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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1980
  • Latest Book:
    July 2018
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Full Series List in Order

Blackwater Bay Mystery

1 - The Body in Blackwater Bay (Sep-1992)
2 - A Few Dying Words (Aug-1994)
3 - The Dead of Winter (1995)
4 - Death and Shadows (1998)

A Jack Stryker Mystery

1 - Monkey Puzzle (May-1985)
2 - Backlash (Jun-1989)

Luke Abbott

1 - The Wychford Murders (Dec-1986)
2 - Death Penalties (Sep-1992)

Book List in Order: 18 titles







  • CLASS DISMISSED ON ACCOUNT OF MURDER.... Professor Aiken Adamson was not well liked. In fact, somebody disliked him enough to ensure that his malicious, nasty tongue never wagged again. When his corpse was found, his tongue was nowhere in sight. ...



  • On Sunday Clare's biggest concern was whether she was ready to get married. Then she stopped to help a stranger pick up the papers he'd dropped. On Wednesday a bomb had destroyed her home and she was in hospital. But the nightmare was just beginning....



  • Twenty years ago, when he was a young man, Detective Chief Inspector Luke Abbot broke free from the chains of Wychford. He thought he had escaped his hometown for good, leaving his bad memories and broken heart behind. He never considered the possibi...





  • THE TASK THAT FACED HOMICIDE SEEMED MONUMENTAL They had four dead cops from four different precincts, all shot through the head. The headlines were screaming cop killer; rookies were making sudden career changes while veterans of the force were an...



  • MURDER IN PARADISE... It's an idyllic spot called Paradise, just the place for a city detective like Jack Stryker to enjoy the wind off the Great Lakes and recover from a gunshot wound. Under the watchful eye of Kate Trevorn -- English professor, gir...






  • Taut and gripping, Death Penalties is the second and final book in the DCI Luke Abbott series. From CWA Golden Dagger winner and author of Monkey Puzzle, Paula Gosling.A charming, ordinary village in the West Country. After her husband's tragic death...



  • The second compelling whodunit in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.Every year, the normally peaceful, ordinary citizens of Blackwater Bay celebrate Halloween with a carnival of ...



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    The third compulsive mystery in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.Blackwater Bay has frozen over for the season, now a place for the idle reverie of the town's sporting fishermen...



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    The fourth murder mystery in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.A murdered nurse, disappearing drug supplies, diminishing funds and the sudden death of two apparently healthy pati...





  • A professor and a student are dead â€" and nothing is as it seems. Originally published in 2002, Backlash is the third thrilling whodunit in the Jack Stryker series. From Paula Gosling, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.When Professor Mayhew is found, ...



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    Clare Randell has a problem with her boyfriend and a lazy San Francisco Sunday to think it over. That’s the Sunday she helps a passing stranger pick up the papers he’s dropped from his briefcase.From then on Clare’s problems got bigger and m...



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    The fifth and final whodunit in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger.It's election time in Blackwater Bay, but there's a dead man who won't be casting his vote this year. An apparen...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Paula Gosling has published 18 books.

Paula Gosling does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Ricochet, was published in July 2018.

The first book by Paula Gosling, The Zero Trap, was published in April 1980.

Yes. Paula Gosling has 3 series.