Janie Bolitho Books In Order

Ian Roper Books In Publication Order

Kindness Can Kill (1993)
Motive for Murder (1994)
Ripe For Revenge (1995)
Dangerous Deceit (1995)
Finger of Fate (1996)
Sequence of Shame (1996)
An Absence of Angels (1998)
Exposure of Evil (1998)
Victims Of Violence (1999)
Baptised in Blood (2001)
Lessons In Logic (2002)

Rose Trevelyan Books In Publication Order

Snapped in Cornwall (1997)
Framed in Cornwall (1998)
Buried in Cornwall (1999)
Betrayed in Cornwall (2000)
Plotted in Cornwall (2001)
Killed in Cornwall (2002)
Caught Out in Cornwall (2003)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

Wound for Wound (1995)
Sweets for My Sweet (1996)
Dangerous Games (As: Jodie Sinclair) (1997)
Saving Grace (2001)
The Slaughterhouse (2002)
Paying the Price (2003)
Full Circle (2003)

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Janie Bolitho Books Overview

Sequence of Shame

A crime novel featuring DCI Roper, in which the disappearance of a local man, a spate of arson attacks and random acts of vandalism, and the discovery of a dead body develop into a difficult case for DCI Roper, including misleading evidence and false trails. From the author of FINGER OF FATE, DANGEROUS DECEIT, and MOTIVE FOR MURDER.

An Absence of Angels

Minutes after Dee Mercer is discovered brutally stabbed to death in her own kitchen, her lover is arrested for murder. But did he do it? Detective Chief Superintendent Roper is called in to investigate. From the author SNAPPED IN CORNWELL and SEQUENCE OF SHAME.

Baptised in Blood

Carmen Brockman, owner of Rickenham Green’s largest department store, has finally found a man she wants to marry. The only thing standing between her and happiness is her childhood friend, and manager of Brockham’s, Malcolm Graham. When he is found dead, she becomes the prime suspect.

Lessons In Logic

Newly divorced Julie Watson has everything going for her a successful new career, her own flat, fast car and good looks. The only cloud on her horizon is a series of anonymous phone calls she has recently been receiving. And then Julie is found knifed to death. This changes DCI Roper’s investigation from chasing a harmless nuisance caller to a murder enquiry. And then other women begin to ring the station with reports of obscene calls. Now all the women are terrified and with reason but do they all share some common link? And then another murder is committed, seemingly right under the nose of the police and Roper is left wondering with whom he is dealing. A charming psychopath who can seduce the women away from police protection? Or someone with a reputation so safe and solid that none of the women can perceive him as a threat? Roper and his team must find the answers soon, before more bloody deaths occur.

Snapped in Cornwall

Rose Trevelyan’s life in Cornwall was peaceful until she was invited to a party where the hostess was found dead. As DI jack Pierce investigates, Rose finds herself drawn into the mystery surrounding Gabrielle Milton’s death.

Plotted in Cornwall

The fifth book in a series featuring painter/photographer Rose Trevelyan. Rose suspects a murder has been committed. In trying to help young, talented Joel, Rose uncovers family secrets. She is proved right; there is a murder, but not the one she had forseen nor one which the family could possibly have anticipated.

Killed in Cornwall

Despite being busy with a new exhibition, artist Rose Trevelyan is always there to offer her friends support if they need her; lately, it seems as though everyone has a problem to share. There’s Doreen who is worried about how her neighbour, Nathan Brown, is coping after his mother s death; Eva who is suspicious about her boyfriend s whereabouts; and Barry, who is concerned about his new employee. On top of that, Rose s star pupil Joyce is fretting about her teenage daughter and her friends. Meanwhile, Rose s sometime boyfriend DI Jack Pearce is investigating a series of burglaries and a spate of vicious attacks on young women in the area. As secrets get shared and the crimes become more serious, should Rose betray her friends confidences or will Jack just accuse her of interfering? Killed in Cornwall is an intriguing and emotional mystery set against the beautiful Cornish countryside.

Caught Out in Cornwall

It’s a cold November afternoon on the beach at Marazion, overlooking St. Michael’s Mount, and the Cornish wind is whipping up the sea. When a distress flare goes up from a yacht in the bay, artist Rose Trevelyan immediately alerts the coastguard and soon a small crowd has gathered to watch the rescue in progress. With the rain coming down in sheets, Rose is concerned to see a little girl wandering alone on the shore but her fears are soon allayed as she is picked up and taken towards the safety of the car park. Her relief is short lived, however a young mother cannot find her daughter and she fits the description of the child Rose saw. Little Beth Jones is only four years old and her mother is adamant that the man Rose saw taking the child away must be a stranger. Beth’s father hasn t seen her since she was a small baby and there s no one else her mother can think of who could be responsible. Rose is very troubled when the man on the beach approached Beth, she held up her arms and asked to be carried. Far from being frightened, the little girl seemed to know and trust her abductor. As an artist she is trained to observe and she is sure of what she saw but now fears she made the wrong decision. Racked with guilt for not intervening, Rose cannot concentrate until she has tried to help in any way she can think of. But as the days pass by, the prospects of getting Beth back unharmed begin to look very bleak indeed. Set against the backdrop of the stunning Cornish coastline, Deceived in Cornwall is another engrossing mystery featuring the much loved amateur sleuth, Rose Trevelyan.

Wound for Wound

A romantic thriller from the author of KINDNESS CAN KILL and MOTIVE FOR MURDER, in which a womans love life is thrown into confusion and fear by a series of terrifying attacks on other local girls by a maniac known as ‘The Carver’.

Sweets for My Sweet

When chocolate factory worker Alice Power breaks off her engagement to Keith he is automatically suspected of sending her threatening letters. But it soon becomes apparent that other female workers at the factory are also targeted.

Full Circle

An engaging novel of modern life and love, from a bestselling crime writer Helen Allbright lives a charmed life. Married to a successful and handsome doctor, with three mostly delightful teenage children, she is the envy of her friends even those who’ve never quite understood what Mark sees in her. Donna Greene’s life is very different. Brought up by a single mother on a tough housing estate, she has no education and only one ambition to marry a rich man, whatever it takes. One day Helen receives a phone call that throws her world into disarray, and shatters the illusion of married bliss. After the initial shock has subsided she sets about rebuilding her life and, in a bizarre twist of fate, it is Donna who will help her to do so…