AustLit

'West Wickham, England, 1871

'A quiet country village is rocked by murder. Police have no leads and no clues, apart from the grisly state of the victim's body.

'Evidence points to a supernatural killer, but Professor Twickham is curiously reluctant to lend his assistance.

'Roberta, his daughter, has no such qualms, and she involves me in the case as well... only to turn around and abandon me for a sick friend.

'Now I must unmask the vicious killer on my own, but had I only known the truth, I'd never have got involved...'

Source : publisher's blurb

'When I applied for the position of bookkeeper with Professor Twickham and his daughter, I lied about my qualifications.

'As it turns out, they lied about the job for which I was applying.

'Had we not been so untruthful with each other, there might have been fewer night terrors stalking the inhabitants of the City.

'Fewer unexplained disappearances.

'Fewer deaths.

'Now, nobody is safe from the creeping horrors we've unleashed.

'With no time to spare, we face an impossible task: we must discover the mysteries in metal in order to right this wrong.

'But is it already too late?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Welcome to the Peace Force!

'Would you work for a deranged robot? Harriet Walsh does!

'It's her first day on the job, and Peace Force trainee Harriet Walsh is given a pretend case to solve. It's not like she can take on a real case, because Dismolle is a peaceful planet and there's absolutely no crime.

'That's about to change, though, because Harriet's unearthed some real, live suspects. Now she just has to find out what kind of crime they're committing!

'Unfortunately, Harriet's weapon won't fire without the right paperwork, the patrol car keeps asking her out, and her crime-fighting computer is so basic it doesn't have solitaire.

'No wonder some call it the Peace Farce!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.