Deadly Series

New cover and corrections for Americanisms. Same great story.   Two deaths in the London diplomatic corps lead a determined woman seeking justice into the crosshairs of a Nazi spy.   Autumn 1937 – Olivia Denis is the carefree young wife of a Foreign Office dignitary when her world is shattered. Police discover her husband fatally shot near the German embassy and declare it suicide.   Olivia knows better. When she learns a German embassy clerk was murdered the same night, she is certain her husband is not the traitor others claim. However, someone in the British government is.   Using her new position as a reporter for a powerful newspaper publisher, Olivia infiltrates London's elegant society to hunt for the killer.   But someone watching Olivia is ready to strike if she gets too close to the biggest secret of all. Can Olivia survive her search for the truth?   Deadly Scandal, the first book in the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.   Start exploring this journey of mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war.      

She came to hide…. He came to heal…. But will Pine Bluffs be a safe haven or a trap?   Skilled Yoga instructor, well-educated, talented, and beautiful. Katy Kunzelman believes without question the yoga term Sukhino, which means - being centered in happiness and joy, free from suffering. But when Katy falls for a man's slick line her happiness and joy shatters, and she flees for her life. Darkly handsome, confident, and driven, rough-cut undercover agent Raife Samuels thrives in his chosen career. But when bullets take him down in the line of duty, he faces a long difficult recovery and walks away, fearing he may never measure up to the challenges of his job again. In search of peace and healing, Raife and Katy both end up in Pine Bluffs, ten years after their first encounter in the sleepy little town. Raife battles to regain his strength and Katy struggles to restore her self-esteem, but as the attraction between them reignites, Katy's haven is discovered and Raife yet again faces life-threatening danger as he races to save her life.

New Cover. Corrections to Americanisms. Same great story.   It's a challenge finding a killer when everyone in the family wanted the old man dead.   Spring, 1938. Olivia Denis is ridiculed by her aristocratic, wealthy cousins. A weekend spent in their ancient mansion for an extravagant wedding feels like torture.   On the morning of the wedding, the bride's grandfather is found brutally murdered. Then the family discovers the old earl had changed his will the day before, pitting his children and grandchildren against one another. Now everyone in the household is a suspect and only Olivia has experience investigating murder.   Her search for the killer is complicated when Olivia must travel to occupied Vienna to help her employer's relatives escape the new Nazi government.   With war on the horizon and attacks on her family increasing, can Olivia find a way to save lives in two countries?   Deadly Wedding, the second book in the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.   Start exploring this journey of mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war.

A Nazi-trained assassin with an assignment to take out anti-appeasement leaders in Britain adds one more name to the list. Olivia Denis.   September, 1938. Olivia Denis wins a plum assignment from her newspaper covering a glamorous French fashion designer providing frocks for Britain's elite. While there, she finds herself rubbing shoulders with the fabulously wealthy, advising the aristocracy, and tripping over the body of a German anti-Nazi resistance leader.   In her search for a killer, Olivia discovers that an assassin with links to the London fashion house is targeting prominent British politicians.   Now Olivia must find the assassin before Britain loses the leaders who can best protect it from the Nazi menace. As she digs for the truth inside the designer's studio, Olivia finds herself in the assassin's crosshairs. Can Olivia survive a killer waiting in the shadows for the right moment to remove her...permanently?   Deadly Fashion, the third book in the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.   Start exploring this journey of mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war.

Travel to Berlin in 1939 is treacherous. Carrying out two clandestine missions in the enemy capital could prove deadly. When a Quaker Kindertransport chaperone is murdered in the East End of London, Britain's counterintelligence spymaster tasks Olivia Denis to join the group rescuing children from Nazi Germany. Olivia must find not only a killer, but a traitor relaying sensitive material to the enemy. Once they reach Berlin, Olivia discovers she must rescue the family of an imprisoned British spy before she leaves the next day. An attack convinces Olivia the family's two young sons are in grave danger, but where to hide them? Can she protect the boys before they become the traitor's next victims? Deadly Travel, Book Five of the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence. Continue your journey today into Olivia's world of intrigue in London in the days leading up to war.

How long can Britain hold out against Nazi aggression when traitors hide along the vulnerable south coast?   New cover. Same great story.   Olivia Denis discovers her father kneeling over the body of a man who supposedly drowned in the Channel years before. Scotland Yard suspects her father of the murder, but certain of his innocence, Olivia can't let her maddening, disapproving father hang.   Against her father's wishes, Olivia supports a counter-espionage mission to prove his innocence. Soon she finds herself tracking a French assassin whose deadly assignments could tip the balance of power against Britain.   Can Olivia catch the assassin and identify the location of a nest of traitors before they stop her...permanently?   Deadly Deception, the fourth book in the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.   Start exploring this journey of mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war.

