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Discover a new series of murder mysteries set in an idyllic English village. From million-selling author Faith Martin. Meet Monica Noble: the vicar’s wife with a taste for solving crimes.Please note this book was first published as “AN UNHOLY MESS” under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO.IN A QUIET COTSWOLD VILLAGE ALL HELL IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSEMonica Noble is throwing a party to welcome the village’s new residents. The guests include Margaret and her cheating husband Sean. Also on the list are a celebrity chef, an Oxford university professor, a 40-something divorcee, and the owner of a chain of gyms.Then as the drinks are flowing, a shotgun blast rings out. One of the guests is found dead.DCI Dury and Sergeant Jim Greer are soon on the scene and discover that the victim had many enemies. Almost all the guests harbour secrets and motives for murder. Even Monica’s daughter comes under suspicion. When another villager is strangled to death nearly a week later, the stakes are raised.Can Monica help the local detectives save her daughter and solve the murders before anyone else pays the ultimate price?This is the first of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with great characters and baffling crimes which will keep you gripped till the final page.Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis.MONICA NOBLE was widowed young, leaving her to raise her feisty daughter on her own. That is, until she met and fell in love with Graham Noble, a country vicar (pastor), who enticed her to leave her high-flying job in advertising in the city and move to the Cotswold countryside. There she found bucolic life very pleasant indeed — until murder started to rear its ugly head. And she discovered, to everyone's surprise, that she had a flair for solving the most unholy of crimes.What readers are saying about THE VICARAGE MURDER"From the 1st page I was gripped." Barbara"A twisty jigsaw of a novel." Sue"Classic whodunit perfect for fans of Agatha Christie that will keep you guessing till the end." Javier"Very well done, Ms. Martin! More of Monica Noble, please." Joyce"A story that gripped me from the beginning." AileenFAITH MARTIN is the best-selling author of the DETECTIVE HILLARY GREENE and JENNY STARLING mysteries, which have topped the global best-seller charts.More MONICA NOBLE mysteries coming soon. Join the Joffe Books mailing list to be the first to hear about the next in the series.MONICA NOBLE SERIESBook 1: THE VICARAGE MURDERBook 2: THE FLOWER SHOW MURDERJENNY STARLING MYSTERIESBook 1: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERYBook 2: THE WINTER MYSTERYBook 3: THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERYBook 4: THE CASTLE MYSTERYBook 5: THE OXFORD MYSTERYBook 6: THE TEATIME MYSTERYBook 7: THE COUNTRY INN MYSTERY

Discover a new series of whodunits by million-selling author Faith Martin. These charming mysteries will have you scratching your head to work out who the murderer is. “A wonderful protagonist.” Mystery WomenMeet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur detective. Please note this book was first published as “DYING FOR A CRUISE” under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO.Jenny Starling has a job on a luxury paddle steamer working for a wealthy businessman. All she has to do is cook for his small number of guests. But things quickly turn sour.Then she discovers the body of one of the passengers in the store cupboard. Who wanted him dead and why?Jenny will have to ignore many red herrings and follow the clues to get to the bottom of a complex and intriguing murder mystery.This is the third of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with a great cast of characters and baffling crimes which will keep you in suspense to the final page.Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis.What readers are saying about the THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERY“Another super murder mystery in this excellent series.” Greta“Really enjoyable read from the start.” Nerys“This book kept me guessing until the end.” Barbara“Each book is a complete, standalone mystery, filled with complex clues, some clever red herrings and one of the most likeable, unique heroines in detective fiction.” GailJENNY STARLINGIn her late twenties, Jenny Starling is an impressive woman. Physically, she stands at 6ft 1inch, and has shoulder-length black hair and blue eyes. Curvaceous and sexy, she’s a modern single woman, living the lifestyle that suits her – that of a travelling cook. Her famous (and now very rich) father, is a ‘celebrity’ cook, divorced from Jenny’s mother. Jenny drives a disreputable cherry-red van, and is happy travelling the country catering events and cooking great food. She is on a one-woman crusade to bring back ‘real’ food. And definitely doesn’t like having to divert her attention from achieving the perfect Dundee cake or creating a new sauce recipe by having to solve a murder. She finds crime very distracting, especially when there is chocolate to temper or pike to poach. Nevertheless, she is very good at reading people, and with a quick and agile brain, becomes very good at unmasking killers. And her always-undaunted sense of humour goes a long way in keeping her sane when all around her people are dropping like flies.THE AUTHORFAITH MARTIN is the best-selling author of the DETECTIVE HILLARY GREENE mysteries, which have sold over 1 million copies globally in just over a year.JENNY STARLING MYSTERIESBook 1: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERYBook 2: THE WINTER MYSTERYBook 3: THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERYBook 4: THE CASTLE MYSTERYMore JENNY STARLING mysteries coming soon. Join the Joffe Books mailing list to be the first to hear about the next in the series.

