Patricia Fisher is about to find out that fifty-two is the perfect age for an adventure! When her life is unexpectedly turned upside down, ginaholic housewife, Patricia, doesn’t react as most would. Instead, she empties the bank accounts and jumps on the first cruise ship available – it just happens to be the world’s largest and finest, the Aurelia. Less than twenty-four hours later, the world throws her the next curveball and so begins a race against time to prove she’s not a killer. She has help though: Her butler – his perfect Downton Abbey accent and penchant for folding napkins correctly should be enormously helpful! A pretty gym instructor – can balanced nutrition and perfect abs keep Patricia out of jail? Her chances don’t look great, but in our most testing times, we truly find our inner strength. Join Patricia Fisher as she learns that you are never beyond discovering a new version of yourself. The world will always look a little different once you have seen it through Patricia’s eyes. Praise for the author: "Higgs makes everyone and everything come alive!’ – Amazon customer "Truly delightful tales of mystery and misadventure." – Amazon customer The Patricia Fisher cozy mysteries are a series of fun, but enthralling tales which you can read without fear of graphic sex, unnecessary cussing or descriptive violence.

What could be worse than having a gangster on board the world’s finest cruise liner. Having several of them obviously! The Aurelia plays host to an underworld crime boss and his bodyguards, but when the gangster’s reluctant-looking bride to be goes missing and a ransom note if left in her place, Patricia puts her sleuthing hat on to help the new deputy captain solve the crime. With new friend, eccentric socialite Lady Mary Bostihill, gym-bunny Barbie and her ever faithful butler by her side, Patricia intends to find out who has the missing woman and discover why so many rival gangs are trying to find her. However, with no actual skills to call on and a niggling reminder that she was cleaning houses for a living just a few weeks ago, will she find the girl in time or just lead her friends into danger? Expect the author’s usual blend of humour, mystery, and action and Patricia Fisher gets in too deep again.

She's over fifty, overweight, and in way over her head! It’s well known that working in movies can be cutthroat, but no one expected that to be taken literally. It’s party time on board the Aurelia! On the LA to Hawaii leg, a Hollywood film crew are shooting scenes for a new action movie and Barbie has been given a bit-part role. It’s all great fun and Patricia isn’t surprised when her cute, blonde friend attracts the attention of the handsome A-lister male lead. But when he is found murdered in the upper deck pool and the killer leaves a message saying Barbie is next, it falls to Patricia to work out who the killer is. With her trusted butler, Jermaine, good friend, Barbie, and lame-duck Shane Sussmann, an odd-looking film extra she befriended, Patricia will have plenty of help as she unravels the truth. The prime suspect has an ironclad alibi though and there is definitely something going on with the film’s beautiful female lead. Will there be more bodies? Will the new deputy captain be of assistance this time? Will Jermaine be able to serve tea at four o’clock? It’s going to take more than luck to solve this one. Can she survive The Director’s Cut? Praise for Steve Higgs: 'Be prepared to struggle with getting anything else done, as you will want to keep reading.' 'Truly delightful tales of mystery and misadventure.' 'Higgs is a wonderful author with great character development which includes an enticing cast of misfits.' 'A great crime comedy with a group of zany characters. I really enjoyed the book and look forward to the next one. Highly recommended!' 'Higgs makes everything and everyone come alive.'

How do I always attract trouble and drama? When a crewmember takes his own life but hands Patricia a cryptic note and a request to save Anna just before he jumps, she feels she has no choice but to honour his dying wish. Who is Anna though? The note leads her to investigate the odd-looking and mysterious couple staying in cabin 2124 and so begins an adventure that leads Patricia and her friends through the streets and underbelly of Tokyo, Japan. Why did he kill himself? And what are the couple in 2124 up to? The quest to save the unidentified Anna is not her only problem though. The captain, who has always been warm and friendly, appears to now be flirting with her. She’s in her fifties, for goodness sake! How can she be thinking about starting again, but goodness, he is handsome and oh so charming. Before she can get to grips with that though, they dock in Japan where waiting for her at the Port is none other than her estranged husband, Charlie, the man whose cheating behaviour acted as the catalyst for her around the world adventure. He isn’t done with their marriage it seems, but how does Patricia feel about him now that her anger has had time to dissipate? A mystery to solve, two men to pick from; how did her life get so complicated? Join Patricia and gang again for another pulse-pounding adventure on board the world’s finest luxury cruise ship.

When a chance encounter with a pickpocket leads to something more sinister, avid sleuth Patricia Fisher swings into action. The Aurelia is on its way to Thailand, but a mystery illness is spreading among crew and passengers. Is there a link between it and a world-famous immunologist on board? There is something very strange about his companions and their behaviour, but no one wants to listen to Patricia’s outlandish theories. When people she cares about join the growing number of sick people, Patricia sees no option other than to trace the cause for herself. Finding the truth will lead to her craziest caper yet. Be ready for more hi-jinx aboard the world’s most luxurious cruise ship.

