AustLit

'Death, drug dealers and deception… Retired couple, Meg and Clyde Pilley, enjoy a quiet life in a their suburban Sydney home. Or do they? After a friend asks for help with a philandering husband, card reader Meg solicits Clyde as an amateur private eye. While following the errant husband Clyde is devastated to discover some unpleasant truths about his brother, and he determines to rescue him. To make matters worse, police are watching drug dealers who move next door. Then Meg's psychic powers escalate, and she visualises a gory pool of blood. She knows someone will be killed, but can't work out who it is. Will it be someone she knows? And who is the murderer? Before Meg and Clyde can feel safe there are many questions to be answered. They decide they need to become involved, and Meg digs deeper into the spirit world for answers. Who is the kingpin drug lord? How is Clyde's brother involved? Who can they trust?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Old people are meant to die … That’s their destiny… Meg and Clyde Pilley join the local bowls club and volunteer with Meals on Wheels, but they meet turmoil they hadn’t bargained for. A bowls player drops dead, and the bitter almonds smell indicates cyanide poisoning. Then Meg is overwhelmed by cigar smoke when no one is around. She realises that a cold-blooded killer is murdering the elderly. The situation escalates and becomes very personal when one of Meg’s beloved friends is a victim. The only clue is cigar smoke. Is that enough for psychic Meg to track down the evil predator?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Retired couple, Meg and Clyde Pilley, invite Clyde’s recently widowed brother, Mick, on an ocean cruise. It would be relaxing… But things start to go wrong. First of all, Mick becomes involved with Josie. Meg recognises her as a con artist who, along with her “brother”, is planning to rip them off financially. But Mick thinks he’s in love again. Clyde comes across Jim Morrison who says he’s a journalist. His behaviour doesn’t jell, and Clyde wonders if he can be trusted. Something more horrendous happens… Meg meets two young women who are in deep trouble, and Meg and Clyde try to help them. The Pilleys think they have encountered the worst of their problems when psychic Meg senses their cabin has been broken into – not once, but twice. Why are they being watched? Are Meg and Clyde’s lives in danger? Can they depend on the ship security? More importantly – who is Jim Morrison?' (Publication summary)