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Murder in a remote island parish ought to be rare ...When Reverend Ward gives the local archeological society permission to dig up the old well beneath the baptismal font, she has no idea the trouble it will cause.She doesn't know why it was covered over ... but someone does.Some secrets are supposed to stay hidden.

How much trouble can a bake sale cause?It's Christmas time and the islanders are ripe for celebrating, yet amongst the nativity plays, mince pies and tinsel, all is not well in the parish of Wesberry.Reverent Jess has a major life event for which she ought to be preparing, yet finds herself mediating when a friendly competition between the local girl guides and boy scouts turns into outright rivalry. And that's just the tip of the iceberg!To a backdrop of holiday season drama, a local mystic vanishes, and worrying reports of a ghostly nun arise. The clock is ticking down to Midnight Mass, so at a time when heaven and earth could not be closer, can Jess pull off a miracle?

No one said being Sacramento's only paranormal P.I. was going to be easy.Face your fears. It's such a tired cliché. Yet that's what August Watson must do if he is to survive.His self-appointed nemesis, a ghost of a man called Daniel Quinn, has taken Glacia and August must play Quinn's deadly games if he is to stand any chance of getting her back.On the run from the police, forced to do it all alone, August must face his greatest nightmares. He will triumph or he will die. But if he dies, it won't be only his life that is forfeit.Out of options, out of time, the rage within might keep him alive, but will it also consume him?

Curiosity. It's going to get more than just the cat killed.Sacramento has its share of spooky, crazy, and unexplained, just like everywhere else, but most other places don't have a self-appointed paranormal investigator to really stir things up.There are good reasons to fear the night. August Watson is about to kick them in the pants.With an oversized sidekick, a school-skipping apprentice, and too many bad habits to count, August aims to drag the truth into the light. Kicking and screaming if necessary.

Sacramento native, August Watson is angry. No, strike that. August in filled with the kind of incandescent rage only the righteous can possess.Someone killed his girl. Not just any someone, but an enigma of a man called Daniel Quinn. Quinn wants to destroy August and is willing to target everyone in the paranormal investigator's life to achieve his aim.Why?No one knows. Not even August.Until he can locate the object of his murderous intent, August focuses his fury on another - the so-called Vampire of Sacramento.Hiding in the shadows, California's latest serial killer is stalking their next victim. It's not August's job to stop them, but he's going to do it anyway.He needs someone to pound on. Someone he won't feel bad about hurting. Whatever you do, don't get in his way.

There are good reasons to fear the night. August Watson is about to kick them in the pants.Kids getting hurt by a figure in their nightmares might sound like the makings for a bad slasher movie, but for August Watson, Sacramento's only paranormal detective, it's a very real case.He's heading to the coast for a well-deserved break, but he's soon gonna wish he'd stayed at home. That could be because his assistant sneakily invited August's entire family and the two women he is struggling to pick between.Recovering from injuries sustained solving his last case - something he might have omitted to tell his mom - August figured the dream demon case would be easy to solve.Not only is it anything but, all too soon he has multiple cases to juggle, and they are coming to him whether he wants them or not.Flocks of birds attacking people, and a ghostly apparition on the coastal highway prove to be the tip of the iceberg, for lurking in the background, a self-appointed nemesis is pulling the strings.

Investigate a murderous ghost, do battle with a shapeshifting demon, get ready for a date ... it's all in a day's work for Sacramento's only paranormal detective.The ghost of a man's wife come to avenge her untimely death, a woman caught on camera stealing drugs from work when she wasn't even in town, and a family with a secret no one can ever know.When August Watson takes on all three cases at the same time, it's not because he is short of work, but due to the worrying connection between them - they all point to impossible doubles.Is there a shapeshifting doppelganger at work? It seems like the only explanation for the craziness ensuing, but as he gets closer to the truth, the long-hidden lies he disturbs come with a price.His own life.In a race to stop more deaths, August Watson will risk it all.If only work was his biggest worry.

Can you keep a secret?What if it is something really terrible?A quiet town in the American Midwest is about to be rocked to its core.As three young sisters come to terms with what they are - being a witch is a real problem in a churchgoing, God-fearing family - a new neighbour with a mysterious past hints at trouble to come.However, the scary woman stalking them could be the least of their worries, as their spellcasting draws the attention of something ancient and evil.

He's trapped in hell. He's slave to a demon He's going to make them sorry.Immortal wizard, Otto Schneider misjudged his deal with Daniel badly. Now he's a demon's puppet and, kidnapping people because he has no choice ...... or so the demons think.Forced to perform dread work or watch others suffer, he must bide his time, but millennia of being unopposed has made the demons complacent and they turn their back on him at their peril.Otto intends to find a way back to Bremen, his wife, his new student, Katja, and everything he loves, but he cannot do it without help. Who can you trust when you are already in hell?Amid a web of deceit and betrayal, our wizard must find a way to overcome the ancient magic that binds him and strike back against the demons who threaten to invade the Earth.The defender of Bremen is coming back and he's bringing hell with him!

Don't pick a fight with him. You won't lose. You'll die.Zachary has a secret he tries to keep under wraps ...... if only people would let him. When he drifts into a remote farming community looking for work, the trouble starts before he orders breakfast.Normally he would just avoid the trouble and move on, but there's a girl. Not a woman. A little girl, and the men that want to dominate the village threaten her livelihood. And that just won't do.There's something very rotten in this community but digging into it brings him face to face with something more powerful even than him. Something ancient and unstoppable. He has no choice other than to fight, but who will walk away?As the false gods force their way into the realm of mortals, how many will rise to defend the Earth?Be ready for war.

When a single shot rings out to shatter the quiet at a prominent museum, it signals the start of a new mystery Patricia Fisher cannot avoid investigating.An apparent suicide, a missing woman, a sunken treasure ship worth billions, and suspicious behaviour from almost everyone she meets ... well, that might be a lot to take for some people.For Patricia Fisher, it's just Thursday.She's in Rio on the trail of an altogether different mystery, however it's not long before Patricia questions if the two cases might not be intertwined.What did happen to Professor Noriega?Was his death a terrible accident?If so, why was there a man onboard the Aurelia pretending to be the professor?With faithful companions at her side, our English sleuth will have to roll the dice and take some chances for she only has two days to uncover the truth.