Helen Goltz

All three books in the Mitchell Parker Crime Thrillers series by Helen Goltz, now in one volume Mastermind: A website inviting players to mastermind the perfect crime is the fa ade for billionaire Lawrence Hackett's real-life game of Mastermind - an invitation-only competition for a select few - to see who can perform the perfect heist and win an enormous bounty. Special Agent Mitchell Parker and his team learn of the international crime ring, and begin their investigation. Washington, London, Paris - the clock is ticking. Can Parker and his team shut down the criminal enterprise before it is too late?Graveyard Of The Atlantic: Off the shores of Cape Hatteras, deep below the surface, lie the bodies of ships that never made it back to land... and with them, something silent and sinister. Meanwhile, several police officers from Beijing are visiting the US for a peculiar purpose. But are they linked to the events in Cape Hatteras? It will be a rough ride for Mitchell and his team, as they race against the ocean - and the clock - to solve the mystery.The Fourth Reich: FBI Special Agent Mitchell Parker is frustrated to be called in on what he believes is a police matter, but digging deeper, a much more far-reaching threat is revealed. Soon, Parker and his team find themselves in the middle of a Neo-Nazi plot that spans continents, and threatens to bring one of the worst atrocities in history back to life.

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

Have we learnt anything from the ordinary people who were caught up in extraordinary Australian events and circumstances, and now rest in Sydney cemeteries? A recent report spotlighted the housing affordability crisis in Sydney where workers were being forced to live hours from their work. Was this forewarned by Juanita Nielsen and Mick Fowler 40 years ago when they campaigned to save areas for working class locals? Juanita lost her life as a result. Maggie Oliver trod the boards all over Australia in the 1860s. But when the curtain fell, her home life was one of domestic violence at the hands of husband, John. His employer, Mr Gougenheim, hearing of John's shameful treatment of Maggie, discharged him. Do we need more Mr Gougenheim's stepping up as Male Champions of Change against domestic violence? Henry O'Farrell was our first would-be assassin - he tried to kill Queen Victoria's son but failed and was executed with indecent haste. Today we would have recognised his mental illness... wouldn't we? Are we more tolerant? History colliding with the now; these are just some of the stories and personalities featured in the Grave Tales series. Grave Tales: Sydney visits cemeteries to feature 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 unexpectantly came to rest in Sydney.

A missing girl, a reluctant spirit, and a race to solve the case before a very important wedding Miss Phoebe Astin's much-anticipated day at the aquarium with her fianc , family and friends, takes a dark turn when a recently captured shark dramatically regurgitates a human arm during its showing. Suddenly, Phoebe finds herself thrust into a chilling mystery that intertwines with the sudden disappearance of a student from Miss Emily Yalden's deportment school. As rumours swirl around the beautiful young student, whose flirtations with her sister's beau have sparked heartache and jealousy, Phoebe seeks the help of a reluctant spirit. An arrest is made, but is there enough evidence for a conviction? With or without the help from the spirit world, Phoebe's fianc , Detective Harland Stone, is determined to pursue justice and to close the case before a very important date - their wedding day. In the last volume of the Lady Mortician series, engagements, weddings, and spirits abound Ideal for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Cara Devlin, Irina Shapiro, and Wendy Vella.

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

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.

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

All three books in the Mitchell Parker Crime Thrillers series by Helen Goltz, now in one volume Mastermind: A website inviting players to mastermind the perfect crime is the fa ade for billionaire Lawrence Hackett's real-life game of Mastermind - an invitation-only competition for a select few - to see who can perform the perfect heist and win an enormous bounty. Special Agent Mitchell Parker and his team learn of the international crime ring, and begin their investigation. Washington, London, Paris - the clock is ticking. Can Parker and his team shut down the criminal enterprise before it is too late?Graveyard Of The Atlantic: Off the shores of Cape Hatteras, deep below the surface, lie the bodies of ships that never made it back to land... and with them, something silent and sinister. Meanwhile, several police officers from Beijing are visiting the US for a peculiar purpose. But are they linked to the events in Cape Hatteras? It will be a rough ride for Mitchell and his team, as they race against the ocean - and the clock - to solve the mystery.The Fourth Reich: FBI Special Agent Mitchell Parker is frustrated to be called in on what he believes is a police matter, but digging deeper, a much more far-reaching threat is revealed. Soon, Parker and his team find themselves in the middle of a Neo-Nazi plot that spans continents, and threatens to bring one of the worst atrocities in history back to life.

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.

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 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).

PLEASE NOTE: this is a compilation of cold cases as featured in our existing nine Grave Tales titles.Crimes that go unpunished, destined to never be solved, do not allow the stories to end when the victims are laid to rest. These stories start in the graveyards of Australia and as they are largely historic crimes, hold little hope for resolution. In this volume are tales that took away our innocence, shocked us with their cruelty, and at the time, struck fear into the heart of the community. They live on in our history for justice is never served. The stories in this volume are: 1. The Boxing Day murders - the Murphy siblings 2. Something fishy in Coogee: the shark arm murders - Patrick Brady 3. The 'Pyjama Girl' mystery 4. The hands that shaped the noose - Colin Campbell Ross and Alma Tirtschke 5. The poisoning of Mrs Roche 6. The Mystery of Mollie - The Mollie Thompson story 7. Sister or a mister? Bertha and Martha Schippan 8. Once was bright and beautiful - Betty Shanks 9. Australia's first serial killer? Robert Francis Burns 10. Missing, presumed drowned: the Prime Minister Harold Holt 11. Street fighter - Juanita Nielsen 12. Death along Dead Horse Gully - Chrissie Venn 13. Mr & the Mrs Harry Crawfords - Eugenia Falleni 14. The alleged murder of Mrs Wilhelamina Brauer 15. Tamam Shud - The Somerton Man Story.

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