifer decides to uncover the truth about Margaret. She soon wishes she hadn't. Is she about to make a devastating mistake?
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Almost a Whisper

Almost a Whisper

Priscilla Masters

Canongate Books
2021
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A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case.A young woman is moving dangerously close to the edge of the rock face, pushing a stroller with a child strapped in it towards the steep drop. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer?Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy takes on the case when a walker discovers the pair, but the young woman is mute. Is she traumatized or unwilling to speak? Was she about to commit a terrible crime?As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk? Joanna desperately needs a breakthrough. But when it comes, her investigation takes a shocking turn . . .
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Velvet Scream

Velvet Scream

Priscilla Masters

Severn House Publishers Ltd
2011
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Staffordshire DI Joanna Piercy is on the hunt for a nightclub-going sexual predator in this gritty British mystery that "doesn't settle for easy answers" (Publishers Weekly).On a snowy December morning a young woman is found outside Patches nightclub in Leek. Half dead from the cold and partially clothed she says she has been raped. But as Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, fresh from a disciplinary action, investigates, she learns that Kayleigh Harrison has made unsubstantiated allegations before against her stepfather. Investigations reveal that six months previously there was a similar rape case in Newcastle under Lyme, the girl dying of natural causes. Is Joanna stepping on a cakewalk, or are the two cases connected? Should she relegate Kayleigh's story to the back-burner or is there a real case to investigate? What is fact and what fiction? Kayleigh holds the key - but how much can her story be trusted?Then a third girl disappears from the same nightclub as Kayleigh. DI Piercy's judgement is called into question just as she is supposed to be planning her own wedding.
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Guilty Waters

Guilty Waters

Priscilla Masters

Severn House Publishers Ltd
2014
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Cécile Bellange is a worried mother. Her eighteen-year-old daughter Annabelle and her friend Dorothée left Paris for a summer hitchhiking holiday in England, but it's now September and the only contact from them is a postcard sent from the picturesque setting of Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire three months ago. Meanwhile, in England, brothers Martin and James Stuart find a note from two French girls, inviting the finder to meet them at Rudyard Lake. Their enquiries lead them to Mandalay, an upmarket guesthouse where the girls stayed just before their disappearance, and its owner, the creepy peeping tom, Mr Barker. Arriving in England, Cécile Bellange meets Detective Joanna Piercy, who is looking into the girls' disappearance. Soon Joanna must answer two important questions: what is the anxious Mr Barker trying so desperately to hide, and where are Annabelle and Dorothée?
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Recalled to Death

Recalled to Death

Priscilla Masters

Severn House
2015
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Coroner Martha Gunn is baffled by the discovery of an unidentified body in the ruins of a local beauty spot On a bright spring morning, John Hyde opens the gates to the grounds of Moreton Corbet Castle, a local medieval ruin, and discovers the body of a homeless man with his throat slashed.Detective Inspector Alex Randall and his team soon face some disturbing questions: was this a random attack, or does someone have a vendetta against the homeless? For coroner Martha Gunn, establishing the man's identity is essential, but there are no clues . . . Who is he? What was he doing in the grounds of a Shropshire beauty spot? As the mystery deepens, the need for answers becomes increasingly important. Can Martha and Alex solve the puzzle?
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The Deceiver

The Deceiver

Priscilla Masters

Severn House
2017
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A desperate phone call from an old acquaintance plunges forensic psychiatrist Claire Roget into an explosive situation with echoes in her own past.Forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget finds it impossible to refuse when she receives a desperate phone call from an old acquaintance, obstetrician Charles Tissot. One of his patients, Heather Kimble, alleges that Tissot seduced her at a party and that he is the father of her unborn child. His career on the line, Charles begs Claire to expose Heather's fragile mental state and discredit her wild claims.With a history of making similar false allegations, her two previous babies having suffered unexplained cot deaths, Heather's accusations would appear to be nothing more than the result of a damaged mind. But as Claire delves further, it becomes clear that Charles hasn't been telling her the whole truth. Could Heather's story possibly have some merit? And is her unborn child in danger?
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A Game of Minds

A Game of Minds

Priscilla Masters

Severn House
2020
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A missing girl. A dark secret. Dr Claire Roget is drawn into a deadly game to find the truth behind a young girl's disappearance in this chilling mystery.It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's seriously ill father, Tom Trustrom, who's desperate to know what happened to his daughter. DS Zed Willard has always believed that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer serving life for the murders of four other girls in the area, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, and Kobi denying any involvement, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can she persuade Kobi to reveal the truth and finally confess to Marvel's murder? Claire is soon drawn into a battle of wits with a dangerous psychopath, as well as a world of dark secrets. Can she find out what really happened to Marvel and fulfil a father's dying wish before it's too late?
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A Velvet Scream

