Books in series
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Finding Sommer
2021
When sleeping dogs won't lie, an idyllic island becomes the devil's playground.
Nora Sommer is finally living a peaceful existence on the perfect Caribbean island with a boyfriend she adores. But the past is never far behind, and when a killer shows up to even an old score, her world will change forever.
Nora must fight her own demons to save herself and her love in the prequel novella to the series.
Finding Sommer bridges Nora's story in the AJ Bailey series to her new world wearing a Royal Cayman Islands Police uniform.
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Deadly Sommer
2021
One missing girl. Two lives on the line. Four treacherous challenges.
Nora Sommer's first case for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is one she'll never forget - if she survives.
When the daughter of a wealthy businessman is taken, Nora is first on the scene and unwittingly 'chosen' by the kidnapper. With the crime live-streamed across the internet, the eyes of the world are upon her as she faces a sequence of difficult challenges with the life of the kidnapped girl hanging on Nora's success - or failure.
Deadly Sommer is the thrilling first book in the Nora Sommer Caribbean Suspense series.
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Stolen Sommer
2022
A new crime. An old secret. A familiar demon.
When the Cayman Islands police investigate a burglary, Constable Nora Sommer recognises the victim from a past she's desperate to forget.
As thefts continue, consuming the department's focus and resources, Nora can't shake her new found knowledge - a guilty man living a happy life… behind a lie.
How far will Nora go to right the wrong one man will do anything to hide?
Find out in book two of the Nora Sommer Caribbean Suspense series.
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Dark Sommer
2022
What would you do to live in paradise?
The Cayman Islands have strict residency laws, protecting their slice of paradise, but where there's a rule, there’s always someone looking for a way to circumvent it for their own gains - by any means possible.
Nora Sommer's detective training continues with a bizarre case, where doing wrong, being unethical, and breaking the law don't necessarily align. Under strict scrutiny after her last case, Nora must stay between the lines while chasing villains under no such restrictions.
Book three in the Nora Sommer Caribbean Suspense series will keep you guessing… and wondering who the real victim might be.
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Burning Sommer
2023
A fiery murder. A serial arsonist. A race to save the next victim. Tragedy strikes when a holidaymaker dies in a blazing car, but when trainee detective, Constable Nora Sommer, is called to the scene of a second fire, she discovers a ruthless pattern emerging. When an investigator with the UK's National Crime Agency arrives, further complicating and escalating the arson case, tensions rise… like the flames around another victim. Book four in the Nora Sommer Caribbean Suspense series turns up the heat for the young Norwegian ex-pat. Can be read in series or as stand-alone novel.
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Losing Sommer
2023
A perfect life. A tragic loss. A carefully hidden agenda.
When a wealthy entrepreneur is found dead on Grand Cayman's famed Seven Mile Beach, it appears to be a sad, but simple case… until trainee detective Nora Sommer puzzles over one important detail… the victim had no discernible reason to take his own life.
Book five in the Nora Sommer Caribbean Suspense series delves into the dark and desperate corners of the human mind, while Nora attempts to solve the current mystery… and settle an old score.
Can be read in series, or as a stand-alone novel.
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Relentless Sommer
2024
An inexplicable accident. A deadly price for truth. A relentless pursuit.When a heart-wrenching accident claims the life of a devoted stay-at-home mother, foul play is the last thing on anyone’s mind. Until the life of another woman is taken in an eerily similar incident, and Constable Nora Sommer’s instincts convince her there is more to these tragedies than meets the eye. Despite her detective training being sidelined after a disciplinary hearing, a mysterious individual with disturbingly intimate knowledge of the tragedies insists Nora becomes involved. And so begins a deadly game of cat and mouse… where each new lead comes at the price of another victim. Can be read in series, or as a stand-alone novel.
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Festive Sommer
2024
A jubilant celebration. A prophetic threat. A scripted killer.
When a celebrated author chooses Grand Cayman as the venue to launch her new novel, she arrives amongst the island's colourful Christmas festivities with the world's media in tow… along with an ominous threat to her life.
Nora Sommer is assigned to protective detail, and soon discovers the simple babysitting gig is more than she bargained for with a killer determined to make the author's latest deadly fiction… a reality.
Can be read in series order, or as a stand-alone novel.
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Missing Sommer
2025
A missing child. A ruthless deadline. A family's desperate decision.
When a young girl vanishes, trainee detective Nora Sommer is already deep undercover investigating a floating gentlemen’s club in international waters.
With her mentor out of action and the authorities at a loss over the kidnapper's cryptic ransom demand, Nora has no choice but to juggle both investigations.
Facing two seemingly impossible cases with the clock winding down on a desperate deadline, Nora knows she's in over her head... with too many lives at stake.
Read Missing Sommer and find out who survives the twists and turns of this gripping thriller.
Author
Nicholas Harvey
Author · 23 books
Nicholas Harvey’s life has been anything but ordinary. Race car driver, mountaineer, divemaster, and since 2019 a full-time novelist. Raised in England, Nick now lives next to the ocean in Key Largo with his amazing wife, Cheryl. Motorsports may have taken him all over the world, both behind the wheel and later as a Race Engineer and Team Manager, but diving inspires his destinations these days – and there’s no better diving than in Grand Cayman where Nick’s AJ Bailey Adventure and Nora Sommer Caribbean Suspense series are based. Drawing from his own thirst for adventure, experience underwater, and a lifetime of storytelling, Nick's novels put you right in the middle of the action. Feel the ocean breeze brushing your face, the warm water washing over your feet, and the villains chasing you across the tropical island! Find out more info and join his newsletter at www.HarveyBooks.com
