Deadly (Parker)
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Deadly Scandal
by Kate Parker
Part 1 of the Deadly (Parker) series
Olivia Denis is a contented young wife with a carefree life in late 1930's London. Then her world is shattered with the violent death of her husband, Reggie. The police want to call it a suicide and close the case, but Olivia knows Reggie couldn't possibly have fired the fatal shot.Further mysteries surface surrounding her husband's death. Did the trustworthy Foreign Office employee betray government secrets? Was his murder linked to the death of a German embassy clerk the same night? And who searched their flat?Her desire for answers and her need to support herself cause her to break away from the pampered life she's known and take a job. But with the much-needed paycheck as a society reporter for a newspaper comes a secret secondary assignment - one that involves her in the increasingly dangerous world of European politics as the continent slides toward war.
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Deadly Wedding
by Kate Parker
Part 2 of the Deadly (Parker) series
New Cover. Corrections to Americanisms. Same great story. It's a challenge finding a killer when everyone in the family wanted the old man dead. Spring, 1938. Olivia Denis is ridiculed by her aristocratic, wealthy cousins. A weekend spent in their ancient mansion for an extravagant wedding feels like torture. On the morning of the wedding, the bride's grandfather is found brutally murdered. Then the family discovers the old earl had changed his will the day before, pitting his children and grandchildren against one another. Now everyone in the household is a suspect and only Olivia has experience investigating murder. Her search for the killer is complicated when Olivia must travel to occupied Vienna to help her employer's relatives escape the new Nazi government. With war on the horizon and attacks on her family increasing, can Olivia find a way to save lives in two countries? Deadly Wedding, the second book in the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence. Start exploring this journey of mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war.
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Deadly Fashion
by Kate Parker
Part 3 of the Deadly (Parker) series
A Nazi-trained assassin with an assignment to take out anti-appeasement leaders in Britain adds one more name to the list. Olivia Denis.
September, 1938. Olivia Denis wins a plum assignment from her newspaper covering a glamorous French fashion designer providing frocks for Britain's elite. While there, she finds herself rubbing shoulders with the fabulously wealthy, advising the aristocracy, and tripping over the body of a German anti-Nazi resistance leader.
In her search for a killer, Olivia discovers that an assassin with links to the London fashion house is targeting prominent British politicians.
Now Olivia must find the assassin before Britain loses the leaders who can best protect it from the Nazi menace. As she digs for the truth inside the designer's studio, Olivia finds herself in the assassin's crosshairs. Can Olivia survive a killer waiting in the shadows for the right moment to remove her...permanently?
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Deadly Deception
by Kate Parker
Part 4 of the Deadly (Parker) series
Everyone hides secrets. Some provoke murder.Olivia Denis discovers her father kneeling over the body of a man…a man who supposedly drowned in the Channel years before. Olivia wants to ring for help, her father wants to hide the body, but a mysterious phone call brings Scotland Yard to the murder scene.Olivia can't stand by and let her maddening, disapproving father hang. To prove his innocence – and learn his secrets - she must work with a master spy. The search for clues takes Olivia to the continent and the Kent countryside, Hastings and London, pushing her deeper into the world of danger and deception.As war between Germany and Britain stalks closer, the hunt for a Nazi collaborator intensifies. With a mounting death toll, Olivia knows she must unmask the killer or be the next to die.
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Deadly Travel
by Kate Parker
Part 5 of the Deadly (Parker) series
Travel to Berlin in 1939 is treacherous. Carrying out two clandestine missions in the enemy capital could prove deadly. When a Quaker Kindertransport chaperone is murdered in the East End of London, Britain's counterintelligence spymaster tasks Olivia Denis to join the group rescuing children from Nazi Germany. Olivia must find not only a killer, but a traitor relaying sensitive material to the enemy. Once they reach Berlin, Olivia discovers she must rescue the family of an imprisoned British spy before she leaves the next day. An attack convinces Olivia the family's two young sons are in grave danger, but where to hide them? Can she protect the boys before they become the traitor's next victims? Deadly Travel, Book Five of the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence. Continue your journey today into Olivia's world of intrigue in London in the days leading up to war.
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Deadly Darkness: A World War II Mystery
by Kate Parker
Part 6 of the Deadly (Parker) series
As Britain prepares for an imminent invasion, the murder of a celebrated Arctic explorer leads to the discovery of a web of Nazi spies on the south coast. July, 1939. Newlywed Olivia Denis Redmond plans to spend a peaceful honeymoon in the country before war rips her soldier husband away. But when she finds a dead body in the midst of a blackout, Olivia is drawn into the investigation. Since the police inspector isn't interested in clues pointing to espionage and blackmail, Olivia must unlock secrets hidden for years in this idyllic village and face the wrath of an unseen enemy. As danger stalks her, can Olivia expose a cunning killer before she becomes the next victim? Deadly Darkness, the sixth book in the Deadly Series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classic cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence. Start exploring this journey or mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war.
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Deadly Cypher
by Kate Parker
Part 7 of the Deadly (Parker) series
A USA Today Bestseller!
Could a murder at Bletchley Park cost Britain the war?
