Priscilla Masters Books in Order

Gulliver and Charlotte Thornton climb into Biddulph Grange's gardens and enter an enchanted world ruled by the ape Thoth. Traveling through fantastical versions of Egypt, Scotland, and China, they seek allies to free the gardens.

Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy suspects a nurse's unexplained death is murder despite the absence of clear postmortem evidence. Her determination to investigate puts her against prejudice as she tries to establish what happened and identify a killer.

A ten-year-old boy's burning body is discovered beneath a moorland rock formation. Joanna Piercy investigates the contrast between signs of neglect, expensive trainers, and a gold ring linked to a dead politician as more children disappear.

Joanna Piercy investigates after a woman's body is discovered on a Staffordshire hillside. What might first appear to be a death in the open becomes a murder inquiry when bruises reveal that someone inflicted violence on her.

A solicitor's professionally executed murder brings the Regional Crime Squad into Joanna Piercy's station. Superintendent Karen Pugh suspects a contract killer and plans to trap him in Leek, placing Joanna amid an unusually high-profile investigation.

Called to an elderly patient's home on New Year's Eve, Dr Harriet is asked to investigate his granddaughter's disappearance ten years earlier. Her inquiries turn threatening when she suspects her patient may know more than he admits.

After the Hardacre family's murder, their daughter Ruthie is missing. Joanna Piercy organizes a major search while considering three possibilities: the girl has fled, she is another victim whose body is hidden, or she killed her family.

A body wrapped in clinical waste is found in a Birmingham hospital's grounds, apparently bearing a recent surgical wound. Pathologist Karys Harper discovers the incision was made after death, pointing to a killer likely to strike again.

Following robberies targeting elderly women, Nancy Lawrence is found bludgeoned over her unfinished tapestry. Joanna Piercy discovers the victim's estranged brother lives next door and traces a mystery whose roots reach far beyond the apparent burglary.

After a patient known for alarming claims is found dead in a Welsh village pond, Dr Megan Banesto questions the community's dismissive response. A missing child makes her reconsider whether the woman's stories about disappearances were true.

Joanna Piercy dismisses concerns about a man watching children outside a village school, then a young girl vanishes. Regretting her judgment, she searches for the child while foot-and-mouth restrictions make the surrounding countryside difficult to investigate.

Floodwater exposes a murdered man's body inside a Shrewsbury cottage. Coroner Martha Gunn investigates when the presumed victim's wife denies the identification, leaving questions about the corpse's identity and the whereabouts of the missing tenant.

Dr Claire Roget joins a secure psychiatric unit after her predecessor's murder, supposedly committed by an inmate. As she learns more about the institution, she questions the official account while someone taunts her with another threatened killing.

Beatrice Pennington joins Joanna Piercy's cycling club hoping to improve her fitness, then disappears weeks later. Joanna initially suspects a romantic escape, but investigating the librarian's apparently ordinary life reveals complications hidden beneath its respectable surface.

A boy accused of stabbing a popular classmate is found dead in his cell shortly after arrest. Coroner Martha Gunn questions the apparent suicide and investigates the assumptions surrounding both boys, seeking a fuller account of their deaths.

Antiques dealer Susanna Paris buys an unusual eighteenth-century jug and falls for a man who also wanted it. When the pottery is stolen, its images of his ancestral home draw her toward disturbing family secrets.

Lonely GP Daniel Gregory faces increasingly troubling demands from patients and neighbors in a Staffordshire town. A rejected teenager, a suspicious policeman, and a possessive mother add pressure as medical mistakes and personal tensions approach a breaking point.

A moorland farmer's quarrels with residents of a new housing estate culminate in his violent death beside a boundary wall. Joanna Piercy investigates competing grievances and the victim's malicious behavior while dealing with worries in her own life.

A young woman found freezing outside a Leek nightclub reports rape. Joanna Piercy investigates possible links to an earlier assault while examining conflicting evidence and the woman's previous allegations, trying to determine exactly what happened.

