Cirrus@Austlit

'A woman alone. Watched. But by whom, and why?

'When schoolteacher Jackie Winter inherits her beloved aunt’s house, she discovers that her close relative had been keeping a terrible secret.

'As Jackie is drawn into her aunt’s past, all that was certain begins to fray. But she is destined to not experience this alone. Someone is watching her every move.

'Then, there is a murder near the house. A cruel killing. Suddenly Jackie finds herself in the frame.

'Trying to keep one step ahead of the police, Jackie turns her attention once more to the past, now certain there’s a link between her aunt’s secrets and the shadowy figure that plagues not only her days but also her nightmares.' (Publication summary)
 

'A householder who is clearing out the loft comes across a carefully concealed box containing a video camera.

'When he plugs it in, unsure due to its age that it will even play, what he sees there has him immediately calling the police.

'Senior Sergeant Veronika Pope and her team in the Special Crime Squad study the footage of the torture of four individuals held captive, all physically and mentally abused.

'Assured this is no hoax, although all indications are that this happened long in the past, the team races to trace the identity of the victims.

'Someone got away with murder once, will Sergeant Pope permit them to do so again?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Detectives dig deep to discover what happened to a lost bride

'After travelling to the breezy seaside town of Seabreak with her new husband to meet his twin brother, Jane Wilson vanishes without a trace.

'There is never any sign of her again, and despite blame initially being cast on the husband, with no evidence of a crime, nothing is done.

'Years later, Detective Inspector Veronika Pope and her team at the Special Crime Squad reinvestigate the disappearance.

'What really drove Jane to return to the town? And what made sure she would never leave?

'Detective Pope is convinced the town and its windy dunes hold the secrets, but she is faced with the grim determination of others to keep them buried forever…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When detectives try to close a missing persons case, a small town’s twisted secrets begin to unravel…

'A couple disappear in a region of the outback known for its gold mining. Some three years on, there is still no trace of them.

'Detective Veronika Pope is handed the cold case. It’s cold only in name. When she turns up to the godforsaken town where the couple were last seen, the heat is sweltering; suspicion simmering.

'The detectives stay in the same seedy hotel as the couple did. The townsfolk aren’t welcoming. Nobody wants the cops probing into their affairs.

'From what Pope can gather, the missing duo were the perfect couple. Loving. Happy together. The picture of marital bliss.

'Assuming a murder but missing a motive, the detectives do make progress. They might even find the bodies, as the trail is hot. Almost too hot to touch.

'Pope is in serious danger of getting burned…'  (Publication summary)

'A female detective sails close to the wind when a murder is discovered.

'Detective Veronika Pope is enjoying an idyllic holiday at a beach house on the Coral Sea, when her detective partner asks for help with a cold case.

'Arthur Tetley has been missing for ten years. When his body is found wrapped in plastic and buried in the rainforest, the marks it bears are hard to misread.

'The business tycoon met a horrific end at the hands of someone who clearly wanted him to suffer in death.

'Detective Pope has a hunch someone close to the victim knows more than they’ve let on. Yet the past has been buried deep, and few people want it to surface.

'In her quest to find answers, Pope is forced to confront memories of her own which, like the victim, might better have been kept unearthed.' (Publication summary)