Heads You Lose

In the English countryside, one of the well-mannered guests at Pigeonsford Estate may be a murderer in this series debut by an Edgar Award-nominated author. As war rages in Europe, the citizens of London flee to the country. At Pigeonsford, a group of guests plays cards, drinks tea, and acts polite--but Grace Morland knows the strong emotions that lurk beneath the placid social surface. She's painfully in love with Stephen Pendock, the squire of Pigeonsford, but Pendock's smitten with young beauty Francesca Hart. One afternoon, Fran debuts a new hat, and Grace's jealousy gets the better of her. She exclaims, "I wouldn't be seen dead in a ditch in a thing like that!" She will soon be proven wrong. Grace is found dead with the hat on her head--and her head removed from her neck. To the scene comes the incomparable Inspector Cockrill, who finds that far more than petty jealousy lies beneath this hideous murder.

Beast... Beast in name. Beast in nature. Once upon a time Tales was my home. I was the second in command and the best goddamn fighter the club had ever seen. I fought. I won. Every. Damn. Time. Until one day I lost trying to protect the princess from the true monster of this f*cked-up fairy tale. She shunned me, sent me away. Now I'm back to tell her the truth, not some tale full of half-truths and lies. I'll do whatever it takes to win her over, because if there's one thing I know for sure, it's that this beast's heart only beats for one woman. The Queen of Tales. This is book two of Grim & Beast's duet. You may recognise these characters from the Academy of Stardom series.

Beast... Beast in name. Beast in nature. Once upon a time Tales was my home. I was the second in command and the best goddamn fighter the club had ever seen. I fought. I won. Every. Damn. Time. Until one day I lost trying to protect the princess from the true monster of this f*cked-up fairy tale. She shunned me, sent me away. Now I'm back to tell her the truth, not some tale full of half-truths and lies. I'll do whatever it takes to win her over, because if there's one thing I know for sure, it's that this beast's heart only beats for one woman. The Queen of Tales. This is book two of Grim & Beast's duet. You may recognise these characters from the Academy of Stardom series.

In the English countryside, one of the well-mannered guests at Pigeonsford Estate may be a murderer in this series debut by an Edgar Award��nominated author. As war rages in Europe, the citizens of London flee to the country. At Pigeonsford, a group of guests plays cards, drinks tea, and acts polite—but Grace Morland knows the strong emotions that lurk beneath the placid social surface. She’s painfully in love with Stephen Pendock, the squire of Pigeonsford, but Pendock’s smitten with young beauty Francesca Hart. One afternoon, Fran debuts a new hat, and Grace’s jealousy gets the better of her. She exclaims, “I wouldn’t be seen dead in a ditch in a thing like that!” She will soon be proven wrong. Grace is found dead with the hat on her head—and her head removed from her neck. To the scene comes the incomparable Inspector Cockrill, who finds that far more than petty jealousy lies beneath this hideous murder.