Now halfway through her globetrotting around the world trip, Patricia Fisher is feeling relaxed and happy on the arm of Captain Alistair Huntley. The peace is soon interrupted though when another calling card is found. They have been turning up for weeks, proof that someone has been breaking into the upper deck suites, but nothing has been stolen and no crime appears to have been committed. There’s more going on though. The Aurelia is playing host to a live television event as India’s biggest ever show, Stars that Dance come on board for the journey from Chennai to Mumbai. There’s a real party atmosphere until the first body is found. It’s one of the dancers and there’s yet another calling card impaled on the knife through her chest. In true whodunnit style, Patricia is going to have to solve the crime, catch the killer and work out how the calling cards are connected. It’s just another day on board the Aurelia.

When Patricia returned the missing sapphire of Zangrabar she had no idea the Maharaja would consider himself eternally in her debt. Hardly surprising then that she has been invited to his son’s coronation as the new Maharaja. There’s intrigue and mystery afoot though; the Marahaja’s invite suggested he had a mystery for her to solve, but in true Patricia style, it’s nowhere near that simple. Someone in Zangrabar wants her dead but they didn’t count on the tenacity of her friends and the loyalty of her butler. Beware wrongdoers, Patricia is getting used to ruining nefarious plans. However, with her friends going missing, secretive servants, lies and unexplained events, it’s soon time for Patricia to ditch the willing smiles and go full sleuth-mode. Get ready for adventure in the desert as Patricia and her entourage take on a secret mission that will place them in the middle of a perilous conspiracy and may cost them more than they want to pay.

If you like clean and funny cozy mysteries by authors such as Hope Callaghan, AR Winters, Ivy Dawson, Cee Cee James and others, then you will love Patricia Fisher! As the Aurelia nears Athens, a new member of the crew is found dead in his cabin. Next to a gun and slumped over a suicide note, it appears tragic but unsuspicious. However, he’s the captain’s nephew, Julian, onboard for only six days and something about the suicide note makes Patricia’s nose twitch. With disobedient dog, Anna, loyal butler, Jermaine, and all her friends in support, your favourite amateur sleuth soon uncovers a web of lies and deceit in the bursary. There’s a mystery to solve alright but a second body muddies the water. Is there more than one killer? Had Julian uncovered something that made him a target? In her toughest challenge yet, it will be her Dachshund that provides the vital clue, but can Patricia solve the case before the killer escapes? This series of books follows Patricia Fisher, a fifty-something woman from England, as she flees her unfulfilling marriage and becomes the person she always should have been. They are light-hearted, fast-paced, and unlike any other cozy mysteries you have ever read. There is no bad language, sex or graphic descriptions of violence.

When she finds a wounded member of British Intelligence in her bedroom, Patricia really isn’t that surprised. I mean, it happens all the time, doesn’t it? However, she is surprised, and really not delighted, to hear that he has a secret task for her. Find his contact, hand over a harmless looking data storage device that just happens to have the details of a superweapon on it and save the world from certain disaster. Her country needs her. Well, that’s just perfect. Throw into the mix a missing grandmother who just might have been grabbed by sex traffickers, foreign agents who all want the weapon, and the return of her gin-guzzling friend Lady Mary Bostihill-Swank and her relaxing, romantic stop in Malta might be the most exciting two days of her life. Get ready for another cozy thrill ride as Patricia, Barbie, Jermaine, and more get in and out of trouble in an ancient island paradise.

Fifty-three-year-old Patricia Fisher is a trouble magnet like no other, a sad fact she has come to accept during her three month around the world cruise. Wherever she goes, bodies just appear, or someone gets kidnapped, or she accidentally uncovers a plot to overthrow a government. Life certainly isn’t dull for Patricia. But when she arrives home in England, she plans to start a new chapter of her life. Of course, she has a case waiting for her: the murder of her former BFF, successful business owner Maggie Jeffries. It’s not the straightforward investigation she expected though. Maggie’s office manager has vanished, anomalous sums are missing from the business accounts, and there’s a mysterious giant following her. Could her past cases be coming back to get revenge? With a potential gangland connection to the murder, cops telling her to leave the case alone, and her dog, Anna, about to give birth to royal puppies, Patricia is in for one heck of a homecoming week. Oh, and she has nowhere to live, her car is on the fritz, her soon-to-be ex-husband is lying to her, and someone definitely wants her dead. She’s going to need a lot of gin and tonic to get through this case alive. This book includes Under a Blue Moon, a free additional full-length bonus novel from the Blue Moon series.

When Patricia Fisher boards the world’s finest cruise ship for a three-month tour of the world, she expected a great many things … … finding herself embroiled in a priceless jewel theft wasn’t one of them. Less than twenty-four hours after setting sail, she’s accused of murder and confined to her cabin. Thankfully, she is staying in the royal suite and that means she has a butler to help her. When he recruits his gym instructor BFF, Barbie, the trio turn detective to find the real killer. But someone on board doesn’t want them to succeed and when the next body is found in her kitchen, the team realise it’s more than just her freedom at stake. They’d better solve this fast or all three of them might be next.