A New Year’s Eve party rings in…a dead body.

Hollywood 1934

It’s New Year’s Eve, the dawn of the Golden Age of Hollywood movies. Lisette Darling finds herself ringing in the new year with the biggest and brightest stars of Olympus Studios at the owner’s grand mansion in the Hollywood Hills.

When the clock strikes 12:00, kisses are exchanged, glasses are raised, champagne is downed…and one starlet is dead from poisoning before the clock can strike 12:01.

At a party where ambition, deceit, and jealousy flowed more freely than the bubbly, there’s more than one suspect to be had. And they all have secrets.

As the gal Friday to Olympus’s “fixer,” Lisette is used to putting out fires. Now, she finds herself battling the biggest one of her career. It’s an inferno she has a personal interest in finding the cause of…because she may have been the one to let the killer into the party!

A Sparkling Case of Murder is the first book in the Lisette Darling Golden Age Mysteries series set in 1930s Hollywood. Enjoy a mix of witty humor, twisty suspense, and the glitz and glamour reminiscent of classic films all set in a cozy mystery.

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WHEN ELIZABETH PRENTISS DISCOVERS THE BODY OF HER RECENTLY RETIRED FATHER, Bill McCulloch, in his home, the doctor declares it to be a death by natural causes; but Elizabeth is not convinced. She hires Kane and Lucy to arrange a private autopsy, but it will take several weeks to complete and she is anxious for the circumstances surrounding her father’s death to be investigated without delay. With little to go on, and without any proof that Bill’s death was other than a natural one, Kane and Lucy decide to dig into the past of the former police detective’s life. The only item that may hold clues to his death is Bill’s cell phone, and they discover that shortly before his death he contacted Samuel Montague, a respected local attorney. But Montague refuses to take their calls and the investigation will face many twists, turns, and dead-ends before they finally uncover the shocking truth.

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Morris Drummond is not at his best. Well, he hasn't been at his best for a while now. But having just suffered two crushing losses, he's almost at rock bottom, which for him means driving ride-share in his mom's beat up Chevy, drowning his sorrows in tacos and spray cheese, and avoiding anything related to ambition, self-care, or laundry.

Morris is about to learn that he didn't even know what rock bottom looked like, and it's all thanks to his mom. A secret she left behind comes to light, and that brings down a lot of unwanted attention on Morris, the kind that looks likely to send him either to prison or to the hereafter. Blood and treachery from long ago rise to the surface, and Morris has only his lawyer Annie, who's an old high school friend, and a few unexpected allies to call on as he tries to figure out what his mom was up to and why so many people want him out of the picture.

A humorous mystery with elements of suspense and thrillers, What Grows From the Deadis set in present-day small-town North Carolina, not far from the mysterious Uwharrie Forest.

Content warnings: Coarse language throughout; some gun violence (not graphic).

"Parry’s descriptions are as varied as they are rich, from the scents of Abhaya’s Indian healing herbs to the sounds of London’s bustling streets and the opulence in the British royalty. A sizeable cast of beautifully developed, memorable characters makes solving the mystery even more deliciously puzzling, and readers will be guessing to the surprising end. Imaginative and touching; like India, a sparkling jewel in the crown."
Kirkus Reviews, January 2013

Is your worst enemy the one looking back at you from the mirror?

Fifteen year old Isabella Rockwell’s bones ache with homesickness. But home is eight thousand miles away in northern India, and Isabella is imprisoned in the bitter winter of nineteenth century London. Sent to England after her father goes missing in a violent battle, Isabella runs away from a life of drudgery and hardship.

Rescued from death by a gang of street urchins, Isabella finds the shelter and love she so desperately craves. As an accomplished trickster, she starts to save for her passage home with the money she makes from swindling the rich. After a moment of heroism which surprises even herself, Isabella wakes in Kensington Palace. This is an opportunity too good to miss. If she can steal one of the glowing, priceless paintings, she and her gang will have enough to keep away from gnawing hunger for the rest of their lives. If Isabella plays her cards right. What she hasn’t reckoned with is her growing fondness for the Princess Alixandrina Victoria Hanover, a kind and lonely girl her own age, and heir to the British throne. Despite the richness of her surroundings, Alix’s life is harsh and without love.

When someone tries to poison Isabella, Isabella realises it is Alix’s life which is under threat. At first Isabella suspects Prince Ernest, a hardened general, and next in line to the throne. Or is it John Conroy, a powerful schemer, in love with Alix’s beautiful spendthrift mother, and desperate to get his hands on Alix’s inheritance? Either way, Isabella’s feelings of responsibility for Alix and her loyalty to the gang who saved her life, are tearing her apart.
Instead of taking advantage of Alix, will Isabella puts her own needs aside and cast herself into mortal danger to save her friend? Only the harsh lessons of Isabella’s past can help her decide if she should leave Alix to her fate - a fate tied up with Isabella’s own.

A fate which will have consequences far beyond those she could ever have imagined.

“I absolutely adored this! Bursting with beautiful writing and insanely lovable characters, Isabella Rockwell’s War is perfect for anyone who enjoys historical middle grade! I desperately want to read more from this author.”
Samantha Randolph, I Heart YA Fiction Blogspot.com

“Isabella Rockwell’s War offers an enticing blend of an historical novel, nineteenth century England, strong-willed heroines, and/or real life fairy tales.”
Indie Reader, July 2014

Previously published as Isabella Rockwell’s War, this edition of Winter’s Bite includes editorial revisions.

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MATTHEW AND WILMA Mason, a married couple from San Francisco on a driving tour of southwest national parks, are found shot to death in the remote and rugged backcountry of southeast Utah. A revolver clutched in Matthew’s hand suggests a murder-suicide, but Deputy Sheriff Manny Rivera thinks otherwise. In his mind, there are too many unanswered questions. Why had the Masons, at age 68, detoured from the planned vacation route shown on their map? Why had they left the comfort of paved roads for rough, gravel back roads that led to nowhere in particular? Why had they driven to the place where they were found, next to an abandoned grass airstrip? And most peculiar of all, why were they dressed like hippies from the 1960s?