y separately published work icon Miss Hayward and the Detective series - author   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Miss Hayward and the Detective
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y separately published work icon Murder at the Freak Show Helen Goltz , Greenslopes : Atlas Productions , 2021 23660722 2021 single work novel historical fiction romance

'Matilda Hayward is determined to have a career, after all, it is 1888! While reporting for the Women's Journal newspaper, Matilda is sent to cover the visiting 'Freak Show' and to interview Mrs Anna Tufton, a giantess. During the interview, the giantess slips a note to Matilda begging for help to her escape the show she is forced to do by her husband. But then the giantess's husband, along with the owner of the Freak Show, Mr Alfred E. Burnham, is murdered. The giantess is a likely suspect.

'Matilda enlists the help of her lawyer brother, Amos, to prove the giantess is no killer and to free her from a life of exploitation. But close family friend, Detective Thomas Ashdown - who might just have feelings for Matilda despite having known her since childhood - would prefer Matilda was nowhere near his murder case. There is mystery, danger, and love afoot!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon The Artist's Missing Muse Helen Goltz , Greenslopes : Atlas Productions , 2021 23660658 2021 single work novel historical fiction romance

'Beautiful muse, Miss Sapphire Reubens, the inspiration for her lover's latest art exhibition, is missing - items of her clothing found in the river. Worryingly, Miss Matilda Hayward and her fellow writer for the Women's Journal, Miss Alice Doran, only recently enjoyed a preview of the inspired work by artist, Marlon Dominey, featuring Miss Reubens immersed in water. Was it a death portrait?

'When another two artists are found murdered and posed in the manner of their paintings, Matilda and her new beau, Detective Thomas Ashdown, fear the artist's inspiration may have come from ill means. Matilda is determined to get to the bottom of the story, especially as her brother, Gideon, manages the Art Gallery featuring the artwork.

'There is mystery, passion and love afoot!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon Mystery at the Asylum Helen Goltz , Greenslopes : Atlas Productions , 2021 23660551 2021 single work novel historical fiction romance

'Miss Matilda Hayward has a nose for a story which serves her well as a writer for the Women's Journal newspaper. Her beau, Detective Thomas Ashdown, is not quite as enthusiastic about her role. When Matilda's brother, Elijah, takes up a doctor's position at the Asylum for the Insane, she volunteers, seeking more life experience to improve her writing. Joined by her illustrator friend, Miss Georgina Urry, the two ladies are thrust into the mystery of several strange asylum deaths as patients believe they can fly. When Thomas is sent to investigate, their worlds collide. Now the race is on to find the sinister threat dwelling inside the dark and gloomy walls of the asylum. There is secrecy, danger, and love afoot!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon The Mortician's Clue Helen Goltz , Woolloongabba : Atlas Productions , 2022 24838922 2022 single work novel crime

'Miss Matilda Hayward has been assigned her first book review for the Women's Journal newspaper and she is very much enjoying Mr Linton Turner's novel, The Pyjama Girl Mystery, until it comes to life. When a young lady is found murdered and left on the church steps dressed only in blue satin pyjamas - just like in the plot of the novel - the author immediately comes under suspicion. But no one can identify the victim. Matilda's beau, Detective Thomas Ashdown, is on the case, and with his partner, Detective Harry Dart, they hire a talented mortician, Miss Phoebe Astin, to illustrate the deceased lady for identification purposes. After Matilda and her friend, Miss Georgina Urry, make Phoebe's acquaintance, the three ladies find themselves unwillingly caught in a battle of words and hearts between an author and a poet with deadly intent. There is secrecy, danger, and love afoot!' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Murder in Bridal Lane Helen Goltz , Woolloongabba : Atlas Productions , 2022 24838969 2022 single work novel crime

'Miss Matilda Hayward has a wedding to plan and while ordering her bridal bouquet in Bridal Lane, she finds a note in her sample bouquet requesting a liaison. Matilda innocently believes the note is a mix-up and now two people in love might believe the other person has abandoned them. She engages her brother, Daniel, to attend the liaison with her and to advise of the mix-up, but the young paramour rushes off and is later found beaten and bruised in a lane off Bridal Alley by Matilda's fiance, Detective Thomas Ashdown, and his partner, Detective Harry Dart.

'When a respected lacemaker is also found murdered in the same laneway, the note takes on a new significance. Matilda is assigned to write the obituary for the Women's Journal with her illustrator friend, Miss Georgina Urry. It is not long until she finds herself in danger and in the middle of a mystery and a murder case, much to her fiance's displeasure. There is mystery, danger, and love afoot before Matilda makes it to the altar!' (Publication summary)

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