Roz Southey

A Charles Patterson Mystery

Broken Harmony (Sep-2007)
Chords and Discords (Oct-2008)
Secret Lament (Aug-2009)
Sword and Song (Oct-2010)
The Ladder Dancer (Jul-2011)
Airs and Graces (Mar-2012)

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  Broken Harmony
  

  • Sep-2007
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Charles Patterson Mystery
  

  In Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1730s, life is not easy for an impoverished musician. For Charles Patterson, violinist, harpsichord player, composer and would-be church organist, it’s about to get a whole lot harder. First he is accused of stealing a...

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  Chords and Discords
  

  • Oct-2008
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Charles Patterson Mystery
  

  Music may be the food of love…  it doesn’t fill an empty belly. Winter is not a good time for jobbing musicians in early 18th century Newcastle. The town has emptied for the season, and Charles Patterson, harpsichordist, concert arranger and...

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  Secret Lament
  

  • Aug-2009
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Charles Patterson Mystery
  

  Italian actors… French spies… At least the thugs are English… Charles Patterson is not happy. It’s the hottest June for years, he’s stuck in musical rehearsals with a family of Italians, some local ruffians are after his blood, and someone ...

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  Sword and Song
  

  • Oct-2010
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Charles Patterson Mystery
  

  Musician-sleuth Charles Patterson is called to a suspected murder late one night - and is horrified to find he is acquainted with the victim, a young street-girl. But Patterson is already booked for a fashionable house party outside of town and where...

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  The Ladder Dancer
  

  • Jul-2011
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Charles Patterson Mystery
  

  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1736. A foggy September evening. When a child is ridden down and killed by an unknown horseman, musician sleuth Charles Patterson, the only witness close enough to see that the collision was no accident, vows to hunt down the rid...

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  Airs and Graces
  

  • Mar-2012
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Charles Patterson Mystery
  

  January, 1737. Snow blankets Newcastle Upon Tyne. With plans afoot to build new Assembly Rooms for concerts, musician sleuth Charles Patterson is more concerned with the murder of an entire family. It looks an open-and-shut case -- the murderer wa...

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  Great Aunt Pepper
  

  • Jan-2013
  • / General Fiction
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  Madge is feeling ambivalent about taking early retirement. She is missing her old routine and work colleagues, but has lots of time to do the things she has always wanted to do. Like looking into her family history. But finding an old photograph of G...

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  Scorcher
  

  • Sep-2018
  • / General Fiction
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  Eppie Epford is a hairdresser by trade but in his spare time he's a demon bicycle racer - the best in the area, they say. He's looking forward to the forthcoming Easter Sports where he's the favourite for the five-mile race. Little does he know that ...

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