When Mary Blake agrees to help an old acquaintance being blackmailed, she never imagined she’d stumble into another murder investigation. Within 24 hours of her arrival, a suspicious death occurs, plunging the Rudolph Hotel into chaos just before their big Christmas event. With the police dismissing foul play, Mary dives headfirst into the case, joined by her trusty assistant Dot and her eager brother Pea. Together, they must track down the killer and prove their worth in their new career as amateur sleuths. “…plenty of suspects and twists lead to an unexpected conclusion.”

Amid rumours of the supernatural, history repeats itself… Just as Mary Blake is launching her new private investigation business, tragedy strikes her quiet village of Bloxley. The community is shaken when a decades-old murder seems to have been replicated, reigniting old fears and suspicions. With tensions mounting and a growing list of suspects, Mary must solve the mystery to protect her fledgling reputation and her new business. Can she uncover the truth before history repeats itself again

When Hugo Bingham is invited to his friend Freddie's family home, the last thing he expected was to be searching the grounds for a dead body that keeps vanishing. With Gladstone in tow though, whatever situation he finds himself in, he's in safe hands.

The last thing Officer Dixie Jones wants to do over winter break is take an assignment in the Podunk town of Lily Rock. But if locating a missing baby Jesus statue for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony is what she needs to do to land the big city assignment of her dreams, that’s exactly what she’ll do. As soon as Dixie arrives in town she realizes there are worse things at play than stolen decorations. Mysterious emails. Biker gang activity. A deadly fire. One thing is clear, there is more to Lily Rock than meets the eye.

When mourners gather in the village of Lower Gladdock, the grave is found to be already occupied. The victim is soon linked to a tragedy that tore the village apart five years ago and is handed over to the Bexford police to solve. Detective Sergeant Guy Poole is hoping to put his traumatic past behind him and settle into his new station at Bexford. Now history is threatening to raise its head again, and he has a murder case to contend with. Detective Inspector Sam Brock has a new recruit to take under his wing, and he's determined this one isn't going to die.