Category: mysteries
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Lost Property
‘What’s your definition of a secret?’ This opening line from Lost Property, the second novel in the Janie Juke crime mystery series, introduces a theme that runs throughout the book – a theme of secrets and lies. At the heart of the novel readers are introduced to the secret organisation that was said to have…
Isabella Muir
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Choices
It’s a self-evident truth that war affects everyone, young and old, those on the front line, and those who remain at home fearing for loved ones, as well as fearing for their own futures. My novella, Choices, explores some of those fears through the experiences of ten- year-old, Vera Stubbs. With her father far away,…
Isabella Muir
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Treat yourself to a cosy Christmas!
It’s that time of year when the shops are busy, the nights are long, the weather can be tricky (!) and you might be wondering how and when you can grab a quiet moment to relax. Whatever your plans, if you have the chance to squeeze in a peaceful moment or two, you might like…
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Meet the tenants of Number 1, Mountfield Road!
Anyone who has read my stories will know I am fascinated by the recent past. That fascination leads me to be forever questioning. How did we arrive at the life we live now, in the world we live in now. Thinking about the how and why of it all, I’ve been imagining a scenario where…
Isabella Muir
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Meet the tenants of Number 1, Mountfield Road!
Anyone who has read my stories will know I am fascinated by the recent past. That fascination leads me to be forever questioning. How did we arrive at the life we live now, in the world we live in now. Thinking about the how and why of it all, I’ve been imagining a scenario where…
Isabella Muir
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Plenty of free stories to add to your TBR pile!
And your chance to enjoy this tender story of family and friendship… …taking you back to the days when the kind embrace of community helped to ease troubled times… Divided we Fall ’Divided we Fall’ is the first in a series of six novellas, exploring how the townsfolk of the sleepy seaside resort of Tamarisk…
Isabella Muir
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Janie Juke chega a Portugal, e não só!
Durante o último ano, foi um privilégio ter tido a oportuindade de trabalhar com a maravilhosa tradutora Ana Catarina Palma Neves para fazer chegar os dois primeiros livros da série Mistérios em Sussex aos leitores de língua portuguesa. O Saco de Viagem e Perdidos e Achados desenrolam-se em Sussex, Inglaterra, no final da década de…
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Add a journey in time to your holiday travels!
The good news is that you can now find all my novels on Kindle Unlimited! So, if you are a KU subscriber, then you can immerse yourself in sixties crimes and mysteries for free! The Janie Juke mysteries The Tapestry Bag Lost Property The Invisible Case A Notable Omission The Giuseppe Bianchi mysteries Crossing the Line After…
Isabella Muir
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Janie joins the seventies!

With the publication of the latest novel in the Janie Juke series – A Notable Omission – we find Janie in the spring of 1970 exploring her new-found skills as an amateur sleuth. Once again she has local reporter, Libby Frobisher, by her side. Here’s a reminder of the story… Spring 1970. Sussex University is…
Isabella Muir
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Brand new!
To celebrate the publication of a brand new novel in the Janie Juke Crime Mystery series (coming very soon!), the current series is available at a discounted price from now – right up until Christmas Eve! What’s more the series has some snappy new covers! And, as if that’s not enough fun for a pre-Christmas…
Isabella Muir