A woman arrives at a Shrewsbury hospital carrying what she calls her baby daughter. The child is mummified, and postmortem findings contradict her account, leaving coroner Martha Gunn to reconstruct a death that occurred years earlier.

A deliberate house fire kills three family members, bringing coroner Martha Gunn and DI Alex Randall together. A second blaze and a missing retired nurse deepen the investigation, suggesting links rooted in a concealed past.

Former child television star Timony Weeks repeatedly reports unsettling incidents at her isolated farmhouse. Initially skeptical, Joanna Piercy investigates as the harassment escalates, uncovering secrets from the woman's past that may explain why someone is targeting her.

A car crashes on the remote Burway, leaving its driver injured and her four-year-old daughter missing. Martha Gunn and Alex Randall search around the Devil's Chair, separating local legends from evidence as they try to locate the child.

Nurse Emily Dove becomes the focus of Peter Milar's obsessive efforts to construct an idealized persona. His imitation grows into a desire to invade her life, and resentment at her perceived imperfections turns admiration into a threat.

Two French teenagers disappear during an English hitchhiking holiday, leaving a postcard from Rudyard Lake as their last contact. Joanna Piercy follows their trail to an upscale guesthouse whose anxious owner appears to be hiding something.

A homeless man's body is discovered in the ruins of Moreton Corbet Castle with his throat cut. Coroner Martha Gunn and Detective Inspector Alex Randall work to establish his identity and uncover the circumstances behind the killing.

A wife reports her supposedly perfect husband missing, prompting Joanna Piercy and Mike Korpanski to investigate. Searches through cramped Victorian streets reveal secrets within his marriage and neighborhood, where someone knows what became of him.

Psychiatrist Claire Roget receives a wedding invitation from a former patient she suspects of involvement in several deaths. Without proof, she struggles to protect his prospective bride while his knowledge of her private life grows disturbing.

Overlooked district nurse Jane Ziegler discovers a way to kill patients without attracting suspicion. Success encourages another attempt, but a patient’s complaint and her employer’s growing doubts threaten to expose the crimes behind her newfound confidence.

An obstetrician asks Claire Roget to discredit a patient claiming he fathered her unborn child. Her history raises doubts, but Claire discovers gaps in the doctor's account and must assess whose story to believe and whether the baby is safe.

Pregnant Joanna Piercy resents being assigned to find an elderly man who vanished from a secure care home. His frailty and dementia make the escape puzzling, and the apparently routine inquiry soon exposes a more sinister danger.

Two apparently unconnected suicides trouble Martha Gunn, then Alex Randall's wife dies under unexplained circumstances. With her police ally suspended, Martha investigates alone while confronting the possibility that he may be implicated in a killing.

A dying father wants answers about his daughter's disappearance six years earlier. Claire Roget interviews a convicted serial killer whom police suspect, entering a contest of manipulation to determine whether he knows what happened to the missing teenager.

Young Jennifer Lomax hopes marriage to an older widower will give her the love and security she lacks. His refusal to discuss his first wife's death prompts her to investigate, placing their future together under increasing doubt.

A bloodstained, silent woman is found pushing a child's stroller near a steep moorland drop. Joanna Piercy investigates whether she is victim or threat, calling on psychiatrist Claire Roget to help uncover the story she cannot tell.

Forensic psychiatrist Claire Roget’s patient is murdered after years of lies that damaged other families. A torn appointment card raises fears of a connection to the clinic, drawing Claire and Detective Zed Willard into a dangerous investigation.

Nurse Florence Shaw worries when a mysterious young man befriends an elderly patient and discourages her medical appointments. Others dismiss Florence’s concerns, but Nora’s sudden disappearance makes finding the truth about her new companion increasingly urgent.

An armed intruder takes an elderly man hostage near Rudyard Lake and demands to speak only with Joanna Piercy. With little negotiation experience, she must uncover why he knows her and how a distant crime connects them.

Two teenagers die when their car plunges into a quarry, but the trunk holds a woman who has been dead for six months. Coroner Martha Gunn searches for her identity while someone works to keep the hidden history buried.