Ten-year-old Tommy Jones is accused of murdering his only friend, a stoker at the gasworks. Can shy, intellectual sergeant Cuthbert Slaughter of the City Police prevent a horrible injustice?The first of the Tommy Jones Mysteries.In 1862 London, a famous surgeon has been murdered, and Inspector Slaughter must find the killer with help from Nightingale nurses, devious apothecaries, and stage actors. Winner of the 2022 Historical Fiction Company 5-Star Highly Recommended Medal.A murdered photographer, a detained assistant, and an attack on an art expert – all is not as it appears in 1863 London.When the body of a postal clerk is found inside a pneumatic railway car, it is up to Tommy Jones to save his biology tutor from the noose.A body is found at Luna Beach, one arm sticking out of the sand at the bottom of the bluff. While police detective Rory Gallardo and his staff uncover the man’s origins, 72-year-old Rosie McMahon and her cat Hephaestus are also on the case. Pursuing clues with the help of her journalist pal Lou and environmentalist student Tiffany, Rosie discovers a mystery bigger than a dead tourist.Amanda Goodwin first encounters Jack Strawman when both of them are robbing the same house, so she knows he’s a thief. But she needs his help to retrieve a miniature of great value to her grandfather. Which will get them in more trouble, his lying ways or her brutal honesty? Winner of an 2023 Silver Medal in historical romance from the Coffee Pot Book Club.A dual-timeline literary novel about a present-day historian researching H. G. Wells, young Wells becoming an author during the 19th century, and the conversation they have across time and space.A compendium of H. G Wells’s writings on science education, most from before he published The Time Machine, and many never republished. An excellent resource for revealing the controversies over science education that continue today.
Short stories
In 1865 London, a hero of the Great Mutiny has dropped dead on the dance floor of a charity ball. Baker Bridget Williams and her friend Jo Harris must uncover the mystery. Was the colonel danced to death?Hot on a case, amateur sleuth Rosie McMahon and her friend Lou break into a lawyer’s garage to find some property papers. But when they discover a body instead, the San Benno police must get involved. The clues lead the team to Koko Island, but could a murderer be along for the ride?When obnoxious steampunk author Vernon Sledge is found dead at the 19th Annual Steampunk Convention in San Diego, it is up to high school teacher Emily Carter and her students to help un- ravel the mystery. Assisted by convention attendees in their neo-Victorian finery and at least one Sherlock Holmes, the team follows the clues from the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, the vendor tables, and author interviews to discover whodunnit.
