“How could an experienced pearl diver drown in calm waters protected by a coral reef? That sounds…suspicious…”When Welsh Canadian criminal psychologist Cait Morgan literally bumps into a body floating in a picturesque lagoon on the paradise island of Tahiti, she and her retired cop husband Bud Anderson find themselves engulfed by the tragedy.Before long, our investigative duo realizes that not everything is as perfect as it appears at the luxury beach resor...

“Who would want to hurt him? He was one of the good guys. Did a lot of work with charities. Supported his friends and colleagues. Loved his wife and kids.”Jayson Flyntt melted millions of hearts whenever he gazed directly into the camera as the star of a long-running American soap opera; now he’s in Vancouver’s “Hollywood North” to make a science fiction movie he believes will revive his waning fortunes. When his body is discovered in puzzling circumstances at a fi...

‘I KNOW IT WAS MURDER – PLEASE HELP ME PROVE IT!’The Duke of Chellingworth’s beloved butler is grieving his brother’s death…but was it a really a tragic accident, or was it – as the man’s widow believes – murder? Mavis and the dowager Althea offer the services of the WISE Enquiries Agency to investigate, which puts one of their team in a dangerous situation. Meanwhile, Annie and Tudor are puzzled by a spate of petty thefts at their new pub, and Alexander must confr...

‘WE’RE CALLED IN TO WORK UNDERCOVER, AND THERE’S A SUDDEN DEATH?I DON’T THINK THAT’S A COINCIDENCE.’When private investigator Mavis MacDonald grudgingly allows Dowager Duchess Althea Twyst to accompany her to investigate some puzzling problems at a picturesque hotel near the Welsh coastal town of Tenby, they find themselves facing an unexpected death, a group of quirky residents…and danger.Meanwhile, Annie Parker tries to find out w...

‘A FORTUNE TELLER SUFFERING A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS? THAT CAN’T BE GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS...’A fortune teller claims she’s being targeted by someone who’s out to harm her and retains the women of the WISE Enquiries Agency to gather evidence she can take to the police. But, when a body is discovered, Carol, Christine, Mavis, and Annie must scramble to rescue their agency’s professional reputation...and it becomes clear that their client kept critical information from...

FOUR DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT SHORT NOVELS, ONE FOR EACH SEASON OF THE YEARWINTER: The Corpse with Eight Faces - A Cait Morgan MysteryTrapped in a snowbound lodge in the Canadian countryside, Cait is faced with a corpse, and a group of eight suspects. A classic closed-circle mystery featuring Cait Morgan, before she and Bud Anderson knew each other well enough for her to be able to call upon him for help.SPRING: The Case of the...

“I was ten years old when I found a murder weapon…it had killed ‘The Girl with the Opal Fingers’…”Welsh Canadian professor of criminal psychology Cait Morgan, and her retired-cop husband Bud Anderson, are visiting Cait’s sister, Siân, and brother-in-law, Todd, in Australia. They’re enjoying the bustling delights of Sydney, and looking forward to a few quiet days in the famed Blue Mountains.However, soon after it’s revealed that Todd once worked closely with...

‘We were all very ordinary girls, until that day. Then nothing was ever ordinary again.’The women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are asked to look into a tragic death that happened back in 1984: four girls visited a small Welsh mining village awash with outsiders, due to the memorial service being held in honor of its most famous son, but only three came back. With Carol leading the investigation, ably supported by Annie, they admit they’re a bit stumped, until the p...

"HE LEFT A WREATH OF CONDOLENCE AT OUR FRONT DOOR, THEN VANISHED."The women of the WISE Enquiries Agency should be enjoying the early summer with their loved ones, but find themselves facing a truly baffling case: a mysterious figure has been spotted in Anwen-by-Wye, heralding tragedy. Nerves in the village are frayed, and the skills of all four of our private investigators are needed to work out what’s going on – aided by Althea, dowager duchess of Chellingworth, of course.

‘IT MURDERED ONE OF OUR GUESTS, AND NOW IT’S TRIED TO KILL MY HUSBAND.’When the women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are approached by the frantic owner of a historic cottage in a picturesque Welsh seaside hamlet, they agree to help. After all – there can’t be any such thing as a killer cottage, can there? And isn’t a cursed cottage just as unlikely? They’re about to find out – when Christine and Annie take up residence.Meanwhile, Carol goes undercover to inv...

‘SO WHAT DO YOU THINK – IS SHE PARANOID, OR IS IT REALLY POISON?’It’s January in the picturesque Welsh village of Anwen-by-Wye, where temperatures plummet as Annie Parker and Carol Hill find themselves working for a woman who seems perilously close to death’s door...and holding some worrying views about why that might be. They’re tackling the delicate case alone because Christine Wilson-Smythe is trapped in London until her baby is born, where she battles boredom b...

"A disturbing storyline of family secrets, deftly told, and with a remarkable sense of place. Almost mythic in nature, it’s narrated by a chorus of voices which stay with you all the way to the stunning ending and beyond." Craig Robertson, international bestselling author"Family secrets stalk three generations of women in Cathy Ace’s suspense-packed page turner, THE WRONG BOY. The ending is a stunner." Hallie Ephron, NY Times bestselling author...