Bywater Books

Mystery


    • Bleeding Hearts

      Bleeding Hearts

      $13.95

      Kit O’Malley must find a political prankster-turned-killer before he kills again. Poison pens can draw blood. And that is exactly why TV presenter Rebecca Jones hires private eye Kit O’Malley to investigate the threats against her. But the trouble with being tenacious, tough, and too smart for her own good is that everybody else wants her on their team.


    • Blood Guilt

      Blood Guilt

      $13.95

      Celia Robinson hires Kit because she suspects her husband is cheating on her. But what kind of cheating involves a blonde, a redhead and a shady businessman? Kit senses something fishier than adultery, a suspicion that’s confirmed when a body turns up in the Robinson’s ornamental pond.


    • Booked for Murder

      Booked for Murder

      $12.95

      Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the 'Teen Dreams' series? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared—it's an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book.


    • Common Murder

      Common Murder

      $12.95

      A protest group hits the headlines when unrest at a women's peace camp explodes into murder. Already on the scene, journalist Lindsay Gordon desperately tries to strike a balance between personal and professional responsibilities. As she peels back the layers of deception surrounding the protest and its opponents, she finds that no one—ratepayer or reporter, policeman or peace woman—seems wholly above suspicion.


    • Conferences are Murder

      Conferences are Murder

      $12.95

      Leaving her new home in California for a trade union conference in Sheffield, Lindsay Gordon finds herself in the company of old friends —and enemies, including Tom Jack. When this unethical union leader is found dead, having catapulted out of Lindsay’s tenth-floor hotel room, she is taken in for questioning by the police.


    • Deadline for Murder

      Deadline for Murder

      $12.95

      When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes, is found murdered the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her Lindsay Gordon, however, has other ideas. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters — including one with Lindsay herself.


    • Hostage to Murder

      Hostage to Murder

      $12.95

      When a local car dealer's stepson is kidnapped, Lindsay Gordon trades journalism for detection. The trail leads her to St Petersburg and a dangerous snatch-back operation that will test Lindsay to her absolute limits.


    • Idaho Code

      Idaho Code

      $13.95

      Idaho Code is a very funny book about love, family, and the freedom you can find only in a state that values individuality more than common sense.


    • Report for Murder

      Report for Murder

      $12.95

      Freelance journalist Lindsay Gordon is strapped for cash. Why else would she agree to cover a fund-raising gala at a girls' public school? Butwhen the star attraction is found garrotted with her own cello string minutes before she is due on stage, Lindsay finds herself investigating a vicious murder.


    • Thicker than Water

      Thicker than Water

      $13.95

      Kit O'Malley, the Australian PI with the mean right-hook, is smarter, tougher, and more dangerous than ever and she is on the scene when a corpse belonging to a member of a notorious Melbourne crime family is found at her local bar. Asking the right questions of the wrong people sees Kit and her friends dragged into serious danger.