Posie Parker Mystery

Like your mysteries cozy and set during the Golden Age of Crime? This is the first book in the Posie Parker mysteries, although this novel can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story in its own right. Set in London in 1921, 'Murder Offstage' is full of intrigue and red herrings. This is a classic murder mystery which will appeal to fans of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey. When Posie Parker's childhood friend is robbed of a priceless jewel and becomes a suspect in a cold-blooded murder case, budding detective Posie vows she will clear his name. Aided by her seriously gorgeous assistant Len, Posie soon realizes things are not quite as they seem, and the darkly-glamorous world of London's theatre and glittering nightclubs prove far more dangerous than she ever could have imagined. Just who exactly is the dangerous Lucky Lucy Gibson? And who is it she has killed in the lobby of the Ritz Hotel? And more importantly, what on earth has happened to Mr. Minks, the much-loved office cat?

Like your mysteries as sweet as honey but with a real sting in the tail? Summer 1921 Posie Parker thought she was about to enjoy a restful summer. But this is no ordinary summer holiday... When famous explorer Alaric Boynton-Dale disappears, Posie uncovers many dark secrets: an aristocratic family torn apart by hatred, a bizarre murder at an English country house, and a cryptic clue left behind by Alaric which is sweet as honey, but deadlier than poison. In an action-packed case where simply everyone has a motive for wanting Alaric dead, Posie's investigation starts off in the English Cotswolds, takes her through the glamorous South of France, on to the mysterious island of Ortigia in Italy, and then into the Tombs of the Pharaohs in Egypt. But is she being followed by a cold-blooded killer? And where has Len, her almost-boyfriend, disappeared to?

Lies, Spies, Film Stars and Murder New Year's Eve, 1921 Posie has been asked to accompany Inspector Richard Lovelace of Scotland Yard on an undercover mission. Their destination is a glittering New Year's Eve party at Maypole Manor, the clifftop home of Lord Robin Glaysayer. Among the twelve guests are a famous film star, an artist, an Italian nobleman, a government spy and a clairvoyant. With a blizzard raging outside, when a killer strikes, the Inspector and Posie's skills are tested to breaking point as they try to find the murderer before he attacks again. But danger lurks at every corner: just who exactly is the mysterious thirteenth house guest? Why is Posie being singled out for special attention? And will she ever see Alaric Boynton-Dale ever again?

Can the past really come back to haunt you? Cambridge, Christmas 1922 Posie Parker has cleared a space in her hectic schedule to try to unravel a tragedy in her own family. But Posie's past is hiding around every turn in the old University town, and she finds herself taking on a new case which is positively teeming with ghosts, shadows and secrets, where nothing is quite what it seems. In a quest to find out what happened to Dr William Winter, a brilliant Cambridge doctor who disappeared five years previously, Posie is forced to confront her own painful memories of the Great War. But just how safe is it really to go digging up the past? And will Posie get to spend Christmas this year with anything other than Mr Minks, the office cat and a lonely heart for company?

LIGHTS, CAMERA, MURDER... London, 1923 As England swelters during the hottest summer on record, Posie Parker, Private Detective, is summoned to Worton Hall Film Studios, where she steps into the heart of a sinister new mystery. Silvia Hanro, the famously beautiful movie star, has received death threats alongside her morning coffee, and Posie is tasked with protecting her. Aided by her good friends Lady Dolly Cardigeon and Chief Inspector Richard Lovelace, Posie soon realises that behind the cheap canvas sets and the dreamy glamour of the Studios a dreadful secret lays buried, and traitors lurk everywhere. And then, good as their word, the killer strikes... Can Posie uncover the murderer before they kill again? Can she protect herself and her friends in a world where quite literally nothing is as it seems? And can she rescue her own engagement to the gorgeous Alaric Boynton-Dale from the brink of disaster by using a few of the tricks she has learnt on set? This is a classic Golden Age of Crime murder mystery which will appeal to fans of Agatha Christie and **Downton Abbey. '**Murder of a Movie Star' is the fifth book in the Posie Parker Mystery Series, although the novel can be enjoyed as a stand-alone.

