M J Ritchie

The Florian and Antonia Mysteries

Grumpy French hacker and private detective Florian Chatelain teams up with the nosy and junoesque crime writer, Antonia Wilson-Hart to make an unlikely detecting duo.

The Essex Affair

On a hellish journey from Marseille to Stansted Florian Chatelain meets Antonia Wilson-Hart and is persuaded against his better judgement to open a murder mystery event at Gay Bower hall in Essex. Fiction becomes fact when on the eve of the event a murder takes place, and all the inhabitants of the hall have both motive and opportunity to commit the crime. Florian and Antonia soon discover that everyone has secrets to hide as they uncover a tangle of complicated and deadly relationships.

Four Dead Chefs

Antonia and Florian are invited to join the judges at the prestigious Bugari Five Star award, where four celebrity chefs compete for the title of the best cook in Britain. The competition is run by the sinister and exploitative Bastien Baudelaire, who is discovered stabbed to death during the event. With her usual ebullience, Antonia persuades her fellow judges to join her in investigating the crime, and they gradually unearth a trail of dangerous liaisons, broken relationships, and financial impropriety. All four celebrity chefs have secrets to hide, but one will go to any lengths to ensure the truth is not revealed.

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Murder Sub Rosa

Ten celebrities and Antonia are weekend guests on an island off the coast of Cornwall. What could possibly go wrong?