Chief Inspector Cam Fergus hated the return of autumn. Walking up Church Street from his home overlooking the River Wye towards the police station, Cam pondered why it seemed that autumn always put him in such a foul mood. He thought about the gardens growing barren, the leaves falling from the trees leaving their bare limbs stretching like skeletons into the grey sky, To him, autumn signified in a word…death. When a 999 call, reporting remains found at an archeological dig at Goodrich Cas...

Bathed in sweat from the same nightmare that haunted her dreams these last six months, Katherine Lambert rolled over, switched on the bedside lamp, and peered at the clock before reaching for the small-framed photograph on her nightstand. After a few minutes of staring at the image, she wiped away a tear. Today was the day. Detective Chief Inspector Kate Lambert had purposely chosen this day to resign from her twenty-year career with the MET. Today was to have been her wedding day until th...

Kate Lambert is back, but this time as DCI for the Devon Constabulary, working alongside her handsome and mysterious partner Detective Sam Adams. A ghoulish murder of a young woman on Dartmoor has Kate and her team questioning the existence of the legendary beast of the moors. As more women fall, victim, Kate must determine whether they are dealing with a serial killer or something far more chilling.

Return again to Ballysea, Ireland and join Cat Murphy and her Irish Wolfhound, The O'Brien, as their plans for a peaceful Christmas are abruptly interrupted by the unexplained disappearance of children from the village. With snow falling the night of the long awaited Christmas Ball at the manor, Cat's daughter Molly and Edward Granville's daughter also go missing. No traces of the girls can be found, only their footprints in the snow leading towards the forest. When the exhausted search pa...

Return again to Ballysea, Ireland and join Cat Murphy as she attempts to solve the mystery of The O'Brien's past. With the aid of her best friend, Jeff Hunter, they uncover a tangled web of deceit and murder that will change Cat's life forever and place those she loves in grave danger. Will The O'Brien be able to stop the killer before he commits more murders or will Cat lose her beloved companion forever?

In a land shrouded in mystery, there is a special place. This place is the magical Connemara Mountains of Ireland; home to the Sidhe fairies, who jealously guard their mountain home, and the mysterious White Horse that they summon from the waters of the lake to do their bidding. I came to Castle Chonamara as a lowly housemaid to the first owners of the castle. After many years and as many owners, I finally rose to the position of housekeeper. Over the years I kept watch for him. He had tak...

A gentle squeeze of the trigger followed by a distant shatter of glass and the contract was executed. Retired Agent Michael Hopkins has been summoned back to the States to identify the body of his assassinated former Agency partner, Maureen O'Brien. Having made the official identification at the secret government morgue he returns to his hotel room to grieve the death of his former lover turned closest friend to find that things aren't quite as they seem. A tale of duty, betrayal, revenge ...

Social enterprises are businesses with primarily social or environmental purposes designed to create value for the clients of the business, and to reinvest surpluses into the business or community. They serve as social innovation laboratories, and frequently collaborate with governments or other nonprofits to serve their communities and clientele.The chapters in this book discuss the development and flourishing of social enterprises in eight countries around the world, including Ch...

Deep dive into this 'Classic Werewolf Collection' from the very best fantasy, adventure, and literary fiction writers.From the creator of 'The Three Musketeers', Alexandre Dumas, to Frank Powell, author of the first pioneering science-fiction novel about lost worlds and the mastermind of the short story himself, Guy de Maupassant, this unmissable collection paints a dark and dramatic anthology of twilight's most frightening foe.You'll encounter the poetic prose of Marie de ...

She always knew they were there, hiding under her bed or in the closet, peering out from the shadows…always there…always lurking. They never spoke and she never saw them, but she always felt their presence. There are things which can only be seen and heard by those willing to look and listen. Lucy Burke was one of those people with this rare gift. But was it really a gift or a dangerous liability? With her parent's marriage breaking down, fifteen year old Lucy Burke is sent to Ireland to s...

After being betrayed by her cheating husband, Catherine (Cat) Murphy and her Irish Wolfhound, The O'Brien, leave their home in Annapolis, Maryland and escape to a small fishing village on the wild western coast of Ireland hoping to find peace and quiet. But when The O'Brien unearths a small skeleton in their cottage garden with ties to the disappearance of the handsome Lord Granville's young wife, Cat is swept headfirst into a web of mystery and danger. Death stalks Cat as she and her best...

After an illustrious career at London's Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Inspector Cam Fergus accepts a transfer to the Herefordshire town of Ross-on-Wye to wind down his career. The idyllic, sleepy market town is the perfect place to escape the frequent crimes and gruesome murders that Cam dealt with daily at the Met—until the Lady of the Wye surfaces... Everything points to suicide, but Cam's instincts tell him that things don't add up. And when evidence indicating foul play is foun...