A brand new Ryder & Loveday mystery from global bestseller Faith MartinSummer 1960, Oxford In the glorious sunshine of Oxford, on a day when everyone should be celebrating, tragedy strikes when a university student is found floating in the river, dead.Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday finds herself paired with coroner Clement Ryder to investigate and it soon becomes clear that this case is not going to be easy.The witnesses all refuse to give a straight answer, each new lead sends them in a new direction and tales of other missing youngsters add further mystery to the investigation.One thing is certain though, something doesn’t seem quite right about the university’s most popular student…. The Ryder and Loveday SeriesBook 1: A FATAL OBSESSIONBook 2: A FATAL MISTAKEBook 3: A FATAL FLAWBook 4: A FATAL SECRETReaders LOVE Faith Martin’s books:'Have become an addict of Faith Martin – love her novels.'‘Excellent writing by Faith Martin.’‘If you haven't yet read Miss Martin you have a treat in store.’‘Love Faith Martin’s books. Keeps you guessing from start to finish.’‘I can't get enough of Faith Martin’s books. Great mystery writer.’‘Love all Faith Martin books.’‘I love Faith Martin's characters. Her plots just keep the reader thinking.’

Discover a new series of murder mysteries set in an idyllic English village. From million-selling author Faith Martin. Meet Monica Noble: the vicar’s wife with a taste for solving crimes. Please note this book was first published as “AN UNHOLY MESS” under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO. IN A QUIET COTSWOLD VILLAGE ALL HELL IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSE Monica Noble is throwing a party to welcome the village’s new residents. The guests include Margaret and her cheating husband Sean. Also on the list are a celebrity chef, an Oxford university professor, a 40-something divorcee, and the owner of a chain of gyms. Then as the drinks are flowing, a shotgun blast rings out. One of the guests is found dead. DCI Dury and Sergeant Jim Greer are soon on the scene and discover that the victim had many enemies. Almost all the guests harbour secrets and motives for murder. Even Monica’s daughter comes under suspicion. When another villager is strangled to death nearly a week later, the stakes are raised. Can Monica help the local detectives save her daughter and solve the murders before anyone else pays the ultimate price? br> This is the first of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with great characters and baffling crimes which will keep you gripped till the final page. Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis. MONICA NOBLE was widowed young, leaving her to raise her feisty daughter on her own. That is, until she met and fell in love with Graham Noble, a country vicar (pastor), who enticed her to leave her high-flying job in advertising in the city and move to the Cotswold countryside. There she found bucolic life very pleasant indeed — until murder started to rear its ugly head. And she discovered, to everyone's surprise, that she had a flair for solving the most unholy of crimes. What readers are saying about THE VICARAGE MURDER "From the 1st page I was gripped." Barbara "A twisty jigsaw of a novel." Sue "Classic whodunit perfect for fans of Agatha Christie that will keep you guessing till the end." Javier "Very well done, Ms. Martin! More of Monica Noble, please." Joyce "A story that gripped me from the beginning." Aileen FAITH MARTIN is the best-selling author of the DETECTIVE HILLARY GREENE and JENNY STARLING mysteries, which have topped the global best-seller charts. More MONICA NOBLE mysteries coming soon. Join the Joffe Books mailing list to be the first to hear about the next in the series. JENNY STARLING MYSTERIESBook 1: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERYBook 2: THE WINTER MYSTERYBook 3: THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERYBook 4: THE CASTLE MYSTERYBook 5: THE OXFORD MYSTERYBook 6: THE TEATIME MYSTERYBook 7: THE COUNTRY INN MYSTERY

