When a murder is witnessed on a webcam at the Seabird Centre near Edinburgh, DJ Smith undercover agent for HMRC knows that drug baron Hiram J Spinks has returned to Scotland. Never one to stick to orders, Smith rents an apartment in the hunting lodge Spinks is using as a front, posing as upper-crust Vanessa Dewar-Smyth. Which of her fellow residents is involved with the drug ring? But Spinks is one step ahead of DJ and she is both the hunter and the hunted. Their battle of wits comes to a head at Edinburgh International Festival s fireworks concert, with explosive consequences...
Meet the world's most unusual undercover team... It can be tough working undercover for HM Revenue & Customs, but DJ Smith has more than a little help from her trained sniffer cat, Gorgonzola, a moth-eaten Persian with gourmet tastes and a mind of her own. This first investigation finds DJ and Gorgonzola on the trail of a heroin smuggling ring operating in and around Edinburgh. Here DJ meets a cast of memorable characters including American golfing fanatic Hiram J Spinks, the glamorous Italian Signora Gina Lombardini, and the not so glamorous self-styled gastronome extraordinaire Felicity Lannelle. Beneath the innocent surface of the country house hotel eddies a sinister undercurrent. As one death follows another, who among the guests specialises in making murder look like accident?
Act It Out's historic re-enactments from the life of Mary Queen of Scots are not all that they seem. Sites closely associated with that tragic queen are a cover for the distribution of drugs in central Scotland. Revenue & Customs undercover agent D J Smith and her sniffer cat Gorgonzola join one of the tours, but she begins to suspect that some of her companions - an eerily self-convinced reincarnation of Mary Queen of Scots, a fanatical bagpipe player, a couple of sex-obsessed newlyweds - are bad actors and that in reality, they are couriers in the pay of the drug organisation. When the organisation suspects that it has been infiltrated, suspense builds as the re-enactments in historic Holyrood Palace, the fortified tower on Loch Leven island, and the ruined St Andrews Castle provide an excellent opportunity for murder... The reader as a time traveller is present at dramatic events in the life of Mary Queen of Scots, at the same time enjoying the suspense of a modern murder mystery in which a cat detective plays a vital part. Acting Suspiciously is a cosy crime novel featuring the sixth undercover mission for DJ Smith and Gorgonzola, a feisty cat with attitude.
When a Customs and Revenues Officer on the brink of exposing a huge money-laundering outfit is murdered in Tenerife, there is only one team capable of ensuring Operation Canary Creeper's continuance and success. DJ Smith must use all of her cunning and experience to trap the devious Ambrose Vanheusen; her greatest asset, however, comes in the moth-eaten shape of her Persian cat Gorgonzola, since Vanheusen's one weakness is his love of the breed.Going undercover as a PA for Vanheusen's company Exclusive, retailer of luxury homes and suspected front for darker purposes, DJ is in charge of organising excursions for the prospective purchasers - some are innocently enjoying their holidays, but are others complicit in Vanheusen's schemes. Pompous writer Rudyard Scott, elderly Victoria Knight...something about Millie Prentice doesn't seem to add up, and Deborah is instantly antagonistic towards the arrogant Herbert G. Wainwright III...Disguises, cat-fights and narrow escapes make "Under Suspicion" a fast-paced and funny return to DJ and Gorgonzola on their follow-up mission to No Suspicious Circumstances.
Meet the world's most unusual undercover team... It can be tough working undercover for HM Revenue & Customs, but DJ Smith has more than a little help from her trained sniffer cat, Gorgonzola, a moth-eaten Persian with gourmet tastes and a mind of her own. This first investigation finds DJ and Gorgonzola on the trail of a heroin smuggling ring operating in and around Edinburgh. Here DJ meets a cast of memorable characters including American golfing fanatic Hiram J Spinks, the glamorous Italian Signora Gina Lombardini, and the not so glamorous self-styled gastronome extraordinaire Felicity Lannelle. Beneath the innocent surface of the country house hotel eddies a sinister undercurrent. As one death follows another, who among the guests specialises in making murder look like accident?
Drink and drugs can be a lethal combination, as DJ Smith soon finds out when a master criminal's profits are threatened by her undercover role as butler to Sir Thomas Cameron-Blaik, the wealthy and respected owner of Sron Dubh distillery on the island of Islay. All DJ has to do is report to HMRC when Moran, a ruthless international drug baron arrives--but things don't go exactly to plan, for Gorgonzola's sensitive nose soon detects something much more sinister than drugs. Others who threaten Moran's multi-million pound master plan are eliminated, and one more will make no difference. Can DJ remain undetected long enough to identify Moran and make her escape?
Act It Out's historic re-enactments from the life of Mary Queen of Scots are not all that they seem. Sites closely associated with that tragic queen are a cover for the distribution of drugs in central Scotland. Revenue & Customs undercover agent D J Smith and her sniffer cat Gorgonzola join one of the tours, but she begins to suspect that some of her companions - an eerily self-convinced reincarnation of Mary Queen of Scots, a fanatical bagpipe player, a couple of sex-obsessed newlyweds - are bad actors and that in reality, they are couriers in the pay of the drug organisation. When the organisation suspects that it has been infiltrated, suspense builds as the re-enactments in historic Holyrood Palace, the fortified tower on Loch Leven island, and the ruined St Andrews Castle provide an excellent opportunity for murder... The reader as a time traveller is present at dramatic events in the life of Mary Queen of Scots, at the same time enjoying the suspense of a modern murder mystery in which a cat detective plays a vital part. Acting Suspiciously is a cosy crime novel featuring the sixth undercover mission for DJ Smith and Gorgonzola, a feisty cat with attitude.
It can be tough being an undercover officer for HM Revenue & Customs, but DJ Smith has a little help from her trained sniffer cat Gorgonzola, a moth-eaten Persian with gourmet tastes. This investigation finds the pair on the trail of a heroin smuggling ring operating in and around Edinburgh.
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