There has been tremendous buzz about the Meredith Island Mystery series, written by British Canadian author, Alice Fitzpatrick. In this special pre-order package (shipping end of May), you receive the forthcoming follow-up title in the series, ‘A Dark Death’, along with Book 1, the book that started it all, ‘Secrets in the Water.’ This special package also comes with a discount, and some special cozy treats. And if that wasn’t enough, direct from Stonehouse is the best way to support independent Canadian Publishing, while getting the new release at the very earliest possible day.

Meredith Island Series:
Book 1: ‘Secrets in the Water’
Book 2 (forthcoming June 1st/25): ‘A Dark Death’

A DARK DEATH, Book 2
Kate Galway is looking forward to a quiet summer working on her latest novel at her home on Meredith Island.  For a place hardly anyone has heard of, her sleepy Welsh island is attracting a lot of visitors, including a conman posing as a psychic and group of archaeology students who believe they’ve unearthed evidence of a Roman temple.  Part-way through the dig, however, the students make an even more startling discovery: a body ritualistically laid out in their trench.  While intrigued by the murder, amateur sleuth Kate decides to leave this investigation to the professionals.  However, when she learns that both the island mechanic and her university friend’s son are prime suspects, she and hedonistic artist Siobhan Fitzgerald feel they have no choice but to get involved.

SECRETS IN THE WATER, Book 1
Emma Galway’s suicide has haunted the Meredith Island for fifty years. Back on the island to lay her grandmother to rest, Kate can’t avoid reflecting on the death of her aunt. Learning that her late mother had believed Emma was murdered and had conducted her own investigation, she decides to track down her aunt’s killer. With the help of her neighbour, impetuous and hedonistic sculptor Siobhan Fitzgerald, Kate picks up where her mother had left off. When the two women become the subject of threatening notes and violent incidents, it’s clear that one of their fellow islanders is warning them off. As they begin to look into Emma’s connection to the Sutherlands, a prominent Meredith Island family, another islander dies under suspicious circumstances, forcing Kate and Siobhan to confront the likelihood that Emma’s killer is still on the island.