Susanna Shore

ALLi Author Member

Location: Europe

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Cosy Mystery, Crime, Mystery, Romance

I’m Susanna Shore, author of Two-Natured London paranormal romances, P.I. Tracy Hayes mysteries, The Reed Files crime capers, and House of Magic paranormal mysteries. I also write stand-alone contemporary romances and thrillers.

Susanna Shore's books

Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I. (P.I. Tracy Hayes 1)

When Tracy Hayes, Brooklyn waitress extraordinaire (only a slight exaggeration) loses her job—again—she doesn’t despair. She can’t afford to or she’ll lose her apartment. Instead, she takes the first job that she comes across. She becomes an apprentice to an enigmatic P.I.

Her first case should be easy: locate the owner of a dog she’s found. But things are never as simple as they seem, and she’s soon ankles deep in criminals, FTAs, and cheating spouses—her ex-husband included. And that’s on top of a new roommate, who may or may not be a hacker, and a family that likes to meddle with her life.

A weaker woman would give up, but Brooklyn waitresses are made of sterner stuff. A good thing too, because Tracy will need every ounce of her strength and ingenuity to pull herself out of the mess she finds herself in.

The Perfect Scam (Reed Files 1)

The most important rule of leaving the life of crime: don’t go back.

Eliot Reed has a secret. He’s not merely the successful businessman he appears to be. He’s a former mafia enforcer in hiding who must avoid being noticed by the law—and the crime lord he double-crossed. So when he discovers a crime in progress, he should walk away. Instead, he goes to investigate.

Ada Reed (no relation) has a secret too. She’s not solely the Interpol investigator everyone thinks she is. She’s a highly successful cat burglar. She’s never been caught—until Eliot Reed walks in on her as she’s emptying a safe.

When the owner of the safe is found dead, only Eliot and Ada know he’s been killed because of the USB drive she stole from him. But they can’t exactly go to the police with the information. They could let the murder go unsolved—or they could investigate it themselves.

From the Interpol Headquarters in Lyon to the jet set of Monaco, the unlikely pair track an international crime league. They might be out of their depth, and their lives—unless they can pull off the perfect scam.

Hexing the Ex (House of Magic 1)

It’s not exactly easy to find a new place to live in London, so when Phoebe Thorpe spots a room-to-let sign at the window of a magic shop, she doesn’t hesitate. The room is perfect, even if chores are part of the rent. There is only one thing odd about her new landladies. They seem to believe magic exists.

Phoebe doesn’t believe in magic, but unfortunately magic believes in her. A mysterious statuette is sent to her boss, Archibald Kane, and she accidentally triggers a curse meant for him. Naturally, the first person she curses is her ex-boyfriend. But why would anyone want to curse her boss, a perfectly ordinary antiques dealer? Or is he?

Phoebe sets out to break the curse with the help of her new housemates. But it isn’t easy trying to solve a mystery she doesn’t even believe is real. Then again, that hellhound chasing her seemed pretty solid… Maybe there’s more to magic than hexing one’s ex.

The Wolf's Call (Two-Natured London 1)

Having been raised by humans-first parents, Charlotte Thornton is completely unprepared for a man like Raphael Green, a wolf-shifter. After a lifetime of controlling herself, the onslaught of emotions he causes in her, both lust and aggravation, seem like too much to handle. Unlike human men around her, Rafe is not weak. But neither is she, and Rafe is about to learn it. She finds herself drawn to him unlike any man before, only to learn that he won’t date humans. But what if she weren’t a human?

Rafe never thought he would pursue a human, let alone a woman as dominant as Charly, but his wolf side has other ideas. For a shifter, ignoring their beast’s choice is practically impossible, but he will try; his brother’s marriage is enough of a warning. But as he is drawn to her with a maddening lust, it becomes difficult to prevent his wolf from putting out its call for her. Then her life is threatened and everything changes.

From the high-end neighbourhood of London to peaceful countryside, their enemies hunt them. Time for making up their minds is running out.

Which Way to Love?

To save her marriage, Audrey Wright takes up a job as a correspondent in the same news agency her husband works for as a war photographer—behind his back. Marcus needs to know that she’s ready to fight for them, and that she’s not a pampered pooch.

The life of a junior correspondent turns out to be more eventful than she had expected, and the people more interesting. There is Henrietta who needs a friend, and Andrew who she finds dangerously enticing. And Marcus suddenly seems more interested in her life too.

But a war photographer’s life is hazardous, as Audrey discovers to her horror. Will she be too late to save their marriage?

The Assassin

A Saudi diplomat has been assassinated in London, and MI5 Intelligence Officer Olivia Morris has been assigned to investigate. The matter is delicate: not only are political relations between Britain and Saudi Arabia fraught, Britain wants to sell rescue helicopters to Saudis too, preferably without alerting the general public to the deal. Messing this up will result in demotion for Olivia, or worse. And she’s morbidly afraid of helicopters.

It doesn’t take long for Olivia to realise that the chopper contract might only be the surface. Who wants to kill the diplomat’s son? How are the Russians involved? And who is the charming toff that has insinuated himself into her investigation? An innocent bystander—or the assassin?

As the death-toll rises, Olivia has to run against the clock to prevent a larger disaster. And then she becomes a target herself.

Personal

Crisis negotiator Harper George is having a bad day. A hostage has died, the Metropolitan Police Service has given her the boot, and she has to handle a heist negotiation drunk. It doesn’t end well.

It’s about to get worse.

Seemingly random murders turn out to have a common denominator: Harper, and a negotiation she has failed. Someone wants revenge, but who and why? Harper is determined to solve the mystery before more people die. But then it’s too late. Harper has to face the toughest negotiation of her career: that for her own life.

The Perfect Hoax (Reed Files 2)

Eliot Reed has one plan: he’ll go after Salvatore Bosco, the crime lord who tried to kill him in Monaco. Then he’ll ditch his current identity and disappear. His bags are already packed, and Macao sounds like a good destination. But when he learns that Ada has gone missing, he doesn’t hesitate to change his plans. He needs to find her first.

Ada Reed knows exactly where she is: held captive by her so called late husband she’s tried to find ever since he faked his death. Danny is blackmailing Ada into robbing a bank with him. When Eliot shows up, there’s only one choice for him: becoming a criminal again to get her out of the bad situation.

But it turns out Danny isn’t working for himself. Eliot and Ada find themselves in the middle of a deeply personal mafia feud. One of the players is Salvatore Bosco—and suddenly it’s personal for Eliot too.

From Rome to Venice and Milan, the pair tries to keep one step ahead of very dangerous players. If they want to escape with their lives, they’ll have to deliver the perfect hoax.

Saved by the Spell (House of Magic 2)

A chance encounter with a charming stranger makes Phoebe dream of a happily-ever-after, until she learns that there’s a spell on her that makes her repulsive to men. Luckily her boss, Archibald Kane, and her new landladies are experts on magic. Only this one seems to confound them all.

Who has spelled her and why? Is it a challenge on Kane’s leadership of the mages? Or is there a more sinister game afoot?

Phoebe doesn’t mind the space men give her in the Tube, but her cousin’s engagement party is coming up. How is she to celebrate, if she makes half the guests nauseated? And how is she to charm the man of her dreams when she suspects he’s part of the problem?

It might take the Archmage to break the spell—if only they could find him. A spell may be needed to save them both.

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