As Britain prepares for an imminent invasion, the murder of a celebrated Arctic explorer leads to the discovery of a web of Nazi spies on the south coast.   July, 1939. Newlywed Olivia Denis Redmond plans to spend a peaceful honeymoon in the country before war rips her soldier husband away. But when she finds a dead body in the midst of a blackout, Olivia is drawn into the investigation.   Since the police inspector isn't interested in clues pointing to espionage and blackmail, Olivia must unlock secrets hidden for years in this idyllic village and face the wrath of an unseen enemy.   As danger stalks her, can Olivia expose a cunning killer before she becomes the next victim?   Deadly Darkness, the sixth book in the Deadly Series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classic cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.   Start exploring this journey or mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war.

A USA Today Bestseller!   Could a murder at Bletchley Park cost Britain the war?   November, 1939. The British government has assembled a small group of intellectuals at an estate north of London as part of a top-secret codebreaking effort. Everything about it is clandestine. The facility is ringed with a veil of silence until one of the young female linguists is murdered.   Britain's counterintelligence spymaster tasks Olivia Redmond with finding the killer and the motive. Olivia is sent in alone, without clues or suspects.   Did the murder victim uncover a mole? Could Britain's program to break German Enigma cyphers be compromised?   If Olivia fails, it could mean the destruction of Britain.   Deadly Cypher, Book Seven of the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.    

As the Phony War morphs into the Blitzkrieg, two British intelligence officers risk getting trapped behind enemy lines in the ninth Deadly mystery from USA Today Bestselling author Kate Parker  April, 1940. Hitler is invading Denmark on Tuesday. Olivia Redmond has only a weekend to bring a Nobel Prize winning chemist and his war-altering research to Britain. The scientist and his wife want to leave, but their troublesome daughter will do anything to stop her parents from departing. The scientist's wife was close friends with Olivia's long dead mother and wants to talk about her, in stark contrast to Olivia's father who won't mention his wife. Olivia feels protective toward the invalid woman with her photos and details of Olivia's mother's life and wants to get her to safety. When the daughter's German fiancé is murdered, the police refuse to let anyone depart until they find the killer. If Olivia wants to escape Denmark with the chemist and his breakthroughs, she will have to unmask the killer before the Nazis stop her forever. Deadly Rescue, book nine of the Deadly Series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with determination and smarts. No explicit cursing, violence, or sex.

The phony war has dragged out past Christmas into a dark and dreary New Year, 1940.   In the blackout, someone murdered BBC engineer Frank Kennedy, making him more popular dead than alive. A blackmailer and bully, he sold out his friends, assaulted his Broadcasting House colleagues, and sabotaged his employer.   Kennedy was also a government informant against the IRA. Despite arrests of members, the IRA is still planning more attacks against British civilians. Attacks Frank Kennedy might have been involved in.   Britain's counterintelligence spymaster orders newspaper reporter Olivia Redmond to find Kennedy's killer and learn which of the many motives led to his murder. Olivia quickly learns how vicious Frank Kennedy was and halfway hopes his killer escapes hanging.   Until his killer strikes again…   A clean read. No blatant sex, violence, or bad language. Just mystery, an enterprising sleuth, and a story that brings you into WWII London.

Surrounded by war, stalked by murder, can she stay alive? October 1940. Livvy Redmond is thrilled to receive an invitation to a country house party away from the Blitz. There she hopes to help her husband overcome his injuries from fighting in France. But excitement turns to horror when she stumbles across two members of the house party – murdered. Indebted to her hostess, Livvy attempts to catch the killer. No one is who they seem, and the party goers leave her with more questions than answers. Somewhere close, the killer waits in the shadows to stop her.   Deadly Manor is the exciting tenth book in the World War II mystery Deadly Series. If you like intrepid heroines, research-based history and clean reads, then you'll love USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Parker's page-turning mystery. Uncover a murderer in Blitz-era England with Deadly Manor.  

Read the first three books in the Deadly Series and step into the world of counterespionage and murder.   Deadly Scandal - Two deaths in the London diplomatic corps lead a determined woman seeking justice into the cross hairs of a Nazi spy.   Deadly Wedding - It's a challenge finding a killer when everyone in the family wanted the old man dead.   Deadly Fashion - A Nazi-trained assassin with an assignment to take out anti-appeasement leaders in Britain adds one more name to the list. Olivia Denis.   Find out how naive young Olivia transformed into a woman hunting for justice and discovering her own path in a world hurdling toward war.