1920s Murder Mystery

Everyone at the party had a secret. Someone killed to keep theirs. When Marjorie Swallow attends her first Bloomsbury party, she worries that the conversation will be over her head. But when the night ends in murder, she has more pressing concerns. Was the culprit really the handsome artist she danced the night away with? And why did so many people want Betty Norris dead? From the garden squares of Bloomsbury to the seedy backstreets of Soho, apprentice detective Marjorie goes on a perilous hunt for the killer. Blackmail In Bloomsbury brings 1920s London to life in a classic murder mystery.

When a night of jazz and dancing with the American ambassador's niece ends in tragedy, private detective Marjorie Swallow is thrust into a world of shady nightlife. She goes undercover as a dance hostess in the glamorous Harlequin nightclub in Soho, in a bid to untangle the mystery. But an encounter with the menacing Armstrong brothers puts her in deadly peril down by the Limehouse docks. Finally she discovers that some secrets lurk closer to home... The Soho Jazz Murders is a thrilling mystery set in the London of the roaring twenties.

Marjorie Swallow is called to investigate when a garden designer suspects that someone is sabotaging her Himalayan Sapphire Lilies, ahead of the 1923 Chelsea Flower Show. But soon it's not just the flowers that are dying. Rival gardeners, intrepid plant hunters and King George V himself are caught up in a poisonous bouquet with its roots deep in the mountains of Tibet. Death At Chelsea is a twist-filled cozy mystery set in 1920s high society, from an English country estate to the famous Chelsea Flower Show.

A trip to the French Riviera sounds like just the ticket for Marjorie and Mrs Jameson. But from the moment they step aboard the famous Blue Train to the Mediterranean coast, it becomes clear that this won't be an ordinary vacation. They've been invited to stay at the palatial Villa Beau Rivage for a month in the sun, after a dismal summer in London. Surrounded by diamond merchants, film stars, artists and art dealers, Marjorie is swept off her feet by her first experience of the beauty and colour of the Côte d'Azur. She faces a dilemma when one particular artist sets her heart racing – but soon they are both caught up in the aftermath of a tragic death at a glamorous party. Luckily Mrs Jameson is there to keep her mind on the case, as they investigate just how far some people will go for money.

When the Daily Post, the top-selling newspaper of 1924, receives a notice announcing the death of Lord Ravensbourne, something is clearly up. Not only is his lordship the owner of the Post, but he's still very much alive. Marjorie and Mrs Jameson must find out who sent the death notice, before the threat becomes reality. But Marjorie quickly discovers that Lord Ravensbourne, a belligerent bully, collects enemies like other men collect stamps. Everyone seems to have good reason to wish him dead. Marjorie dives into the murky world of 1920s Fleet Street, the home of British newspapers, where back-stabbing journalists will do anything for a scoop, inky-fingered printers strike at the drop of a trilby hat, and the presses rumble deafeningly in the basement. Can she protect Lord Ravensbourne, find out who sent the death notice – and decide what to do about the jazz-playing pianist, Freddie?