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Beachtown Detective Agency Mysteries

When Jade Cavendish inherited her father’s detective agency, she never expected her cases to lead to murder.

Jade Cavendish made one promise when she inherited the Beachtown Detective Agency—no murder cases. Jade soon realizes some promises were made to be broken.

A philandering husband. A mysterious predator. And a killer whose real game is only beginning.

When powerful socialite Gina Rose hires Jade to expose her cheating husband, Jade expects a straightforward case of marital betrayal. Instead, while conducting surveillance on Gina’s husband, she comes face-to-face with a predator the press has dubbed the Amorous Assailant.

His signature? He binds his victims with red silk, kisses them, and leaves behind a single red rose. Suddenly, Jade finds herself caught up in a far more dangerous investigation than she ever intended.

Thanks to Jade, the Amorous Assailant is caught. Case closed? Not quite.

Before he can stand trial, the Amorous Assailant dies under mysterious circumstances. As Jade digs deeper, she discovers that the man behind the headlines may have been little more than a pawn in a far more sinister game. Someone else was pulling the strings, and murder was part of the plan all along.

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The Case of the Amorous Assailant
New PI Jade Cavendish’s investigation into a cheating husband takes a bizarre turn when she crosses paths with a man known only as The Amorous Assailant. As Jade digs deeper, she realizes that The Amorous Assailant plot may only have been the tip of the iceberg. Read more
The Case of the Beguiling Brooch
Jade Cavendish thought she was just attending another somber funeral, but when an elegant woman pulls her aside and asks her to solve a cryptogram left by the deceased. Solving the puzzle leads Jade down a twisty path of lies, danger, and murder. Read more

What readers are saying about this series

The Case of the Amorous Assailant: — Readers will enjoy this gripping mystery … An entertaining and suspenseful detective tale.” — Kirkus Reviews

The Case of the Beguiling Brooch — “Mr. Ambrose delivers another extraordinary mystery. Multifaceted with plenty of suspects made this a hard one to solve.” — Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book

The Case of the Beguiling Brooch — “Terry Ambrose hooked me on both the protagonist and the mystery, and his engaging writing voice and clever plot construction kept my interest until the very end. Not only to the end, actually, because a last minute twist that I didn’t see coming has me already eager for the next book, too!” — Carrie Schmidt, Reading is My Superpower

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Seaside Cove Bed & Breakfast Mysteries

Welcome to Seaside Cove, a small town on the California coast that has earned its reputation as the place where murder meets the sea.

Beachtown Detective Agency

After taking over her father's detective agency, Jade Cavendish finds herself dealing with murder and much, much more.

Trouble in Paradise Mysteries

Former skip tracer McKenna moved to Hawaii to escape drama, but ever since he arrived, all he's found is trouble in paradise.

License to Lie

A con artist and a former criminologist are forced to work together and fight for their lives in this thrilling series.

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