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- A Model Murder
- A Model Murder is a fast-paced mystery that draws scary, sometimes hilarious, parallels between alpha males in strip clubs and law firms.
This first book in the Alicia Allen Investigates Trilogy introduces Alicia Allen, a 29-year-old London Anglo-Italian lawyer whose desire for Pringles is matched only by her desire to solve crime. When her neighbor—a beautiful aspiring Australian model—is found raped and murdered before she can pick up her first paycheck at a sleazy “hostess” club, Alicia ignites with such passion to bring the wrongdoer to justice, it would make even Portia envious.
As her dangerous quest draws her into the dark world of exploitative “hostess clubs,” Alicia finds herself facing similar circumstances in a new law firm where alpha males roam the halls in solicitor suits intimidating or stalking undervalued female coworkers. Worse luck, the deeper she delves into the investigation, the more her comfortable world falls apart. Friends are viciously attacked...potential lovers may not be what they seem...clues pop up in Italian opera, Shakespeare, and a cat.
- Wilful Murder
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This second mystery in the Alicia Allen Investigates Trilogy
lures the justice-loving solicitor out of London and into the shadowy depths of
the Land Down Under where nothing is what it seems and a risky Trust could lead
to murder.
When an Australian-born heiress living in London asks Alicia
to draw up a Will in expectation of her forthcoming marriage and impending
English fortune, she reveals that her family members have been meeting untimely
deaths. After her fiancé is killed in an explosion, and her own life is
threatened, she implores Alicia Allen to investigate. Alicia soon finds herself
hot on the trail of a psychopathic killer who could be responsible for the
deaths and near-deaths that continue to occur in England and Australia—or are
there two psychopaths working in tandem? Her quest takes her to
Australia—coinciding with a friend’s wedding in Brisbane where she encounters
her old flame, Alex Waterford, a London lawyer who shares Alicia’s hardheaded
determination to bring about justice, no matter what the cost. Together they
put their own lives on the line in pursuit of the answer to this murderous
mystery that lies just beneath the misleadingly placid surfaces of
Probate, Wills and a Trust.
- Murder in Hand
Alicia Allen—the Anglo-Italian London solicitor with such a
passion for justice, it would make even Portia envious—returns to star in this
novel set in London and Italy. It is the last book in the Alicia Allen
Investigates Trilogy.
Alicia’s Uncle Vico, a New York attorney, introduces her to
Fabio Angelino—an Italian American living in London who needs her help dealing
with the Probate of his mother’s English estate. Fabio’s father worked with
Vico at Scarpetti, Steiglitz & Co. in New York before transferring to its
U.K. branch and disappearing in Sicily sixteen years ago. The Italian police
suspected the Mafia was responsible for his death, but the case remains
unsolved. Fabio reveals to Alicia that now someone is trying to kill him. When
Fabio’s sister Giulia is found callously murdered, Alicia feels compelled to
investigate the crimes on her own. Her quest takes her through Sicily, Italy,
Tuscany and Umbria over beautiful but sinister terrain as she finds herself
pulled into an underworld where the most dangerous and corrupt criminals are
those who hide behind the law.
This case brings to the surface our heroine’s Italian
heritage and willingness to take on dark forces to bring about justice; but in
her bid to entrap the perpetrators, has Alicia taken on malevolent forces too
great, and will this be her last investigation?
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Fathers Matter
This best-selling and practical handbook, now in its third
edition, is the essential guide for fathers seeking contact with their children
after separation and/or divorce, and all those connected with a father in that
situation including grandparents and members of the extended family. Divided
into three parts, it explains with clarity and compassion how the law affects
all categories of fathers and navigates the reader through this increasingly
complicated area of family law.
For more info and to order, please visit http://www.fathersmatter.com/.
