Evelyn James

• Jun-2024
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In the quaint town of Maple Lane, community leaders Evelyn and James spearhead a transformative project—a wellness trail designed to promote health and environmental consciousness among the townspeople. As the seasons change, so does the commun...

• Oct-2023
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Some mysteries are not meant to be solved...A seemingly innocent crossword puzzle book has some of Clara's closest friends arguing. Accusations of cheating start to become dangerous when one person is violently threatened and Clara is torn between re...

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• Sep-2022
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Clara Fitzgerald never expected to find her nemesis and criminal mastermind, Brilliant Chang, lurking in her garden. Nor did she expect him to ask for her help, but Chang is in the sort of trouble only Clara can resolve.As much as she detests the man...

• Jun-2022
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• Apr-2022
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Brighton 1923 - There is a new craze in town, the miraculous Pink's Pills which can help you to lose weight without dieting. Even Oliver Bankes is caught up in the excitement as Brighton's personal beauty queen, Miss Pink, promotes her trade secrets ...

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• Nov-2021
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Norwich 1898. Colonel Bainbridge has spent more years than he cares to consider as a private detective, but age is creeping up on him and the unexpected death of his business partner and fellow detective, Houston Fairchild, has left him wondering if ...

• Nov-2021
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January 1923 had been rather uneventful, until a gruesome murder in the town of Hove has everyone asking difficult questions. An unassuming old man has been brutally slain while working in the fields, and some are saying that it could be an act of wi...

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• Jun-2019
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After a visit to the local picture house, Private Peterson finds himself lying in an alley, a knife in his back, and no memory of what has occurred. Worse, a woman is found stabbed nearby and the police think Peterson might have killed her. Disturbed...

• May-2019
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The town of Brighton is divided by controversy as an exhibition of fossils arrives at the town hall. The star attraction is an Archaeopteryx skeleton, the supposed missing link, but not everyone likes the idea of the fossil being on display, not leas...

• Feb-2019
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Father Christian Lound has been missing since 1917, no one knows what became of him, only that before he vanished he was accused of treachery. Emily Priggins can't leave the mystery of her brother's disappearance alone, despite her father's violent w...

• Dec-2018
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In the middle of a stormy night, photographer Oliver Bankes runs into a man who has been dead three weeks. Terrified, he seeks out Clara Fitzgerald, Brighton's first female private detective, and draws her into a supernatural mystery revolving around...

• Dec-2018
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As the final hours of 1921 tick down, Clara Fitzgerald, Brighton's first female private detective, and Captain O'Harris prepare to celebrate New Year's Eve aboard the liner Mary Jane. Little do they know that the evening is going to be disrupted by t...

• Nov-2018
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The unfortunate Mr Jacobs has had his home burgled and a treasured item from his Japanese netsuke collection is missing. Clara is called in to see if she can solve what seems an impossible mystery - who stole the green jade dragon and where is it now...

• Jul-2018
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• Jan-2018
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When Issac Graves, Brighton solicitor and tireless philanthropist, dies at his desk, everyone assumes overwork was to blame. But then rumours begin to circulate - was Graves' death all it seemed to be? Was his demise really brought on by ill-health a...

• Jan-2018
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Albion Industries, Britain's leading manufacturer of cosmetics, have hired the Brighton Pavilion to host a trade fair. Everything is set to bring people into the town and to showcase Albion's latest creation - the Pearl Pink lipstick. What could go w...

• Aug-2017
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As the winter of 1921 slowly turns to spring, certain residents of Brighton find themselves at the mercy of a poison pen writer, who is spreading rumours and innuendo about the town. Disturbed by the scandal this could cause, Mrs Wilton, one of Clara...

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• Nov-2015
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Clara Fitzgerald was hoping for a quiet Christmas, but when the elderly Miss Sampford sends out a plea for help Brighton's first female private detective can hardly refuse. Miss Sampford believes someone is trying to scare her out of her house. A 'gh...

• Dec-2014
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This is the first part of a three part Novella series. For a limited time, get Evelyn's newest book FREE here: http://bit.ly/1AKUdUF

A thrilling historical romance with adventure and danger at every turn!

• Oct-2014
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Who expects to find a corpse in a fairground? Certainly not Clara Fitzgerald, Brighton's first female private detective, who is enjoying some time off when a new case falls straight into her lap. Just exactly who was the corpse sitting propped in the...

• Jul-2014
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Clara Fitzgerald is irresistably drawn to the reckless but charming Captain O'Harris and his daring attempt to cross the Atlantic in his biplane 'White Buzzard'. O'Harris is drawn to Brighton's first female detective because of a family mystery that ...

• Apr-2014
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Brighton 1920. Clara Fitzgerald is trying to earn a little respect as the first female private detective in Brighton, when Mrs Wilton turns up on her doorstep one snowy day. Struggling to get by since the war, Mrs Wilton has been convinced by an unsc...

• Feb-2014
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When Clara Fitzgerald, Brighton's first female private detective, is invited to the wedding of her cousin Andrew Campbell she expects it to be a rather dull weekend. The Campbells, however, are far from dull with proto-feminist Peg fighting with her ...