JJ Marsh Books in Order

Four apparent suicides among unpopular businessmen share forensic evidence, drawing Beatrice Stubbs to Zurich after a personal tragedy. Facing an unwelcoming colleague and secretive financial interests, she hunts someone whose idea of justice may threaten her as well.

A serial offender targets people around London's transport network, leaving few clues for Beatrice Stubbs to follow. Her investigation extends from the capital to Welsh beaches and rural Ireland as she tries to stop the escalating threat.

Twelve short stories explore unusual encounters and unexpected turns, ranging from unsettling darkness to moments of charm. The collection brings together strange perspectives and peculiar situations, following the different ways people might find escape through surprise and uncertainty.

Taking a break from police work in northern Spain, Beatrice joins a journalist's investigation into disappearances and fraud. Without official authority, the women encounter corruption, violence, and blackmail while struggling to determine whom they can trust.

Called to Greece after a cruise passenger is thrown from a cliff, Beatrice expects a brief assignment beside a local inspector. Further suspicious deaths turn it into a hunt for a killer aboard the ship, with Beatrice herself becoming vulnerable.

Investigating art thefts in Germany, Beatrice is joined by a friend seeking escape from a stalker in London. His pursuer follows, linking holiday travel and a dangerous investigation as both confront threats extending across borders.

At a Portuguese police conference, Beatrice investigates rumors of an exposé about intelligence agencies. A colleague's murder and a child's disappearance turn the trip into a crisis, forcing her to question both international allies and tensions among her companions.

Newly retired Beatrice balances writing and wedding plans in a Devon village until a suspicious death draws her back into investigation. As snow isolates the community, troubling discoveries test her trust in even the people closest to her.

Bored with routine private cases, Beatrice accepts work that leads from an assassin in Budapest to businesses in France. Undercover inquiries expose a dangerous network, leaving her and an unexpected assistant trapped without their usual protection.

On her first private assignment after leaving Scotland Yard, Beatrice goes undercover in a renowned Naples restaurant. A murdered chef and leaking secrets point toward organized crime, while tangled family loyalties threaten to expose her before she identifies the culprit.

Tracking a fugitive banker to Belgium draws Beatrice into corruption more extensive than a private investigator should tackle alone. Meanwhile, a London designer's prestigious commission turns threatening, exposing the power wealthy people wield over those who challenge them.

Five friends gather every other New Year’s Eve after an accident killed the sixth member of their group. Twenty years later, resentments and secrets finally surface, threatening the story they have told themselves about their shared tragedy.

A body interrupts the pleasures of Mallorca's artistic enclave, drawing Beatrice into the murder of a celebrated painter's muse. Conflicting accounts from locals, artists, and associates force her to separate genuine evidence from resentment and carefully constructed stories.

Escaping wedding plans, Beatrice investigates two missing environmental protesters in Finland. Suspicions involving energy companies and activists deepen as confidential information leaks, and an approaching coastal storm makes finding the young people increasingly urgent.

Hiding from her past on a Brazilian beach, Ann reluctantly accompanies police inspector Gil into the Amazon to investigate a missing girl. The journey threatens both her emotional defences and her safety when someone recognises her true identity.

Christmas travel to Sweden draws Beatrice into the theft of valuable jewelry from a family home. As she and Will investigate, relationships back in London become strained, and hidden motives connect seasonal celebrations with blackmail and espionage.

Ann retreats to a shack on Brazil’s coast hoping to erase her past, but a local murder draws her toward a perceptive police officer. Drug dealing and escalating violence threaten the refuge she worked so hard to create.

Cellist Rolf believes his successful new life owes everything to Leonor, until her guidance becomes suffocating control. Pressure from his orchestra’s conductor and unsettling rumours further erode his confidence, threatening the future he built to escape his past.

When her family is threatened, fugitive Olivia searches Southeast Asia for a man who could stop her pursuers. Following a dangerous trail through Hong Kong and Macau forces her to revive old skills and question every offer of help.

Iris volunteers at a women’s refuge in Mozambique, hoping to use her experience to help others. Attacks on the project and a visitor from her past threaten that purpose, exposing her to pursuers who care nothing for bystanders.

In a Swiss Alpine village during the First World War, young Seraphine dreams of a wider life while a newly qualified doctor seeks his purpose. Their paths cross amid another physician’s controversial campaign against an enduring local illness.

Retired detective Beatrice Stubbs visits Spain for a holiday, but a disastrous cultural event pulls her into an investigation. Searching a suspicious fishing community for a saboteur, she discovers that solving the case will require some unlikely allies.

After seven years in hiding, Ursula transforms herself and travels to Goa to confront the criminal network hunting her. Unexpected allies complicate a dangerous campaign against its ruthless leader, whose growing power threatens more than Ursula’s future.

Widowed Eloise leaves her dutiful Swiss life for the promise of reinvention in 1927 Berlin. Love and the city’s dazzling nightlife bring new possibilities, but rising political violence threatens the freedom she has only just begun to enjoy.

Settled with Gil in the Azores, Olivia believes she has stopped running until an old poem arrives through the post. A prison escape raises the stakes, forcing her to protect her visiting niece while confronting the person pursuing her.