Books and Stories

A Diet of Death

The First Jess O’Malley Mystery

In the close-knit Irish village of Ballyfortnum, getting slim might just get you dead. Mystery-lover Jess O’Malley is distraught when her elderly friend dies, but she’s also suspicious – he’s the third of the local slimming group to die this year and it’s only February. Is something amiss in the Get Slim group?

Jess, aided by loyal sidekick Fletcher, her boisterous Labrador, must convince local policeman Marcus that there’s a murderer at large in Ballyfortnum. If Jess can’t solve the mystery, will another dieter die? And if she doesn’t stop asking awkward questions, will Jess become the next victim?

A Hover of Trout

The Second Jess O’Malley Mystery

In the close-knit Irish village of Ballyfortnum, a careless fisherman could catch his death down by the river.

It’s not so peaceful on her riverside walk when aspiring sleuth Jess O’Malley stumbles across a dead fisherman bobbing in the water. As if that’s not enough, he’s not quite the stranger she thought he was. Nor is he the only dead body in Ballyfortnum this week.

Jess, aided by loyal sidekick Fletcher, her exuberant black Labrador, has uncovered another mystery to get her hook into but will her policeman friend Marcus believe her this time? As she fishes for clues, casting aspersions on friends and neighbours, can she reel in the culprit without becoming the killer’s next catch?

Dear Isobel

She’s not sharing her name. She’s been judged enough. Once, she had it all: a supportive husband, lovely children, and a prestigious career revitalising failing businesses in the wake of Ireland’s recession. When her friend Isobel suggested she take on a new job in their tiny rural community, she didn’t expect to fall in love. Now she has become the other woman, the marriage wrecker, the cheat, and the betrayer.

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