WHO DO YOU TRUST WHEN SIMPLY EVERYONE IS WEARING A MASK? A Winter Wedding, Venice, 1923 Posie Parker, London's premier female Private Detective, is getting married... But on arrival in Venice, Posie finds she is walking into a nightmare: her lodgings on the Grand Canal are consumed by fire, her famous fiancé is preoccupied, and most bizarrely of all, her hostess, the Countess Romagnoli, confesses she has a stalker and fears for her life. Tasked with protecting the Countess, Posie investigates the other house-guests and finds that there are disguises everywhere. And when a terrible murder is committed, with the prospect of the killer striking yet again, Posie realizes she must separate out the shadows of the past and the realities of the present in order to uncover the murderer before it is too late. In her most dangerous case yet, Posie works alongside both familiar and new colleagues in order to get at the truth. But will the truth come at a terrible price?

MURDERED WITH A BOX OF TEARS... London, 1924 Posie Parker has been called to her most baffling case yet. Amyas Lyle, London's top young lawyer, has been found with his head in a box of poisoned saltwater. It's the perfect murder. But who hated him enough to do such a thing? Following a trail of strange notes, all of which speak of the sea, and saltwater, Posie travels from London to the seaside resort of Whitley Bay, looking for answers. But nothing can prepare her for what she finds there. Can Posie find Amyas Lyle's cold-blooded killer before further deaths take place? Can she protect those Amyas has left behind? As Britain celebrates an Olympic summer, will Posie manage to enjoy a holiday romance of her own? And just what is wrong with Inspector Lovelace? Why is he behaving so oddly? Is it anything to do with his new, smart appearance and some very carefully starched shirt collars?

You can hunt. But do you “really” want to find it? Bonfire Night, November 1924, Posie Parker once failed a client. And now that client is dead. Elsie Moncreiff, a Housekeeper, has fallen from the White Cliffs of England in a howling storm. But the question is, was it bad luck, or was it murder? Armed with just her guilty conscience and a less-than-helpful Sergeant Rainbird for company, Posie vows to get to the bottom of things. But what she finds is not at all what she was expecting. Elsie's place of work was the glamorous White Shaw on the English Riviera. Her employers were England's best fashion designers, whose weekly parties are almost as famous as their clothes. Against the backdrop of Bonfire Night, Posie must piece together what was happening down here. It seems that Elsie was not a normal Housekeeper. She was up to something odd. But what? As intruders appear, and the body count climbs, Posie realizes there's only one man she can rely on, her fiancée, Chief Superintendent Richard Lovelace of Scotland Yard. Together, can they catch the killer before they strike again?

Under the Tuscan sun, ice-creams melt and dark secrets unravel… March, 1925 Pregnant, bored, and longing for an adventure, Posie Parker accepts a rather last-minute Wedding Invitation from an old friend who is getting married out in the gorgeous town of San Gimignano, Tuscany. But what Posie -and her husband, Richard Lovelace- arrive into is not a blissfully happy wedding party at all. It's a chaotic mix of mistrust, unfaithful fiancés, bizarre Death Threats, uninvited wedding guests and a big dollop of very real unease. As the wedding pre-dinner party unfolds, a murderer strikes again and again. Secrets from beyond the grave are revealed, shadows of the past loom over the present, and disguises are uncovered in what has become a deadly, dangerous game of obsession. Can Posie and Richard uncover the murderer before others die? Or will the truth come at a terrible price? If you love an action-packed 1920s historical cozy crime with a feisty protagonist, download an audiobook sample now.˃˃˃ Other books by L.B. Hathaway available as Audiobooks: 'Murder Offstage' (A Posie Parker Mystery #1) 'The Tomb of the Honey Bee' (A Posie Parker Mystery #2) 'Murder at Maypole Manor' (A Posie Parker Mystery #3) 'The Vanishing of Dr Winter' (A Posie Parker Mystery #4) 'Murder of a Movie Star' (A Posie Parker Mystery #5) 'Murder in Venice' (A Posie Parker Mystery #6) 'The Saltwater Murder' (A Posie Parker Mystery #7) 'Murder on the White Cliffs' (A Posie Parker Mystery #8) 'Marriage is Murder?' + 'Murder in the London Lights' (A Posie Parker Double Novella Edition- Mysteries #9 + #10) To be the first to hear about L.B. Hathaway's new releases sign up for the newsletter on www.lbhathaway.com

