Pat McDonald

In Book 4 of the As Time Goes By mystery series - As Time Goes By: Love and Revenge - the Bartholomew & Hobbs Detective Agency gets its first case. The assignment is to follow Jenny Williamson, a young wife and mother, whose husband Harvey believes is having an illicit relationship.Bart and Emily soon find themselves with too heavy a workload, covering the clock shop, maintaining castle Daingneach's clock contract, and running the detective agency. They take on Isla to run the shop, and hire an extra associate investigator, ex-cop Mitch, to help with the case.What is happening at the deserted bus company building next door to McKinley's Autos at Dinnet, and is there any connection with the abandoned tour bus building in Bart's village where they previously discovered the graffiti wall?Robbie Cowan goes undercover for Operation Graffiti, leaving his life in Scotland behind.Emily's despair at losing Robbie turns to hatred for the girl Gina Taylor, whom she blames for him leaving her. Emily takes a break to visit her father in Nottingham, but discovers more than she expected.Will love turn to hate . . . and ultimately revenge?About The Author: British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager at the NHS, and in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist. This is her seventeenth novel.

Winston Henry always envied the night shift staff up at the old asylum, until there was a vacancy and he found himself working it. Then it was like he'd woken up to what Echo Heights was really like, and everything changed. He remembered the old saying, "be careful what you wish for," because it may come true. But it wasn't exactly what he thought it would be. Up till then, Winston had never been one for listening to gossip; he avoided people if he could. He thought the stories they told about the things they heard or saw were all made up for attention seeking, so he paid them no heed. That was until he changed to the night shift. About The Author: British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS, and in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist. This is her first published short story and her sixteenth book. She was inspired by her own experiences working in an old Victorian asylum.

In Book 3, As Time Goes By: Secrets and Lies, Bart Bridges and Emily Hobbs are partners in The March of Time clock shop, where they formalise The Bartholomew and Hobbs Detective Agency, initially to find Emily's father and cousin Peter. The investigation leads to enquiries about the sudden hit-and-run death of a local man, which uncovers a tangled web of drug dealing and money laundering. Gina, a young girl who works at the local Co-op, knows an awful lot about everyone in the village. Is she really just a student, or something entirely different? Emily lives in a strange cottage on the Balmoral estate with Lily, whose ex-husband Martin, now in prison for murder and rape, finds every means available to make her life miserable. Bart is plagued by his past deed of helping Lily dispose of her car by using Anna and Warren Doyle, when her father, the Russian oligarch Grigoriy Novikov, traces her to him. Who is the Bogeyman written large on the graffiti in the Tour Bus Building? Will Emily and Bart be able to unravel all the secrets and lies in time to save their closest friends from becoming collateral damage? About The Author: British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS and in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist.

Every Penny Counts is the fifth book in Pat McDonald's Penny Series.Benjamin Pollock (aka Ben Matthews) is now the father of two sets of twins, Luke and Lucy, and Leo and Lily. He lives in the United Arab Emirates in the modest eight-bedroom villa he calls "Chez Waifs and Strays." When his wife Rebecah wants to go back to her nursing job, they take in a nanny for the new twins.Ben's responsibilities mount when his "sister" Cynthia gives birth to his nephew, but it's anyone's guess who the father is. Stan (aka JoJo the Clown) is back, having run away from the circus, and Gordy also turns up again, looking like a long-haired beach bum. Has he really lost Dolly and his precious mansion Hillcrest?The villa is bursting at the seams Nevertheless, Ben's slimming product business The Daisy Effect(c) is flourishing and has branched out into DaisyFit(c), slimming classes with exercises, thanks to Terry's links to a sheikh, who requests that he set up classes for his wives.Ben needs to open a new business bank account for his UK-based classes, which leads him to discover that his old adversary Austin Prentice is now living in the UAE, having travelled across the world to find him. Could Austin still be holding a grudge after all this time?Ben's past just won't leave him alone.About The Author: British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist, and this is her twelfth book.

Book Synopsis: Pennies from Heaven is the fourth book in Pat McDonald's Penny series.Benjamin Pollock (aka Ben Matthews) is a successful businessman trading over the internet with his diet product The Daisy Effect."Living the dream" in the United Arab Emirates with his wife Rebecah, Ben receives the startling news that he is about to become a father again. Their twins Luke and Lucy are quite a handful, so Ben thought his family was already complete. The prospect of welcoming another child is quite daunting, leaving Ben to reflect on his life.An invitation to stay at one of Dubai's exclusive hotels is received thanks to Don Luis Fernandez Rodrigues, a Colombian cartel drug baron turned legitimate film backer for the film, "Zombie Apocalypse: The Final Resolution," which Ben's family have parts in. They find themselves guests for the weekend and are determined to take full advantage of the unexpected getaway.It is here that Ben begins to discover the seedier side of the UAE, the amazingly beautiful place that has allowed his imagination to run riot.The trouble with Ben's past is it has a habit of catching up with him.Author Bio: British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS and in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist. This is her tenth book.

