Bøker av Jayne Gooding

In the shadowy world of cyber deception, a malevolent catfish assumes the guise of a reality luminary. A masonic conspiracy weaves a dangerous web and DI Star Bellamy treads the fine line between justice and flamenco dance with criminal kingpin Shirley Fenton, but can she unravel the threads of deceit before the dance turns deadly

THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE HORNS & HALOS SERIES Whilst Star investigates the vicious premeditated murder of a fraudulent property developer, the tensions intensifybetween Shirley Fenton, head of Britain's largest criminal organisation, and the Freemasons with their agenda. Can Star effectively negotiate her way through the mounting chaos while managing the ineffable sexual chemistry for Shirley Fenton and deliver order...

Horns & Halos Dying Declaration THE THIRD BOOK IN THE SERIES With their lives in danger from the masonic brotherhood, Star and Investigative reporter, Chloe Dawson seek the kind of help only the matriarch of the Fenton Firm, Shirley Fenton, can provide. Star and her team of police officers investigate a violent, malicious, murder. The Grand Order of the Pythia assists Star to harness and develop her psychic abilities so that she can take her rightful place within the Pythia and help protect the terrestrial realm from the danger that's coming. Will Star be able to manage the growing sexual chemistry between her and Shirley Fenton and can Shirley hold off the most powerful organisation on the planet... the Freemasons.

THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK IN THE HORNS & HALOS SERIESFollowing a series of successful high profile investigations, Detective Sergeant Star Bellamy, a powerful psychic, is tasked with investigating the kidnapping of the son of Shirley Fenton, the head of Britain's most notorious crime family but all is not as it appears....

Jayne Gooding's conclusion of the fictional Thick Blue Line Trilogy continues with Sergeant Lucy Penfold into the 1990s. It is a period of political idealism, freedom for Nelson Mandela and the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, just below the surface lies an underbelly of increasingly violent crimes, major credit card fraud and razor slashing hooligans. Lucy continues to battle with her conscience and strives to do the right thing, both in her professional and personal life, but nothing can prepare her for the devastation that is about to occur.....

Jayne Gooding's harrowing, painful, empathetic and remarkable fictional sequel continues into the 1980s and 90s. A time of rave culture, football hooligans, hard drugs and the AIDS epidemic. Lucy Penfold, now a Police Sergeant, transfers from Devon to Sussex following the breakdown of her unexpected, vibrant, delightful yet intense relationship with Pippa. Can Lucy deal with the deeply rooted sexism and overcome the belief, by some of her Senior Officers, that female officers were there to simply make up the numbers? Will Lucy survive her battle to do the right thing and break the unwritten code amongst police officers while discovering that Pippa, now bitter and resentful, is in Sussex and plotting against her?

Horns & Halos Born Bad THIS IS THE SECOND BOOK IN THE HORNS & HALOS SERIES. When a brutal and horrific mass murder takes place in London affecting both the establishment and the criminal underworld, the newly promoted Detective Inspector Star Bellamy, a powerful psychic, joins the murder hunt under the watchful eye of her obnoxious supervisor DCI Pratt. Star discovers what appears to be a coverup of high profile missing persons and digs her heels in to unravel the truth, unwittingly placing herself in serious personal danger.......

Jayne Gooding makes a fictional debut with her hard hitting account of Lucy Penfold, a woman police officer, during the 1970's and 1980's. A time of mass unemployment for the young, serious economic crisis, strikes, sexism, homophobia, racism and hairy chested medallion men. A period of political and social change with free contraception and the Sex Discrimination Act leading to a new sense of liberation for woman although balanced against a backdrop of inequality. Can Lucy endure the events of her past? Will she survive the male dominated police force while discovering her own sexuality?

Following the tragic loss of family, haunted by painful memories of what might have been and retiring after thirty active years in the police force Lucy Penfold, lost and without direction, moves overseas to the coastal town of Fethiye Turkey. Grieving and believing that the sun would never shine for her again she is befriended by the charismatic, cockney wide boy, Larry. Alone in a foreign country, exposed and vulnerable, Lucy's new life is blown apart!