Discover a new series of whodunits by million-selling author Faith Martin. These charming mysteries will have you scratching your head to work out who the murderer is. “A wonderful protagonist.” Mystery WomenMeet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur detective. Please note this book was first published as “DYING FOR A CRUISE” under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO.Jenny Starling has a job on a luxury paddle steamer working for a wealthy businessman. All she has to do is cook for his small number of guests. But things quickly turn sour.Then she discovers the body of one of the passengers in the store cupboard. Who wanted him dead and why?Jenny will have to ignore many red herrings and follow the clues to get to the bottom of a complex and intriguing murder mystery.This is the third of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with a great cast of characters and baffling crimes which will keep you in suspense to the final page.Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis.What readers are saying about the THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERY“Another super murder mystery in this excellent series.” Greta“Really enjoyable read from the start.” Nerys“This book kept me guessing until the end.” Barbara“Each book is a complete, standalone mystery, filled with complex clues, some clever red herrings and one of the most likeable, unique heroines in detective fiction.” GailJENNY STARLINGIn her late twenties, Jenny Starling is an impressive woman. Physically, she stands at 6ft 1inch, and has shoulder-length black hair and blue eyes. Curvaceous and sexy, she’s a modern single woman, living the lifestyle that suits her – that of a travelling cook. Her famous (and now very rich) father, is a ‘celebrity’ cook, divorced from Jenny’s mother. Jenny drives a disreputable cherry-red van, and is happy travelling the country catering events and cooking great food. She is on a one-woman crusade to bring back ‘real’ food. And definitely doesn’t like having to divert her attention from achieving the perfect Dundee cake or creating a new sauce recipe by having to solve a murder. She finds crime very distracting, especially when there is chocolate to temper or pike to poach. Nevertheless, she is very good at reading people, and with a quick and agile brain, becomes very good at unmasking killers. And her always-undaunted sense of humour goes a long way in keeping her sane when all around her people are dropping like flies.THE AUTHORFAITH MARTIN is the best-selling author of the DETECTIVE HILLARY GREENE mysteries, which have sold over 1 million copies globally in just over a year.JENNY STARLING MYSTERIESBook 1: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERYBook 2: THE WINTER MYSTERYBook 3: THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERYMore JENNY STARLING mysteries coming soon. Join the Joffe Books mailing list to be the first to hear about the next in the series.

A brand new Ryder & Loveday mystery from global bestseller Faith MartinSummer 1960, Oxford In the glorious sunshine of Oxford, on a day when everyone should be celebrating, tragedy strikes when a university student is found floating in the river, dead.Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday finds herself paired with coroner Clement Ryder to investigate and it soon becomes clear that this case is not going to be easy.The witnesses all refuse to give a straight answer, each new lead sends them in a new direction and tales of other missing youngsters add further mystery to the investigation.One thing is certain though, something doesn’t seem quite right about the university’s most popular student…. The Ryder and Loveday SeriesBook 1: A FATAL OBSESSIONBook 2: A FATAL MISTAKEBook 3: A FATAL FLAWReaders LOVE Faith Martin’s books:'Have become an addict of Faith Martin – love her novels.'‘Excellent writing by Faith Martin.’‘If you haven't yet read Miss Martin you have a treat in store.’‘Love Faith Martin’s books. Keeps you guessing from start to finish.’‘I can't get enough of Faith Martin’s books. Great mystery writer.’‘Love all Faith Martin books.’‘I love Faith Martin's characters. Her plots just keep the reader thinking.’

Time-traveling teens Max Myers and Jinx MacKenzie are called back to a time when America is being torn apart by the issues of slavery in the 1850's. As they hop aboard the Underground Railroad, they run into some amazing characters from history, and follow the ghost train backwards heading into the Deep South. Using a quilt, a vision, and each other - Max and Jinx find themselves on the ultimate adventure that involves famous people who helped others gain their freedom at all costs. It includes the amazing Ellen Craft, who actually disguised herself as an invalid white man traveling with her servant in order to gain freedom for herself and her husband. Faith Reese Martin weaves together history, mystery, time travel, action, and suspense. From the slave ships that sold men, women and children like cattle to the ultimate fighters who sacrificed a great deal and risked their lives in the fight for freedom. This thrilling story is a true lesson in how faith and beauty can come from the depths of sadness and inequality.Every chapter of Ghost Train to Freedom contains custom artwork that graphically illustrates the story and depicts the hardships humans had to go through in pursuit of the freedom that was rightfully theirs. The book also includes maps, historical backgrounds, and a beautiful quilt with explanations of the quilt codes that gave secret instructions to the runaways. This book is part of the JMP Mystery series.