A Velvet Scream

Priscilla Masters

Severn House
2014
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Staffordshire DI Joanna Piercy is on the hunt for a nightclub-going sexual predator in this gritty British mystery that "doesn't settle for easy answers" (Publishers Weekly).On a snowy December morning a young woman is found outside Patches nightclub in Leek. Half dead from the cold and partially clothed she says she has been raped. But as Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, fresh from a disciplinary action, investigates, she learns that Kayleigh Harrison has made unsubstantiated allegations before against her stepfather. Investigations reveal that six months previously there was a similar rape case in Newcastle under Lyme, the girl dying of natural causes. Is Joanna stepping on a cakewalk, or are the two cases connected? Should she relegate Kayleigh's story to the back-burner or is there a real case to investigate? What is fact and what fiction? Kayleigh holds the key - but how much can her story be trusted?Then a third girl disappears from the same nightclub as Kayleigh. DI Piercy's judgement is called into question just as she is supposed to be planning her own wedding.
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A Game of Minds

A Game of Minds

Priscilla Masters

Canongate Books
2021
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A missing girl. A dark secret. Dr Claire Roget is drawn into a deadly game to find the truth behind a young girl's disappearance in this chilling mystery.It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's seriously ill father, Tom Trustom, who's desperate to know what happened to his daughter. DS Zed Willard has always believed that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer serving life for the murders of four other girls in the area, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, and Kobi denying any involvement, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can she persuade Kobi to reveal the truth and finally confess to Marvel's murder? Claire is soon drawn into a battle of wits with a dangerous psychopath, as well as a world of dark secrets. Can she find out what really happened to Marvel and fulfil a father's dying wish before it's too late?
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Almost a Whisper

Almost a Whisper

Priscilla Masters

Canongate Books
2022
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A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case.A young woman is moving dangerously close to the edge of the rock face, pushing a stroller with a child strapped in it towards the steep drop. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer?Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy takes on the case when a walker discovers the pair, but the young woman is mute. Is she traumatized or unwilling to speak? Was she about to commit a terrible crime?As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk? Joanna desperately needs a breakthrough. But when it comes, her investigation takes a shocking turn . . .
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The Subsequent Wife

The Subsequent Wife

Priscilla Masters

Canongate Books
2022
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She's not the first. Will she live to be the last?Jennifer Lomax is twenty-one, but she's already taken some hard knocks in life. So when older, reserved and enigmatic widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she's desperate to believe she's found true love. That her lifelong dream could finally become a reality.But Jennifer also knows there's something not right about Steven. What secrets is he hiding about his dead wife, Margaret, and why does he refuse to talk about her?Jennifer decides to uncover the truth about Margaret. She soon wishes she hadn't. Is she about to make a devastating mistake?
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Almost a Whisper

Almost a Whisper

Priscilla Masters

Canongate Books
2022
sidottu
A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case.A young woman is moving dangerously close to the edge of the rock face, pushing a stroller with a child strapped in it towards the steep drop. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer?Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy takes on the case when a walker discovers the pair, but the young woman is mute. Is she traumatized or unwilling to speak? Was she about to commit a terrible crime?As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk? Joanna desperately needs a breakthrough. But when it comes, her investigation takes a shocking turn . . .
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Undue Influence

Undue Influence

Priscilla Masters

Canongate Books
2023
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Where's Nora Selleck? Nurse Florence Shaw investigates when a mysterious stranger walks into her patient's life - and then she disappears . . .Nurse Florence Shaw is worried about her patient and friend, elderly widow Nora Selleck. When she encounters Nora in the market town of Stone seeming confused, Florence decides to pay her a visit in more familiar surroundings. But at Nora's house she meets Ben Evans, a mysterious young stranger who has befriended Nora. Who is Ben, and why is he encouraging Nora to miss her surgery appointments?Florence doesn't trust Ben. She's sure he doesn't have Nora's best interests at heart and is a threat to her vulnerable patient. But no one else, not even Nora's doctor, shares her concern. Until, one day, Nora suddenly disappears . . .
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Blood on the Rocks

Blood on the Rocks

Priscilla Masters

Severn House
2020
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DI Joanna Piercy is not happy when she's assigned the apparently minor case of finding a missing elderly man, but it turns out to be far more sinister . . .DI Joanna Piercy is irritated at what she perceives to be an attempt to wrap her up in cotton wool during her pregnancy when she is asked to take on the case of Zachary Foster, a missing ninety-six-year-old man suffering from dementia. Zachary has vanished from his residential care home on the edge of Leek during the night with his beloved old teddy bear. He can't have gone far, surely, but how did a frail, elderly man manage to abscond from a secure house at night? As Joanna investigates, it soon becomes clear that this apparently minor case is far more sinister than it first appears. Could her own life, and that of her unborn child, be at risk?
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