Caron Allan: 9 books

Friendship can be murder! Review: "…the heroine is completely without morals…You really should not like her, but you find yourself wishing her every success in her increasingly bizarre schemes and personal entanglements" Spoilt society girl Cressida Barker-Powell wants to murder...

A few days rest is just what Dottie needs. It's not long before she makes the acquaintance of Penny Parfitt, and her attractive brother-in-law Gervase and accepts their invitation to spend a few days in the country. Quickly Dottie realises that secrets and intrigues lurk beneath the pleasant surface...

Review: Dottie Manderson is a gorgeous character--sassy, bright and modern (for the 1930s, that is) and very relatable. She's partnered with a detective and you just know this is going to play out satisfyingly in a 'will they/won't they' way. There's a Cluedo feel to the whole story, and I love it...

The Mantle of God: a Dottie Manderson mystery. Can a tiny piece of faded cloth really be worth killing for? Is the past ever truly forgotten? A friend asks Dottie Manderson to find out more about a scrap of fabric found in a dead man's pocket. But as soon as she starts to ask questions, things...

Scotch Mist: a Dottie Manderson mystery novella After the funeral of her friend and mentor Mrs Carmichael, Dottie Manderson is sent on a mission to find the dead woman's missing son and to inform him of the death of a mother he never knew. Meanwhile, Dottie's close friend Inspector William...

Review for Cross Check: This is the funniest story I've read in a long time. We follow along as Cressida helps family and friends solve some annoying issues. How does she do that, you ask? Murder, pure and simple...sometimes not so simple. The ending of this book two of the series is dramatic...

Review for Check Mate: Book 3 was more serious...suspenseful yet warm. One of the strangest series I've read. I read it in one day. I will be looking for some from the author's other series.  At the end of book 2, Cressida Barker-Powell-Hopkins was fighting for her life in hospital...

Easy Living: a story about life after death, after death, after death. Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be lying in hospital on life support for months on end, only to find out your nearest and dearest have decided to pull the plug? That's what happens to Jane Cooper. One minute...

Cressida Barker-Powell, spoiled society girl and recent widow is back, and back with a vengeance. She is making a list and cross-checking it twice. If you’re on her list – and it’s not a very long list – you’re dead. No ifs. No buts. No maybes. She’s making the world a happier place for...