Sandie Shaw Series

When Sandie witnesses her client committing a cut-and-dried murder, her head tells her to walk away. Her heart tells her she can't. Keeping away from the mob is Sandie's first rule of survival… until the day someone comes to call, and changes everything. 1920's Chicago. What came to be known as the 'roaring twenties'. For private investigator Sandie Shaw, 'roaring' was hardly the flattering kind of way she would ever describe it. Born and raised in the city, she despairs at everything it has become. In her view, Chicago typifies the false decadence gripping America. Still recovering from the lawlessness of the Wild West, her city and the rest of the country then entered the world war for a brief time, and when that was over the whole nation seemed to lose all sense of reason. People went crazy. Prohibition raised its ugly head, and the mobsters and the flappers took over Chicago. Her beloved city had fallen at the mercy of those who believed they were above the law… once again. Now fifty-three, for a long time Sandie has had to be strong willed to stay in one piece. Being gutsy and taking no nonsense helps to maintain a sense of right and wrong, and to retain her very individual identity. Taking over the one-man agency when her father died, and making it a one-woman business, she knew from the off that in a male-dominated environment she would have to be tough, and witty, to succeed. And that keeping well away from anyone with a machine gun was a big part of staying alive. For eight years she has avoided anything mob-related. Then one day someone comes to call, and without Sandie even realizing what she's getting into, suddenly she's up to her chin in murky waters. That changes everything… 'Murder at the Green Mill' is the inaugural book of the Sandie Shaw historical murder mystery series. All the RTG-brand features that readers have come to love are here… high drama, heartfelt emotion, fast-paced action, witty humour, and of course, heaped spoonfuls of the unexpected. Read about The Sandie Shaw Mysteries on the rtgreen website… and do check out everything else we create too! Enjoy!

A big favour for a stranger turns into a shocking discovery. Fate has played an unexpected hand, and it's down to Sandie and the team to make sure a murder that appears to be an accident leads to more than one satisfying conclusion. Can they achieve the impossible? Daphne persuades the team to work for free, and help out someone who has hit hard and tragic times. Little do they realise their act of compassion will lead to a startling discovery. Investigating an accident that might not have been, they spot a face from their recent past. Is destiny on their side? Could solving an injustice lead to a resolution much nearer to home? It's nothing but a thin thread of possibility, but they have to grasp it with both hands, and hope it holds their weight. 'Springtime in Chicago', is the fourth book in the Sandie Shaw Mysteries, set in 1920's Chicago. Check out Sandie, Daisy and everything else we do on the rtgreen website. And enjoy!

Babysitting is never as easy as it seems. When the 'baby' is in her late teens, and determined to show everyone she's older than she really is, things can get a little out of control! Frank makes a special request to Sandie and the team, asking them to babysit a key witness, whose testimony will send a Miami crime boss down for a very long time. The FBI has kept her a secret, setting up a decoy to make sure she actually gets to Miami to give her evidence. No one else knows she's anything other than a teenager off to Miami for a beach holiday. The problem is she lives in Chicago, and it's rather a long way from Florida. So the deMountford and Shaw Private Investigations Agency are tasked with accompanying her on the Florida Limited night sleeper train, and keeping an eye on her in Miami until she gives evidence, after which the FBI will take over protection duties, once  her identity is revealed. It seems like a simple babysitting job, until they discover the girl is determined to make the most of a few days away from her parents, and reap as much benefit from her trip as she can. None of them have any experience of controlling a rampant, precocious teenager, who seems committed to getting herself as noticed as possible! It's not the best idea when she's holding the key to taking down one of the most ruthless men in America. Especially when things turn a lot more dangerous, and Sandie and Daphne find themselves as much on their own as they've ever been. Read all about Sandie, and everything else we do, on the rtgreen website. Enjoy!

There's a wedding in England! But for Sandie, Daphne and Archie, getting there is to prove a little more dangerous than they imagined.   Archie and Rose are tying the knot in Windsor. For Sandie and the team (plus Frank, who gets dragged along) they're anticipating a joyous time. Until it all turns a lot scarier. Boarding the RMS Olympic for the passage to England, none of them realize a life-threatening event lies just over the horizon.   Two other passengers are hiding a big secret. It might have stayed a secret if one of them hadn't got himself murdered on the second day of the voyage. The only people aboard with any experience of tackling such things are Sandie and her team, and even off-duty they're not prepared to ignore a crime that needs solving.   The murderer doesn't have many places to hide, and for sure not very far to run, but it isn't going to stay that way indefinitely. Once the ship docks in Southampton the killer may easily escape, and never be seen again.   There's another complication. Until they make landfall, with an unknown murderer on the loose every passenger and crewmember is at risk. Can Chicago's finest private investigators unearth the secret and discover the culprit in this time-limited case?   It's not going to be easy.   Check out the whole Sandie series, and our popular 'Daisy' series, on the new rtgreen website . And enjoy!