November, 1939. The British government has assembled a small group of intellectuals at an estate north of London as part of a top-secret codebreaking effort. Everything about it is clandestine. The facility is ringed with a veil of silence until one of the young female linguists is murdered.
Britain's counterintelligence spymaster tasks Olivia Redmond with finding the killer and the motive. Olivia is sent in alone, without clues or suspects.
Did the murder victim uncover a mole? Could Britain's program to break German Enigma cyphers be compromised?
If Olivia fails, it could mean the destruction of Britain.
Deadly Cypher, Book Seven of the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.
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Deadly Broadcast
by Kate Parker
Part 8 of the Deadly (Parker) series
The phony war has dragged out past Christmas into a dark and dreary New Year, 1940.
In the blackout, someone murdered BBC engineer Frank Kennedy, making him more popular dead than alive. A blackmailer and bully, he sold out his friends, assaulted his Broadcasting House colleagues, and sabotaged his employer.
Kennedy was also a government informant against the IRA. Despite arrests of members, the IRA is still planning more attacks against British civilians. Attacks Frank Kennedy might have been involved in.
Britain's counterintelligence spymaster orders newspaper reporter Olivia Redmond to find Kennedy's killer and learn which of the many motives led to his murder. Olivia quickly learns how vicious Frank Kennedy was and halfway hopes his killer escapes hanging.
Until his killer strikes again…
A clean read. No blatant sex, violence, or bad language.
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Deadly Rescue
by Kate Parker
Part 9 of the Deadly (Parker) series
As the Phony War morphs into the Blitzkrieg, two British intelligence officers risk getting trapped behind enemy lines in the ninth Deadly mystery from USA Today Bestselling author Kate Parker April, 1940. Hitler is invading Denmark on Tuesday. Olivia Redmond has only a weekend to bring a Nobel Prize winning chemist and his war-altering research to Britain. The scientist and his wife want to leave, but their troublesome daughter will do anything to stop her parents from departing. The scientist's wife was close friends with Olivia's long dead mother and wants to talk about her, in stark contrast to Olivia's father who won't mention his wife. Olivia feels protective toward the invalid woman with her photos and details of Olivia's mother's life and wants to get her to safety. When the daughter's German fiancé is murdered, the police refuse to let anyone depart until they find the killer. If Olivia wants to escape Denmark with the chemist and his breakthroughs, she will have to unmask the killer before the Nazis stop her forever. Deadly Rescue, book nine of the Deadly Series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with determination and smarts. No explicit cursing, violence, or sex.
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Deadly Manor
by Kate Parker
Part 10 of the Deadly (Parker) series
Surrounded by war, stalked by murder, can she stay alive?October 1940. Livvy Redmond is thrilled to receive an invitation to a country house party away from the Blitz. There she hopes to help her husband overcome his injuries from fighting in France. But excitement turns to horror when she stumbles across two members of the house party – murdered.Indebted to her hostess, Livvy attempts to catch the killer. No one is who they seem, and the party goers leave her with more questions than answers.Somewhere close, the killer waits in the shadows to stop her. Deadly Manor is the exciting tenth book in the World War II mystery Deadly Series. If you like intrepid heroines, research-based history and clean reads, then you'll love USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Parker's page-turning mystery.Uncover a murderer in Blitz-era England with Deadly Manor.
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Deadly Gamble
by Kate Parker
Part 11 of the Deadly (Parker) series
In 1940s Portugal, everyone is willing to trade secrets if the price is right. Britain stands alone against the forces of Nazi Germany. Livvy Redmond is a young newspaperwoman determined to serve Britain's spymaster in the face of danger. When she arrives in neutral Lisbon, she discovers a city full of spies, refugees, and the secret police. At an elegant party to meet a double agent, Livvy witnesses him fall to his death from a balcony and must now determine what secrets he wanted to pass her. Further complicating matters, she must guard the man's young daughter from sinister people trying to kidnap the girl. Gambling on the assistance of British embassy staff, Livvy commits to uncovering the truth while keeping the orphan safe. With spies and traitors lurking around every corner, Livvy must race against time to learn the secret someone has already killed to keep hidden—and is willing to murder again to protect.
“Deadly Gamble” is the exciting eleventh book in the World War II mystery “Deadly” Series. If you like intrepid heroines, research-based history and clean reads, then you'll love USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Parker's page-turning mystery.
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Deadly Village
by Kate Parker
Part 13 of the Deadly (Parker) series
In a village steeped with secrets, one woman's past is the key to solving a murder.Olivia Redmond thought she'd left danger behind in blitzed-out London. But the quiet Cotswold village of Chipping Ford offers little refuge--especially when a local gossip turns up dead. With a baby to care for and the villagers turning frosty, Olivia's only ally is a young bobby overwhelmed by his first murder case.As a former newspaper reporter and covert asset for Britain's intelligence chief, Olivia knows how to uncover the truth. The deeper she digs, the uglier it gets: blackmail, betrayal, and decades of whispered sins. And as the village closes ranks. Olivia must choose--keep the peace or expose the secrets that could shatter everything.Perfect for readers of historical mysteries with sharp heroines and tangled moral landscapes, Deadly Village is the exciting thirteenth book in the World War II mystery Deadly Series. If you like research based history and clean reads, then you'll love USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Parker's page-turning mystery.
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