Susan Moody

Former police detective Alex Quick finds it impossible to refuse when a young family friend begs for her help in discovering which of his friends is a thief. Following a dinner party he'd held at his uncle's grand Venetian apartment, a pair of valuable items went missing, only to turn up at a London pawnbrokers. But why would a wealthy guest, a member of the glamorous Anglo-Italian jet-set, need to steal in the first place? Before Alex can discover more, one of the dinner party guests is found murdered. Could there be a connection to the theft? As she heads to Venice to pursue her investigations further, Alex receives news that another person present that night has disappeared and the case spirals into something altogether darker and deeper.

Former police detective Alex Quick finds it impossible to refuse when a young family friend begs for her help in discovering which of his friends is a thief. Following a dinner party he'd held at his uncle's grand Venetian apartment, a pair of valuable items went missing, only to turn up at a London pawnbrokers. But why would a wealthy guest, a member of the glamorous Anglo-Italian jet-set, need to steal in the first place? Before Alex can discover more, one of the dinner party guests is found murdered. Could there be a connection to the theft? As she heads to Venice to pursue her investigations further, Alex receives news that another person present that night has disappeared and the case spirals into something altogether darker and deeper.

Alex Quick investigates the murder of a close family friend in this intriguing, intricately-plotted mysteryIn her former career as a police detective, Alex Quick was exposed to some brutally violent crimes - but none as horrific as this. A badly mutilated corpse is discovered in a field, the victim castrated, the word 'cheat' carved across his chest. The dead man was a close family friend of Alex, and his sister has asked her to find out who killed him - and why. Although they'd been friends as long as she can remember, how well did Alex really know the late Tristan Huber? Why would someone murder him in such a violent and cruel way? Whoever she questions, Alex finds that people are reluctant to talk, keeping things back from her - including Tristan's sister, Dimsie. The more Alex uncovers, the clearer it becomes that Tristan Huber was not who, or what, he appeared to be. But is she prepared for the shocking truth?

"Aficionados of British crime fiction can't get enough, and this fresh mystery will satisfy their cravings" - Library Journal Starred ReviewIntroducing outspoken female sleuth Alex Quick in the first of a brand-new mystery seriesWhen her business partner, acclaimed art historian and university professor Dr Helena Drummond, disappears, Alexandra Quick is consumed by guilt. Shortly before she vanished, Helena had complained of being menaced by a stalker, and Alex had dismissed her fears as groundless. Now Alex, a former police detective, is determined to use her finely-honed investigative skills to find out what's happened to her friend and colleague. But the more she uncovers, the more Alex realizes how little she really knew Dr Helena Drummond. As it becomes increasingly clear that the woman she thought she knew so well has been keeping a great many secrets from her, Alex must decide: is Helena a victim . or is she a killer?

"Aficionados of British crime fiction can't get enough, and this fresh mystery will satisfy their cravings" - Library Journal Starred ReviewIntroducing outspoken female sleuth Alex Quick in the first of a brand-new mystery seriesWhen her business partner, acclaimed art historian and university professor Dr Helena Drummond, disappears, Alexandra Quick is consumed by guilt. Shortly before she vanished, Helena had complained of being menaced by a stalker, and Alex had dismissed her fears as groundless. Now Alex, a former police detective, is determined to use her finely-honed investigative skills to find out what's happened to her friend and colleague. But the more she uncovers, the more Alex realizes how little she really knew Dr Helena Drummond. As it becomes increasingly clear that the woman she thought she knew so well has been keeping a great many secrets from her, Alex must decide: is Helena a victim . or is she a killer?

"Aficionados of British crime fiction can't get enough, and this fresh mystery will satisfy their cravings" - Library Journal Starred ReviewIntroducing outspoken female sleuth Alex Quick in the first of a brand-new mystery seriesWhen her business partner, acclaimed art historian and university professor Dr Helena Drummond, disappears, Alexandra Quick is consumed by guilt. Shortly before she vanished, Helena had complained of being menaced by a stalker, and Alex had dismissed her fears as groundless. Now Alex, a former police detective, is determined to use her finely-honed investigative skills to find out what's happened to her friend and colleague. But the more she uncovers, the more Alex realizes how little she really knew Dr Helena Drummond. As it becomes increasingly clear that the woman she thought she knew so well has been keeping a great many secrets from her, Alex must decide: is Helena a victim . or is she a killer?

A woman's unresolved past has disturbing implications for her future in this compelling psychological mysteryWhen she was nineteen, Kate's father, stepmother and eight-year-old sister were killed in a mysterious car accident in South America. The only survivor, Kate has no recollection of what happened that terrible day. But a proposition from a stranger becomes the catalyst for a series of events that will change Kate's life irrevocably. Somehow everything leads back to that one dreadful day in Ecuador, and loose ends that need to be resolved.

A woman's search for her identity leads her to confront a series of disturbing truths in this enthralling psychological mysteryAbandoned at the age of eleven by her beautiful, capricious mother, Theodora Cairns, twenty years on and with a painful divorce behind her, is still struggling to get over her childhood abandonment. With the urging of her new love interest, Fergus Costello, and a chance discovery, Theo becomes determined to find her mother and demand answers to the questions she should have asked years ago. Her search for answers leads her to Vermont, USA, but will she be able to handle the disturbing truth?

Mystery returns to Cassandra Swann's life when she realizes she is being watched everywhere she goes and then suddenly her friend is murdered, leading Cassie to enact her amateur sleuth skills to unmask her stalker and uncover the killer of her friend. Someone is stalking Cassandra Swann. He drives a white Peugeot and turns up in the moments she least expects to see him, like outside the library, in the aisles of the supermarket, and in parking lots. When she sees him after leaving the hospital to visit her friend, Naomi, she knows she must figure out who it is following her every move. Just as she begins to work on discovering her stalker's identity, she is met with the problems of her friend. Naomi has just had a hysterectomy, ending all chances that she may be able to conceive a child... but even heavier on her mind is that she believes her husband, John, is trying to kill her. When Cassie receives a call from John asking if she could check on Naomi at their house while he is on a business trip and she discovers Naomi dead, Cassie can't help but remember her friend's concerns. While searching for the truth behind the fa ade of her dead friend and her husband, Cassie is dealing with trying to keep her unwelcome admirer, Charlie Quartermaine, at a proper distance. Even when given half a chance, something as small as a nod, Charlie finds a way back into her life... which is not where Cassie wants him to be.

At a crossroads with a decision that could change her future, Cassie Swann's life is thrust into to turmoil when she recognizes a face from an old photo of her father's that forces her to confront the tragedy of her past she has always avoided in this addition to the Cassandra Swann Bridge Mystery series. Just as she is presented with the opportunity to become a bridge expert on a cruise ship, Cassie Swann notices a familiar face on the screen of her television, thrusting her whole life into turmoil. Quickly, she realizes that the face starring back from the screen belongs to a mystery figure from an old photo of her father's, who was stabbed twenty years ago outside of a pub. Coming to terms that it is time to face a tragedy she's been running from for years, Cassie decides to meet the woman from the photo, Brigid Fraser. Considering Brigid named a racehorse after Cassie's father, Handsome Harry, she is bound to have all of the answers to everything concerning her father. Dealing with the discovery of Brigid and balancing tough decisions about her future, Cassie's life is further complicated when she learns that a couple of threatening letters sent to an Indian couple from her bridge classes has escalated to murder, making her realize she is in the middle of a particularly deadly game. Struggling to focus on two murders at once--one from twenty years ago and one that just happened--Cassie finds herself in grave danger, just as she begins to uncover some surprising secrets.