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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2013
  • Latest Book:
    June 2019
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Book List in Order: 37 titles



  • All alone, and no one around. Reeling from a disastrous weekend trip to visit his girlfriend, Terry Hill has car troubles. He pulls into the nearest town, hoping to find a garage, or someone who can help him out. But he finds the town mysteriously e...



  • Bradshaw: loner, outcast, mastermind. A burned-out bookshop in a rural village. The depths of winter. Two charred bodies. No clues. Arson? Perhaps. Murder? Most definitely. A hard-hitting tale that proves, once and for all, that time presents no o...



  • Fresh-faced journalist Aiden Keppler hits East Nutsley to cover the event everyone calls Letting Loose Crazy: ‘A day of unchecked madness and mayhem,’ as they term it. But when Aiden shows up, he finds the village strangely deserted and his hopes...



  • Edmund Stanforth seeks to close an account. But, to do so, he must venture to one of his least favourite locales. The countryside. And when he finds no option but to stay a night at the tumbledown fleapit, the Hilberthrudge Royale, he might well go c...



  • Snarky, ill-tempered and alone: Anna Harris kills for money. Weightier pay cheques. Bigger risks. Longer bills. She can see no way of turning work down. Nobody attends Brian Mathewson’s functions for the food, the entertainment neither. They come...



  • Bradshaw: loner, outcast, mastermind. He thought he could get away for just one day. He was wrong. A story of greed and recklessness. Breakfast Beyond: A Bradshaw Short Story...



  • Jack Hegarty, a retired and weary private detective, seeks solace. His wife? Gone. His job? Gone too. And, on the near-deserted island where he makes his home, there’s murder afoot. A chilling mystery of power, influence and brutality. Life’...



  • A bathroom breakdown. A death match. Damp wood with a history. Moonshine. And a hotel with its share of secrets. Five short stories to distress, spook and tantalise. Includes: • Random Acts of Silence • Tennis for Two • Never-Ending Tree ...



  • Josephine lives hand-to-mouth. Her private-investigation business looks set to go belly up. Only one more opportunity. One more job she must make a success of. At any cost. A story of belief, and reality. Mediums of the Midnight Mansion: A Short St...






  • Like always, joviality surrounds the fairground. But for an expectant mother, unaccustomed to feeling anything beyond gently entertained by the amusements, a sense of mystery clings to the place. And with it a deep, dark secret longs for discovery. ...



  • Bradshaw: loner, outcast, mastermind. The City calls to Bradshaw. It always has. And now it holds him in its clutches. Will he ever escape again? A story of dark pasts and darker futures. Lamping the Lunk: A Bradshaw Short Story...



  • At the time it seemed an easy job. A no-brainer. Sit out the season in a lodge, deep in the woods. Nothing but squirrels and the wind for company. And, until tonight, Violet had no complaints. Because, after tonight, she might never complain again....



  • A pianist investigates. Dental work detectives. A retired investigator. Scam artists by the handful. And a missing child at a fairground. Five short stories to creep, prowl and prey. Includes: • The Man in the Murderer • Snapping Teeth • ...



  • Snarky, ill-tempered and alone:Anna Harris kills for money.

    Weightier pay cheques. Bigger risks. Longer bills.She can see no way of turning work down.

    She heads for Spain.

    Beating sun. Blue skies. Fresh lime juice.What could possibl...



  • Snarky, ill-tempered and alone:Anna Harris kills for money.

    Weightier pay cheques. Bigger risks. Longer bills.She can see no way of turning work down.

    Until now.

    An ambitious politician. A publicist.And an assassin.Are the stakes to...



  • Bad things happen with organisation.True evil comes with a network.

    With no one to stop them, no one shall know the depth of terror . . . and psychopathy shall reign.

    A series of five short stories:

    Mr Sorrow & The Idiot BoxMrs Drea...



  • EVERYTHING GOES AWAY

    Snarky, ill-tempered and alone:

    Anna Harris kills for money

    Weightier paycheques. Bigger risks. Longer bills.She can see no way of turning work down.

    A heady prospect confronts Anna:Working in a t...



  • Snarky, ill-tempered and alone: Anna Harris kills for money.

    Weightier paycheques. Bigger risks. Longer bills. She can see no way of turning work down.

    Another day, another job . . . at thirty thousand feet.

    For an assassin, d...



  • Snarky, ill-tempered and alone:Anna Harris kills for money.

    Weightier paycheques. Bigger risks. Longer bills.She can see no way of turning work down.

    The whole world bears down on Anna.She can see no way out.

    Should she look to her ...






  • Money and miracles. Buried treasure. A spooky hotel.And a detective strives . . . for nothing?

    Mystery, suspense and horror short stories including:

    Dragon On The HillLodgerVoices From The CorniceInvisible To The NightMiraclesThe Stoneman...



  • Snarky, ill-tempered and alone:Anna Harris kills for money.

    Weightier paycheques. Bigger risks. Longer bills.All in a day’s work for an assassin.

    Packed with suspense, thrills and murder, Dressed To Kill includes the short stories:



  • A fledgling private investigator. Terror from the past. A remote, and mysterious island.And a killer loose on a submarine.

    Eleven short stories of crime, suspense and outright horror:

    SubmarineThe Man In the MurdererPolar HellLife’s Lit...



  • Friendship. Wilderness. Deception.

    Charlotte Connolly studies hard. She plays hard too. A geography student, she and her course mates head to Loch Monar in Scotland. The middle of nowhere. The perfect place to unwind from the daily grind. The p...



  • Missing people. A broken brain.And the past, present and future make a return.

    Short stories of mystery, suspense and horror, including:

    Hard Times For Kinder CornersMediums Of The Midnight MansionRamblerTime For FailureDog WalkerSurprise...



  • Bradshaw: loner, outcast, mastermind.

    He goes it alone to solve crimes which require more than mere common sense . . . and go beyond the remit of standard police procedure.

    A collection of mystery short stories, including:

    Case Numb...



  • A punk takes responsibility. Triplets. Missing souls.And the place where neighbourly concern meets obsession.Suspense, mystery and horror short stories, including: Iron ThornsShindyThe Just WarThe HairbrushBrought Back BloodDisappearingShadow StruckF...



  • After Mathewson Media, Anna Harris starts afresh. She has a new life. A new house. A loving partner. The world is a brighter place. But when a former colleague pays her a visit everything changes.Another challenge beckons.Another crisis.But this time...



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    Memories are better left alone ...Former classmates descend on Goonherth Bay for a twenty-year school reunion:Old friendships are rekindled.Fiery passions are raked up anew.And resentment turns deadly.Young mother Elena Kardos flees the big city to r...






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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

A.V. Iain has published 37 books.

A.V. Iain does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Snake Pit, was published in June 2019.

The first book by A.V. Iain, Cold Hearts, was published in September 2013.

No. A.V. Iain does not write books in series.