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Priscilla Masters

Born in Halifax and adopted into a multiracial family of seven, Priscilla Masters is the creator of the Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy novels set in the Staffordshire moorlands, the most recent of which is GUILTY WATERS. She is also the creator of coroner Martha Gunn, set in the medieval town of Shrewsbury, the latest of which is RECALLED TO DEATH.

She has also written six medical standalone mysteries, including THE WATCHFUL EYE, set in her hometown of Eccleshall and dealing with the problems of a male GP. She works as a respiratory specialist nurse in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, has two sons and lives in a fairytale cottage on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border.

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Blood on the Rocks

DI Joanna Piercy is not happy when she's assigned the apparently minor case of finding a missing elderly man, but it turns out to be far more sinister . . .

DI Joanna Piercy is irritated when she's assigned the apparently minor case of finding an elderly man who's vanished from his residental home. Surely Zachary Foster can't have gone far? As she investigates, Joanna realises that the case is far more sinister than it appears. Could her life, and that of her unborn child, be at risk?

Bridge of Sighs

Two violent suicides leave Coroner Martha Gunn with some disturbing questions to answer - and the most difficult lies closer to home...

Why did Gina Marconi, a young barrister with everything to live for, and Patrick Elson, a clever schoolboy, take their own lives so violently? And when DI Alex Randall's wife, Erica, dies in suspicious circumstances, Martha must confront the most difficult question of all: could Alex Randall be a murderer?

The Deceiver

A desperate phone call from an old acquaintance plunges forensic psychiatrist Claire Roget into an explosive situation with echoes in her own past.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget receives a desperate call for help from obstetrician Charles Tissot, who's been accused of impregnating one of his patients. His career on the line, Tissot begs Claire to expose his patient's fragile mental state and discredit her wild claims. But is Tissot telling the whole truth?

Crooked Street

Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy investigates the disappearance of a young husband - and discovers all is not as it seems.

Jadon Glover is good-looking, professional and a perfect husband, according to his wife. So when he fails to come home one night, she rings the police, certain something has happened to him. DI Joanna Piercy and DS Mike Korpanski are sceptical. As the investigation proceeds, it becomes clear that Jadon has been keeping dark secrets from his wife.

Dangerous Minds

Can a psychiatrist prevent a crime when it exists only in a patient's mind?

When she receives a wedding invitation from a former patient, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is seriously alarmed. She believes Jerome Barclay to be highly dangerous, responsible for at least three suspicious deaths. But with no proof, Claire's hands are tied. Can she prevent a tragedy unfolding - and is she herself at risk?

Recalled to Death

Coroner Martha Gunn is baffled by the discovery of an unidentified body in the ruins of a local beauty spot.

Coroner Martha Gunn and Detective Inspector Alex Randall search for answers to some disturbing questions when the body of a homeless man with his throat slashed is discovered in the ruins of Moreton Corbet Castle. Can they find out his identity and solve the puzzle?

Guilty Waters

The disappearance of two French girls in a Staffordshire beauty spot signals a tough new case for Detective Joanna Piercy.

Cécile Bellange is a worried mother. Her eighteen-year-old daughter Annabelle and her friend Dorothée left Paris for a summer hitchhiking holiday in England, but the only contact from them was a postcard sent three months ago. Arriving in England, Cécile Bellange meets Detective Joanna Piercy, who is looking into the girls' disappearance. Soon Joanna must answer two important questions: what is the anxious innkeeper Mr Barker trying so desperately to hide, and where are Annabelle and Dorothée?

The Devil's Chair

DI Alex Randall and coroner Martha Gunn search for a missing child, but their investigation is compromised by local superstitions.

A tragic car crash leads to a young girl going missing near the legendary Devil's Chair. Can coroner Martha Gunn and DI Alex Randall sift through fact and fiction, folklore and reality to uncover the truth?

The Final Curtain

A former child soap star needs Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy's help - are her claims real or just an act?

Just back from her honeymoon, Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy must deal with nuisance calls from an old lady. The woman in question is Timony Weeks, a sixties' child star in a once-popular soap. Is she putting on an act and wasting police time, or is someone really trying to frighten her? As events become increasingly disturbing, Joanna's instinct tells her something isn't right, and then she discovers a shocking secret. Perhaps someone has sinister intentions towards Timony after all...

Smoke Alarm

A deadly fire reunites coroner Martha Gunn with Detective Inspector Alex Randall in the fourth book in this successful series.

When firemen are called to an intense blaze at the Grange in Melverley, they find the bodies of Christie Barton, her daughter, Adelaide, and father-in-law, William, along with evidence that suggests the fire was started deliberately. Detective Inspector Alex Randall enlists the help of coroner Martha Gunn, but the puzzle deepens with a second house fire - the occupant, retired nurse Monica Deverill, is missing. Where is she, and what links the two fires? The answers lie in a secret buried in the past...

A Velvet Scream

The new compelling DI Joanna Piercy mystery.

On a snowy December morning, a young woman is found outside Patches nightclub in Leek. Half dead from the cold, she says she has been raped. As Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, fresh from a disciplinary action, investigates, she learns that Kayleigh Harrison has made unsubstantiated allegations before against her stepfather. But there are possible links to a similar rape case six months previously. Is there a real case to investigate or not? Kayleigh holds the key, but how much of her story can be trusted?

Frozen Charlotte

Set in the medieval town of Shrewsbury, this is the third in the compelling 'Martha Gunn' series.

When a woman arrives in A & E clutching a child in a pink blanket, Martha Gunn is not quite ready to make the discovery that the evening has in store for her. The baby is dead, and not only that, it has been mummified. Post mortem reveals the child to be a new born, deceased for over five years and, despite the mysterious woman's protestations that it is called 'Poppy', most certainly a boy. As always coroner Martha Gunn reserves judgement until she is able to get to the bottom of the case...