Death is only the beginning for Abigail Summers.In the small village of Becklesfield, dressmaker Abigail Summers faces the most unusual challenge of her life – solving her own murder. After meeting a group of fellow spirits at the local library, Abigail, with the aid of psychic medium, Hayley Moon and her husband, a police constable, sets out to find her killer.Abigail's investigation leads her to the May Day Fayre stalls and maypole dance at Chiltern Hall. The case takes a...

Abigail Summers, dressmaker in life, brilliant sleuth in death, is investigating the death of a member of the campathon committee.When Abigail learns that another murder is planned for the day of the 10K fun run, she teams up with psychic medium Hayley Moon and the other spirits to investigate the case.After they meet the spirit of a boy buried twelve years ago in the five-star Courtridge Hotel & Spa, they have to work out if the cases are connected. And was a man imprisone...

The first three books in 'Abigail Summers Cozy Mysteries', a series of mystery novels by Ann Parker, now available in one volume!The Deadly Detective Agency: Dressmaker Abigail Summers faces the most unusual challenge of her life – solving her own murder. After meeting a group of fellow spirits at the library, Abigail and psychic medium Hayley Moon set out to find her killer. The case leads them to the May Day Fayre stalls and maypole dance at Chiltern Hall, and so...

Books 7-9 in 'Abigail Summers Cozy Mysteries', a series of mystery novels by Ann Parker, now available in one volume!The Deadly Coaching Inn: Together with psychic medium, Hayley Moon, Abigail investigates two murders at a paranormal weekend in the haunted Three Crows Pub in Grimbles Cross. But which of the ghost hunters hated Tyler Drayton enough to kill him in the infamous room six, and is the case connected to the nearby Priory?The Deadly Christm...

Abigail Summers, dressmaker in life, brilliant sleuth in death, has a murder to solve when she joins psychic medium, Hayley, and her police constable husband on a cruise to Norway.A former Scotland Yard officer is on board, and his murder is eerily similar to one of the old cases in his book. Is someone out for revenge, or has he recognised a criminal who is operating on the ship?Back at Whipley Zoo, the body of head vet, Verity Grainger, is found in the elephant’s hay. It ...

They all came to Leadville with the same purpose: Get in. Get rich. Get out.As 1879 draws to a close, this Rocky Mountain boomtown has infected the world with silver fever. It's not much different than the dot.com mania or the corporate scams that heat up over a century later.Unfortunately for Joe Rose, a precious-metals assayer, death stakes its own claim. Joe's body is found trampled into the muck behind Inez Stannert's saloon. Inez already had much more ...

"Parker's deft evocation of a lost era in Western American history—the life of the mining boom town—and her complex characterization make Leaden Skies an absorbing read."—Stephanie Barron, national bestselling authorIt is summer 1880, and Inez Stannert, one of the partners in the Silver Queen Saloon in Leadville, Colorado, travels with her photographer friend Susan to the fashionable summer retreat of Manitou for a reunion with her son, now a toddler in th...

Best of the West 2019 - 1st Place in Mystery by True West Magazine2018 - CIPA EVVY Winner for Mystery/Crime/Detective2018 - CIPA EVVY 2nd Place for Historical FictionIn the next book in the Silver Rush mysteries, Inez Stannert struggles to solve the murder of a young musician. But in finding answers, she unwittingly opens the door to her dark past…It's autumn of 188...

In this next adventure in the award-winning Silver Rush mystery series, pianist and amateur sleuth Inez Stannert must track down a murderer before he silences a famous vocalist—forever...All Inez Stannert wants for Christmas is for the struggling music store she owns in San Francisco to be a success. When diva Theia Carrington Drake asks Inez to be her accompanist for several high-profile personal appearances, Inez is thrilled. This is the chance she was waiting fo...

Exploring a European tradition formerly considered a lost art, this accessible guide offers day-to-day applications of earth-energy work. From the simple act of bed placement to choosing the location of a home, practical tools are offered for making living and working spaces healthier. Encouraging realignment with the natural earth patterns and influences on both personal and planetary levels, this exploration delves into work with trees, alignment of stones, and the value of sacred sites....

The crooked, the greedy, and those with a checkered past—they all came to Leadville with the same purpose: Get in, get rich, get out.As 1879 draws to a close, silver fever burns hot in the Rocky Mountain boomtown of Leadville, Colorado. Unfortunately for Joe Rose, an assayer of precious metals, death stakes its own claim. Joe’s body is found trampled into the muck behind Inez Stannert’s saloon.Inez already has much more to deal with than pouring shots of Taos Lightning. A l...

In the summer of 1880, many people are traveling to the booming health resort of Manitou Springs, Colorado, at the foot of Pike’s Peak, to “chase the cure” for tuberculosis. But Inez Stannert, part owner of the Silver Queen Saloon in Leadville, travels for a different reason to this town renowned for its mineral springs and scenery. After a long separation, she’s reuniting with her young son, William, and her beloved sister, Harmony. However, the stagecoach journey to Manitou turns deadly ...