Jinx McKenzie and Max Myers travel to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to spend winter break with Jinx s Aunt Merry in her old farmhouse. While the two friends are there, Jinx again begins to have troubling visions from the past. Then one cold December evening the ghost of a mysterious colonial farmer approaches them in the barn and warns Jinx to keep her nose out of the past. What s done is done, he says. You can t go changin history. . . . Jinx, Max, and their pets begin a frantic dash through the time tunnel of history to decipher a mystery whose clues include Ben Franklin, a historic theater house built on the site of a Colonial jail, the Paxtang Gang and the Conestoga Indians of Lancaster County. The teens and their pets race against time. But do they truly have the strength and fortitude to overcome all obstacles and keep a terrible tragedy in the past from happening? This time around, will the lives of the fourteen remaining members of the Conestoga Indians be saved?

Foreword 2012 Book of The Year Award finalistGreat Summer Reading!Time-traveling teens Max Myers and Jinx MacKenzie are called back to a time when America is being torn apart by the issues of slavery in the 1850's. As they hop aboard the Underground Railroad, they run into some amazing characters from history, and follow the ghost train backwards heading into the Deep South. Using a quilt, a vision, and each other - Max and Jinx find themselves on the ultimate adventure that involves famous people who helped others gain their freedom at all costs.It includes the amazing Ellen Craft, who actually disguised herself as an invalid white man traveling with her servant in order to gain freedom for herself and her husband. Faith Reese Martin weaves together history, mystery, time travel, action, and suspense. From the slave ships that sold men, women and children like cattle to the ultimate fighters who sacrificed a great deal and risked their lives in the fight for freedom. This thrilling story is a true lesson in how faith and beauty can come from the depths of sadness and inequality.Every chapter of Ghost Train to Freedom contains custom artwork that graphically illustrates the story and depicts the hardships humans had to go through in pursuit of the freedom that was rightfully theirs. The book also includes maps, historical backgrounds, and a beautiful quilt with explanations of the quilt codes that gave secret instructions to the runaways. This book is part of the JMP Mystery series.

Visions, nightmares, communicating with frightening visitors from the past; if this is part of twelve-year-old Jinx Mackenzie’s ‘special gift,’ she wants nothing to do with it. Lost and Found Colony is a lively and humorous mystery that keeps Jinx, her terrier Petey, and her new friend Max scrambling for clues. While vacationing on Roanoke Island, North Carolina with her mother, Jinx must write a research paper to pass her ‘boring old history’ class. She becomes intrigued by the mystery surrounding England’s Lost Colony of 1587 when she meets fascinating and sometimes frightening people from the past. Amidst the struggles of figuring out what they want and what could have happened to those early colonists who disappeared without a trace, she learns a new respect for the dauntless pioneers of our past. She and her fearless sidekicks, the JMP History Mystery Detective Agency, also manage to solve a four hundred year old mystery in the process.

Visions, nightmares, communicating with mysterious visitors from the past... If this is part of twelve-year-old Jinx Mackenzie's 'special gift,' she wants nothing to do with it. White Doe in the Mist: The Mystery of the Lost Colony is a lively and humorous mystery that keeps Jinx, her Jack Russell terrier Petey, and her new friend Max scrambling for clues. While vacationing on Roanoke Island, North Carolina with her mother, Jinx must write a research paper to pass her 'boring old history' class. She becomes intrigued by the mystery surrounding England's Lost Colony of 1587, founded on Roanoke Island by Sir Walter Raleigh under a charter from Queen Elizabeth I. Jinx discovers that she has special powers when she is drawn back in time by Orville Wright while on a visit to the Wright Bros Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, NC. In her adventures, Jinx meets meets fascinating people from years gone by including the Indian Chiefs Manteo, of the Croatoans, Wanchese of the Roanacs, and Virginia Dare the first child born of English parents on the American continent.Amidst the struggles of figuring out what these characters form the past want, and what could have happened to those early colonists who disappeared without a trace, she learns a new respect for the dauntless pioneers of our past. Jinx and her fearless sidekicks of the JMP History Mystery Detective Agency, also manage to solve a four hundred year old mystery in the process.