A glamorous perfume launch which reeks of nothing but death.... London, Midsummer, 1925. London is in bloom and the sun is shining. But trouble is lurking around the corner.... Posie Parker has been summoned to Chelsea, to the House of Sinne, the fashionable London perfume house. Anouk Sinne, the most brilliant perfumier of her age, has been receiving blackmail demands, and asks Posie to investigate. But is blackmail just the tip of the iceberg? A launch party for the House of Sinne's highly anticipated new fragrance is just about to take place, and Posie finds herself rubbing shoulders with some very famous people, but after the "reveal" of the strangest perfume Posie has ever experienced, things take a chilling turn for the worse.... When Anouk Sinne herself is found murdered in her own garden, Posie must investigate, and quickly. And what she uncovers are secrets everywhere, and motives galore. Can Posie stop the killer before they strike again?

Sometimes the truth is as slippery as a mermaid... December, 1925 A dark, smog-filled London doesn't seem very Christmassy, or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London's premier female Private Detective receives an urgent call from one of her oldest friends; Rufus, Earl of Cardigeon. Summoned to 'The Mermaid', an ancient hotel in Rye, on the Sussex Coast, in the heart of smuggling country, Posie, together with her husband, Richard, finds her friend in a real state. Rufus has been promised answers about his missing wife, Dolly, but instead there's simply a bizarre string of events: a priceless car mysteriously driven off a cliff; a missing Frenchman, and telegrams from men who simply don't exist. While Richard Lovelace, Chief Commissioner of New Scotland Yard, tries to work out if Rufus himself is the target of a complicated plot, Posie has her own investigations to make. The local tragedy of a missing dancer has been dealt with by county police as an open-and-shut case. But Posie soon discovers it is anything but. And she suspects foul play. And as the snow falls, and Christmas lights go up, secrets are revealed, and Posie becomes involved in perhaps her most personal case so far. She becomes aware that danger lurks at 'The Mermaid', and not just for Rufus. A murderer is on the loose. Other books by L.B. Hathaway available as Audiobooks: 'Murder Offstage' (Book #1) 'The Tomb of the Honey Bee' (Book #2) 'Murder at Maypole Manor' (Book #3) 'The Vanishing of Dr Winter' (Book #4) 'Murder of a Movie Star' (Book #5) 'Murder in Venice' (Book #6) 'The Saltwater Murder' (Book #7) 'Murder on the White Cliffs' (Book #8) 'Marriage is Murder?' + 'Murder in the London Lights' (Box Set Novellas # 9-10) 'Murder in Tuscany' (Book #11) 'Murder in a Chelsea Garden' (Book #12) Sign up for the newsletter on www.lbhathaway.com

A magic show with death as the star guest... A snow-bound and freezing London, December 1925 Posie Parker, London's premier female Private Detective, is only just back in town when she receives an unexpected visitor. The mysterious magician, Count Olli Onneri, pupil of the legendary American magician Harry Houdini, invites Posie to take part in the opening night of his show at the nearby Holborn Empire. She will be helping him with a 'magic mirror' trick, the like of which has never been seen before. When Posie accepts - in the cynical hope of reviving her flagging public profile - she enters a world which is not just about pretty doves being pulled out of hats, but one in which real danger lurks. In a case where nothing is quite as it seems, the long shadows of the past must be stripped away in order to get at the truth. But sometimes, the truth can be devastating. Other books by L.B. Hathaway available as Audiobooks: 'Murder Offstage' (Book #1) 'The Tomb of the Honey Bee' (Book #2) 'Murder at Maypole Manor' (Book #3) 'The Vanishing of Dr Winter' (Book #4) 'Murder of a Movie Star' (Book #5) 'Murder in Venice' (Book #6) 'The Saltwater Murder' (Book #7) 'Murder on the White Cliffs' (Book #8) 'Marriage is Murder?' (Book #9) 'Murder in the London Lights' (Book #10) 'Murder in Tuscany' (Book #11) 'Murder in a Chelsea Garden' (Book #12) 'Murder and the Mermaid' (Book #13) Sign up for the newsletter on www.lbhathaway.com

