Enjoy these cozy mysteries by Jason Blacker that take place in the late 1940’s. You can sample one of his most popular mysteries for Free with “Poisoned Heart (A Lady Marmalade Mystery). If it’s action you are looking for, witness one man’s journey to hell and redemption in “Dust on His Soul. Enjoy!
Poisoned Heart (A Lady Marmalade Mystery)
Jason Blacker
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Lady Marmalade’s first mystery. Visiting some friends, Lordy and Lady Apleby turns out to be a dangerous affair. For the kitchen maid at least, who ends up dead.
How did she die and who would want to kill her is up to Lady Marmalade and Inspector Devlin Pearce to determine. Making their work even harder are the five suspects who all had reason to kill her.
The Lord of the manner who was having an affair with her. The Lady who was upset at her cheating husband. Her bastard son, her low life of an ex-husband or the butler who she had spurned.
One of them did it, though they all might have wanted to. In the lineage of Agatha Christie, this cozy mystery is set in the late 1940s.
Length: 8,600 words
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Four Red Diamonds (A Lady Marmalade Mystery 4 Pack)
Jason Blacker
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Four Red Diamonds Contains the first 4 Lady Marmalade Mysteries:
Poisoned Heart
Visiting some friends, Lordy and Lady Apleby turns out to be a dangerous affair. For the kitchen maid at least, who ends up dead.
How did she die and who would want to kill her is up to Lady Marmalade and Inspector Devlin Pearce to determine. Making their work even harder are the five suspects who all had reason to kill her.
The Lord of the manner who was having an affair with her. The Lady who was upset at her cheating husband. Her bastard son, her low life of an ex-husband or the butler who she had spurned.
In the lineage of Agatha Christie, this cozy mystery is set in the late 1940s.
Loose Lips
It’s just after the end of the Second World War and Lady Marmalade is looking forward to a nice relaxing holiday in Hightown. The war has been terribly stressful on everyone and Lady Marmalade’s good friends, Harry and Genevieve Appleback have invited her over for some much needed R n’ R and Irish Sea air.
But what should have been a relaxing holiday turns out to be a workout for Lady Marmalade’s little gray cells.
Nana (Maude) Bloomfield, an heir to the Bloomfield Confectioner’s dwindling fortune is found murdered in her study. There are a vast assortment of culprits.
Her husband Ambrose is having an affair with Nana’s oldest friend, Agnes Bennett. Both of them now benefit with Nana out of the way. But what about Owen Bloomfield, Ambrose’s brother. He clearly didn’t care for Nana’s involvement in the business.
And Rufina Pritchard, Nana’s stepdaughter is here from Australia looking for work, which Nana can’t offer. Neither can Nana increase her son’s stipend. Jasper Bloomfield, the son, is none to happy about that.
Heartless
Lady Marmalade is taking the Flying Scotchman up to York. She needs to attend to some financial affairs related to the estate of her deceased husband, Eric.
It is a time of reflection and Lady Marmalade is eager to get onto the train and away from the cacophony of the train station.
However, the train will not offer the respite she requires. During dinner on the trip to York, Major Jasper Moss is murdered. He wasn’t a nice man, but he didn’t deserve to be killed.
In the short time before the train makes it to York, does Lady Marmalade have the time to determine who amongst the five dinner guests killed him?
Captain Houghton has motive, he served under the Major in the second war. Winnie Smith has motive too as does the Major’s own daughter, Ethel who has accompanied him on this trip. Evan Cross, the waiter has a dark secret that gives him grounds for murder and Mr. Lewis Bryan had a business deal go bad with the Major that gives him incentive too.
Misery’s Company
In Misery’s Company, Lady Marmalade is having a few guests over for dinner and company at her ‘cottage’ called Avalon at Ambleside in the picturesque Lake District.
Sir Anthony Gibbons is a teller of engaging tall tales. A retired surgeon who was friend to both Lady Marmalade and her husband Eric, Sir Tony regales the dinner guests with a true story of a murder most foul in Australia.
Lady Marmalade’s good friend Jane Howard is one of the guests as is the businessman Ellis Hutchinson and his wife Lily. Sir Tony tells the tale of the murder of Melissa Kay, wife to Roger and mother to James.
At a dinner much like Lady Marmalade is hosting for her guests, Melissa is poisoned by someone who dined with her that fateful night. Not only was Melissa’s husband and son there, but her good friend Laura Lynch and her sister Ellie were enjoying the meal too.
The question on everyone’s mind, is whether or not Lady Marmalade can be outfoxed and if anyone else can determine the real killer in Sir Tony’s tale before she does.
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Beggar’s Pardon (A Lady Marmalade Mystery)
Jason Blacker
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Beggar’s Pardon is the first novel length Lady Marmalade Mystery.
Lady Marmalade is traveling up to Puddle’s End to visit an old school friend, Florence Hudnall. She’s heading up to share her famous marmalade recipe with her and to enjoy some much relaxed time.
While in Puddle’s End, Lady Marmalade and Florence are invited to one of Florence’s friend’s home for dinner. Ginnie Forsyth is a sweet and caring woman, with a big heart andkind spirit. So it comes as a terrible shock when Ginnie is found murdered in her greenhouse the very next day.
And to make matters worse, just as Lady Marmalade is about to solve Ginnie’s murder, her philandering cad of a husband Jack is found dead late at night at the Liverpool docks.
Could the two murders be related? Join Lady Marmalade as she tries to solve both murders while battling the arrogant incompetence of the local constabulary, while trying to unravel the mess of the Forsyth’s lives.
From stolen gold, opium dens and dark secrets, comes a tale of astonishing intrigue the likes of which Lady Marmalade has never before encountered.
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Sins of the Father (A Lady Marmalade Mystery)
Jason Blacker
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
It’s 1942 and the war still rages on. Lady Marmalade is staying in London against the advice of her son and her butler. It’s too dangerous with Germany’s ongoing air raids, but she won’t have it any other way.
And that’s a good thing to, for a neighbor, Ms. Margaret Hollingsberry needs Lady Marmalade’s help. She’s been getting these awfully upsetting letters that promise vengeance for the sins of the father.
But time is running out. Lady Marmalade has less than a week to discover the true identity of the letter writer and to save Ms. Hollingsberry’s life. But to do so, she’ll have to uncover some dark secrets about Ms. Hollingsberry’s upbringing and those closest to her.
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Dust on His Soul
Jason Blacker
Genre: Action & Adventure | United States
The Story of One Man’s Journey to Hell and Redemption
Hell does have a name… Robben Island.
This story, though fictional, is inspired by, and honors, the life – and death – of Stephen Biko.
It is the 1970s and 80s in South Africa. Some cruelly and sadistically wielded power meant to scourge. Some broke under its weight, while some remained unbent, immovable under it, resolute of spirit, and ultimately, triumphantly, indomitable.
This is the story of such a man. A character study of an unconquerable heart, an unyielding spirit.
This is not a story for the feint of heart or stomach. It is a story, not meant to shock, but to shine the unapologetic, unflattering light of truth on a situation that was, and is very real.
Told through one man’s journey, it will lay bare any and all realities of a world that for some was inescapable. The pain is real. The horrors are real. Ignoring them won’t change a thing though understanding them just might.
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