Frances Brody

Kate Shackleton's sterling reputation for courageous sleuthing is put to the test when the body of the respected Horatio Potter is found in the Leeds Library basement. The quiet literary community is suddenly turned upside down with suspicions, accusations and - much to Kate's surprise - the appearance of a particularly intelligent Capuchin monkey!

Nothing exceptional ever happens in Bridgestead... except for the day Joshua Braithwaite goes missing, never to be heard of again. Kate Shackleton has always loved solving puzzles, but as she taps in to the lives of the villagers, she opens cracks that some would kill to keep closed....

When Harriet and her brother Austin find their stone mason father dead at the quarry, they scarper quick smart and look for some help. It seems like another unusual case requiring the expertise of Kate Shackleton. But for Kate, surprising family ties makes it her most dangerous, and delicate yet...

When amateur sleuth, Kate Shackleton, receives a dawn telephone call from her cousin James, his news soon snaps Kate into wakefulness. The India office seek her on-the-spot help in finding a maharajah last seen on the Bolton Abbey estate. He has with him a hugely valuable diamond...

Deirdre Fitzpatrick is married to a man who wants to know where she really goes when supposedly taking care of her sick mother, and calls on the expertise of Kate Shackleton, amateur sleuth extraordinaire, to investigate. Everett Runcie is a banker facing ruin and disgrace. His American heiress wife will no longer tolerate his infidelity, and is seeking divorce. When a chambermaid enters Runcie's hotel room, she finds herself staring at a dead body. Suddenly Kate is thrown into the depths of an altogether more sinister investigation. Can she uncover the truth of her most complex and personal case to date?

It's no rest for the wicked as Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate, and murder is only one step behind ...