Books by Jacqueline Beard

When a series of vanishings turn into murders, Lawrence Harpham is summoned to West Ham. Estranged from Violet and temporarily partnered with an oddball reporter, Lawrence pursues a ruthless serial killer. Meanwhile, Violet's contentment with her new life in Norfolk ends abruptly. What is causing the sinister movement of a gravestone, and who is following her?Recently revealed secrets shatter everything Lawrence thought he knew about his past. Will Violet and Lawrence meet again? And will he ever recover from the horrifying revelations?The Moving Stone is a historical murder mystery based on real events.

Overstrand 1895. Lawrence Harpham and Violet Smith are witnesses to suicide while on holiday. Beneath the body, lies a bible belonging to a murdered man.Clues lead to the violent death of a bookseller and a chilling confession from the past. From Norfolk to Liverpool, investigations point to the unsolved murder of Fanny Nunn in the town of Diss. But how are the murders connected? Why do the parish registers contain so many unnatural deaths?As Lawrence and Violet close in on the killer, Lawrence discovers a long-kept secret about his wife''s death. Can he overcome his demons, and will they stop the murders before more lives are lost?

A miser dies alone in Ipswich leaving clues to a Brighton death three years earlier. Meanwhile, London wakes to another Ripper murder. Lawrence Harpham revisits the past to discover the killer of Frances Coles. Was she a Ripper victim and is her murder linked to the autumn of terror? Jack is back - or is he?

When Seebling Beau Garnie falls through an open portal into the dwarf realm of Calorean, the last thing he expects is to be rescued by super-intelligent rats.A first class hare rider and trained warrior, Beau must drink a solution of Invisimin every day to survive. Unfortunately, someone has raided the Invisimin mines and they are almost empty. Battling dark forces and strange creatures, Beau and close friend Skyle cross Calorean to find the legendary lost mines containing the mineral upon which their lives depend.