Darcia Martin
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 1
Language
English
Description
Stonemason Andrew Knightley is pushed under a London Underground train during the morning rush hour. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, together build a picture of a lonely, devout, and troubled man who believed a spirit was leaving him vengeful Biblical messages. But the killer is flesh and blood, and a more earthly explanation may be found in the truth of Knightley's life.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 4
Language
English
Description
At first glance, Oliver Cowie-devoted family man, respected educator, all-round good guy-seems an unlikely murder victim, until he's found in a pool of blood, bludgeoned to death in his study. But scratch the surface and it turns out there's no shortage of suspects, ranging from his own wife to feuding colleagues, a vengeful ex-pupil, disgruntled parents, and a rather too-familiar family cleaner.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 2
Language
English
Description
Robyn Romano, social media sensation and wife of restaurateur Julia Romano, is reported missing. As the race to find Robyn alive pivots to a murder investigation, Max gets a taste of the combustible Romano clan, whose longstanding tensions and disagreements over the running of their eponymous Chelsea eatery may reveal how Robyn Romano met her fate.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 3
Language
English
Description
A well-liked security guard is found stabbed to death, leaving behind his terminally ill wife. Could this pillar of the community have been killed in a drug deal gone wrong, as the evidence initially suggests? Max and Priya discover that the victim had an unsavory past filled with violence, racism, and hooliganism, and that his death is the latest tragedy in a decades-old cycle of violence.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 7
Language
English
Description
Dr. Turner prepares for change with the introduction of the contraceptive pill, while Patsy struggles to help a Bargee woman who is determined to give birth among her own community. As a huge storm threatens Poplar, Nurse Crane helps save the life of a young mother. After the storm, there is a welcome return for one Nonnatus House resident.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 8
Language
English
Description
Poplar is shaken as the cause of recent infant deformities is revealed while Nonnatus House is thrown into disarray by a tragedy even closer to home. Meanwhile, the midwives help a young mother who goes into labor at her wedding reception.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 8
Language
English
Description
Trixie and Sister Mary Cynthia team up to support a deaf mother-to-be, while a case of morning sickness proves more serious than initially suspected. Elsewhere, Fred's daughter is less than delighted about his forthcoming wedding.
Author
Series
Call the Midwife volume 7
Language
English
Description
The maternity home sees two school friends reunited and their lives become intertwined in the most unexpected way. Elsewhere, Barbara and Sister Mary Cynthia team up to implement a revolutionary technique on their bedsore patient before it is discovered that it is his steadfast wife who is the one most in need of care.