


Books in series

#1
Death Takes a Hand
1993
While attending a Winter Bridge Weekend at a country hotel, former biology professor and professional bridge instructor Cassie Swann discovers the bodies of three of her students and steps in to investigate

#2
Grand Slam
1994
While taking part in a high-stakes bridge game, Cassie Swann stumbles upon the body of Lady Portia Wickham and sets out to investigate the killing, but drawing clues like cards, she is soon holding a murderous hand. Reprint.

#3
King of Hearts
1996
Discovering a connection between a prominent racehorse and her late father, amateur sleuth and professional gambler Cassie tries to solve her father's death while investigating the murder of a doctor and former bridge pupil. Reprint.

#4
DOUBLED IN SPADES
1997
When a man continually stalks her and then her friend, Naomi, is found murdered, bridge instructor and amatuer sleuth Cassie Swann sets out to find who her stalker is and uncover the killer of her friend

#6
Dummy Hand (U)
1998
'Gripping detective fiction' - DAILY MIRROR 'The delineation of characters is neat and precise, the description of locales full of accuracy and atmosphere' - CRIME TIME When Cassie Swann is knocked off her bike on a quiet country road, the driver leaves her unconscious and bleeding at the roadside. A man later walks into a police station and confesses, and they gratefully close the case. But something about this guilt-induced confession doesn't smell right, and Cassie's relentless suitor Charlie Quartermain cannot resist doing a little detective work. When a young student at Oxford is found brutally murdered, Charlie begins to suspect that the two incidents are somehow connected. Can he save Cassie from another 'accident' - this time a fatal one?