What if the City of Light holds nothing but darkness? January, 1926 Invited aboard the glamourous Night Train to Paris, and tasked with investigating the disappearance of her best friend, Dolly Cardigeon, Posie Parker suddenly finds herself right in the middle of a murder! Controversial society beauty, Lady Caroline Greenlow, is on her way to Paris Fashion Week. She always has a habit of rubbing people up the wrong way, but things take a dreadful turn when she is poisoned at dinner, and then another murder occurs soon after. Just who exactly are their fellow passengers? Why is the Night Train so empty? And why did Lady Caroline have to die? Is everything really as it seems? As she starts to look for her friend Dolly, in a quest which takes in the seedy artists' quarter of Montparnasse, the glamorous Champs-Elysees, and the glitter of the clubs of Montmartre, Posie realises that she must pursue justice for Caroline Greenlow too, and find the killer. And as she searches for answers regarding both women, Posie realises that danger is hot on her own heels, and someone is following her at every corner. But who? And why? And can she get out of Paris alive? A delightfully gripping historical cozy. Fans of Agatha Christie, Lee Strauss and Rhys Bowen will be smitten. Readers adore Posie Parker! Don't miss out on the other thrilling books in the Posie Parker Mystery Series, available exclusively on Amazon. Follow Posie's investigations as she uncovers more dark secrets and solves intricate cases in 'Murder in a Chelsea Garden,' 'Murder and the Mermaid,' 'Murder through the Mirror,' and many more. With 15 books in the series and more on the way, there's always a new mystery to solve.

What if everything you hold dear is blown apart by one fateful meeting? Valentine's Day, 1926 When Posie Parker, London's premier female Detective, accidentally runs into an old family acquaintance, she is persuaded to leave town immediately and return to the place of her childhood roots - the beautiful and bleak Norfolk coast - to investigate a closed-room murder mystery which local police believe has a foregone conclusion. But have the police got it right? Posie must race against the clock as the Murder Trial is scheduled to begin in just two days' time. A women's right's activist, the courageous Girvan Briskow, will almost certainly face the gallows if she is convicted of her wealthy father-in-law's murder. Both the murder victim and the chief suspect are already known to Posie from years before, but that knowledge doesn't make things easier, and Posie needs to push aside old hostilities in order to get at the truth. But is the truth too much, and too dark, for her to bear? And is she just imagining it, or is Posie's presence resented in Norfolk? Does someone there wish Posie real harm, perhaps even want her dead? And why has Richard Lovelace, Posie's husband and the Chief Commissioner of New Scotland Yard, started acting strangely lately? Posie is forced to try and plot some marriage-saving tricks. But will they work? And should she even bother? Set against the brooding Norfolk shore, MURDER AND THE SCENT OF NUTMEG is an atmospheric and golden-age historical murder mystery, which fans of Agatha Christie, T. E. Kinsey, Nicola Upson, Lee Strauss and Verity Bright will adore. Sign up for L.B. Hathaway's newsletter to be the first to know about new releases: www.lbhathaway.com

Posie Parker Mystery Box Set: Novellas 9 - 10 Marriage is Murder? (Book 9) Posie Parker is finally getting married! The date is Saturday 6th December, 1924. It's snowing heavily outside, but in the little white Swiss Church in London, packed to the rafters with beautifully-dressed guests, everything is just right. All is going to plan. Or is it? Don't miss this short story. Goes perfectly with a glass of something sparkling! Murder in the London Lights (Book 10) A star in in town. But is he about to be murdered in a blaze of light? London glitters during a snowstorm, and a mysterious famous guest has been invited to switch on the Christmas lights at Piccadilly. But when he asks Posie Parker for help, she finds herself thrown into a dazzling world of American movie stars, high-octane glamour at the Café de Paris, Death Threats, and very, very complicated private lives. And with the ceremony itself overshadowed by danger, and an unknown killer in their midst, Posie Parker must use all of her wits to ensure things run to plan. But it's a countdown to murder… If you love an action-packed 1920s historical cozy crime with a feisty protagonist, download an audiobook sample now: 'Murder Offstage' (Book #1) 'The Tomb of the Honey Bee' (Book #2) 'Murder at Maypole Manor' (Book #3) 'The Vanishing of Dr Winter' (Book #4) 'Murder of a Movie Star' (Book #5) 'Murder in Venice' (Book #6) 'The Saltwater Murder' (Book #7) 'Murder on the White Cliffs' (Book #8) 'Murder in Tuscany' (Book #11) 'Murder in a Chelsea Garden' (Book #12) 'Murder and the Mermaid' (Book #13) Sign up for my newsletter on www.lbhathaway.com