A bad penny always turns up, so the saying goes.A Bad Penny is the third book in a series by Pat McDonald. In her first book, A Penny for Them, Benjamin Matthews (nee Pollock), discovers after several startling revelations that he isn't who he thought he was, which stops him from leaving with his wife and children for the United Arab Emirates.Determined to join them, Ben manages to escape the clutches of Sergeant Daphne Johnson, when in book two, The Penny Drops, he sneaks out of the UK to "live the dream" in the desert country's opulent culture.Feeling sheer relief upon arrival, and lured by his new exotic surroundings and the mysteries of the desert, Ben sees no point in telling his wife who he really is. Believing him to be an orphan, she remains blissfully ignorant of both his families, until his two mothers show up together, complete with suitcases.This sparks the beginning of another inevitable run of bad luck for Ben. Just when things seem to be going okay, something always turns up to spoil it In A Bad Penny, Ben's easy escape to United Arab Emirates is short lived, when, like a bad penny, everyone turns up British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS, and in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist.

A bad penny always turns up, so the saying goes.A Bad Penny is the third book in a series by Pat McDonald. In her first book, A Penny for Them, Benjamin Matthews (nee Pollock), discovers after several startling revelations that he isn't who he thought he was, which stops him from leaving with his wife and children for the United Arab Emirates.Determined to join them, Ben manages to escape the clutches of Sergeant Daphne Johnson, when in book two, The Penny Drops, he sneaks out of the UK to "live the dream" in the desert country's opulent culture.Feeling sheer relief upon arrival, and lured by his new exotic surroundings and the mysteries of the desert, Ben sees no point in telling his wife who he really is. Believing him to be an orphan, she remains blissfully ignorant of both his families, until his two mothers show up together, complete with suitcases.This sparks the beginning of another inevitable run of bad luck for Ben. Just when things seem to be going okay, something always turns up to spoil it In A Bad Penny, Ben's easy escape to United Arab Emirates is short lived, when, like a bad penny, everyone turns up British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS, and in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist.

Private Investigator Bart Bridges has had to enter the witness protection programme. His new identity is Cyrus Bartholomew, clock maker, in the small seaside town of Wainthorpe-on-sea.Two years later, Cyrus has easily settled into his new life as the clock maker, one of dull routine and habit. But his serenity is challenged when his elderly neighbour, the man who runs The Art Gallery next door, is violently murdered in his bed. This makes Cyrus wonder if the murderer mistook the art shop for his clock shop, and he begins to think that his past has caught up with him. Tick tock Besides the old man's murder, Cyrus has noticed some strange things happening at his own shop, things for which he doesn't have an explanation. When he meets Jayson Vingoe, the CSI for his neighbour's murder case, the investigator begins to realise that Cyrus isn't quite what he seems. When another murder occurs, revealing a widespread syndicate of drugs and human trafficking, Cyrus becomes even more nervous, having escaped similar corruption in his past life.Is time running out for the clock maker? Tick tock Pat McDonald lives in the rural Midlands of the United Kingdom. This is her seventh book, a stand-alone crime thriller, with a character taken from her third book, Boxed Off from her Blue Woods trilogy. "I loved this character, but was inspired by the photography of fellow author Ian Hutson to set the scene in an unremarkable seaside town (from his photographs of Mablethorpe, UK), and our conversations about serial killers and where they might pre-exist. I have dedicated this book to him."Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/PatMcDonald

The murder of a local taxi driver begins a chain of events that baffles detectives. As Detective Sergeant Luc Wariner and Detective Constable Aidey Carter try to unravel an interwoven series of lies and deceit involving drugs and underage prostitution, their personal lives become more complex. They both fall for two key witnesses whom they have vowed to protect. Discoveries about police corruption, bribery, as well as physical and sexual abuse leave both victims and villains feeling the need to get even. However, Getting Even is not always possible. There will always be winners and losers. Joan Beddoes has waited a long time for revenge and just wants to bury her stillborn baby. Detective Chief Inspector Harry Beddoes is being fleeced of his ill-gotten gains by his young mistress. Local nightclub owner and drug dealer Toni Maola will stop at nothing to preserve his own survival. Is Detective Inspector Jacqui Foster being stalked as she tries to find her father's killer and bring him to justice? All these fictional characters come together in compelling fashion in the fast and furious crime novel Getting Even: Revenge Is Best Served Cold.Pat McDonald has lived her whole life in Nottingham, England. "I spent seventeen years working for a police force and felt that I ought to have at least one crime novel within me." She has also been a medical researcher, project manager, and programme manager. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/PatMcDonald