Revenge can be a force hard to fight. When it's a family matter, sometimes it works both ways. Even after nine years.   Sandie and Daphne discover their office has been wrecked, the day after the crime boss Sandie's father was responsible for putting away died in prison. Nine years have passed since he brought down the family, and lost his life in doing it. It was the tragic event that led to Sandie taking over the family business. For a year afterwards, the need for revenge burned away inside her. Then she accepted she'd already got it. The family had been destroyed because of her father's determination to take them down. The head of the family and his eldest son were incarcerated for a long time. The hoods who worked for them but escaped prison went to work for Capone or Moran. The family was no more.   Or so Sandie thought. The wrecked office is a sign someone hasn't got closure. It's not difficult to work out who it is. The boss's second son, considered by his father too soft to join the family business, was out to prove he wasn't soft at all. It's a dangerous scenario. The message left in the office places a target squarely on Sandie's back. If she doesn't implicate him before he takes the ultimate revenge, lives will be at risk. She's all too aware that someone out to prove he's got what it takes, when in reality he hasn't, makes him the worst kind of loose cannon.   The old feelings have returned with a vengeance. When it's a family matter, sometimes it works both ways…   Check out everything we do on the rtgreen website. And enjoy!  

Sandie's eighth adventure, 'Two Sisters, One Ghost', is a double helping of stories in one book!   With the detective agency now based in both Chicago and Windsor UK, there is plenty of opportunity for twice the danger. In Windsor, Poppy asks Rose and Archie to help an acquaintance find her missing daughter. Following an overgrown trail that leads to a well-buried secret, they realise they've uncovered a dark story that was never supposed to see the light of day.   In Chicago, Daphne sees a ghost. Not once, but several times, each visitation getting scarier and more threatening. Believing ghosts don't exist, Sandie tries to convince her friend that trauma brought on by the past is the reason she thinks she's seeing someone who no longer exists. Until something happens to blow that theory right out of the window...   Check out the whole Sandie series, and our popular Daisy series, on the new rtgreen website. And enjoy!

A man falls to his death in front of Sandie and Daphne. He's wearing an army cap, and in his pocket is a copy of The Tribune, open at the crossword page.   Sandie has no idea why, but she slips the newspaper into her bag before Frank and his officers reach the scene. It proves to be a wise move. With no evidence to the contrary, his unfortunate death is written off as suicide, but Sandie is not so sure. She and the team set about unearthing the man's back-story, and bit by bit uncover a shocking tale of betrayal and dishonesty, and a second suspicious death that occurred in the same place, forty years earlier. The clues are in the crossword, half-completed before he died. Can the team decipher a cryptic and complicated story, and grant him a posthumous kind of justice?   Read all about the Sandie Shaw series, and everything else we do, on the new rtgreen website.   And enjoy!

This is the mega-bundle of our 1920's mystery series. Books 1 to 6, all in one place. When Sandie witnesses her client committing a cut-and-dried murder, her head tells her to walk away. Her heart tells her she can't. Keeping away from the mob is Sandie's first rule of survival… until the day someone comes to call, and changes everything. 1920's Chicago. What came to be known as the 'roaring twenties'. For private investigator Sandie Shaw, 'roaring' was hardly the flattering kind of way she would ever describe it. Born and raised in the city, she despises everything it has become. In her view, Chicago typifies the false decadence gripping America. Still recovering from the lawlessness of the Wild West, her city and the rest of the country then entered the World War for a brief time, and when that was over, the whole nation seemed to lose all sense of reason. People went crazy. Prohibition raised its ugly head, and the mobsters and the flappers took over Chicago. Her beloved city had fallen at the mercy of those who believed they were above the law… once again. Now fifty-three, for a long time Sandie has had to be strong willed to stay in one piece. Being gutsy and taking no nonsense helps to maintain a sense of right and wrong, and to retain her very individual identity. Taking over the one-man agency when her father died, and making it a one-woman business, she knew from the off that in a male-dominated environment she would have to be tough, and witty, to succeed. And that keeping well away from anyone with a machine gun was a big part of staying alive. For eight years she's avoided anything mob-related. Then one day someone rears her beautiful head, and without Sandie even realizing what she's getting into, suddenly she's up to her chin in murky waters. And that's just the start of a whole new life… Read about The Sandie Shaw Mysteries on the new rtgreen website… and do check out Daisy, and everything else we create too! Enjoy!

When tragedy strikes, there's only one thing to do… strike back.   As heartbreak descends on the deMountford and Shaw agency, Sandie realizes there's no longer any choice. If she's to keep those she loves safe, she has to risk her life like she's never done before. Embarking on a road that may only have one destination, it's not long until she discovers it really is a one-way street. A dark and dangerous road, which has to be followed to the bitter end… Read about Sandie, and everything else we create, on the rtgreen website. And enjoy!