Books

Fantasy/Cosy paranormal/fantasy mysteries
The Aunt Enid Mysteries:

Book 1: Aunt Enid: Protector Extraordinaire (2018): Meet Aunt Enid, your average seventy-something year old. She loves to cook, is a regular at bingo and spends hours in her garden, talking to her army of garden gnomes and fussing over the colour of her hydrangeas…
And only she stands between the Dark and the fate of the world.
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Book 1.5: (coming soon): It’s Twixtmas: the odd, dream-like time between Christmas and New Year where time slows, days blur, and the connections between the Otherworlds and ours are their thinnest.
Anything is possible. And accidents can happen. Join Sally as she’s transported to an Otherworld on a rescue mission – where Protectors are forbidden to tread.
‘Twixtmas’ is an Aunt Enid Christmas Story (of sorts). Book 1.5 of The Aunt Enid Mysteries series
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Book 2: A Fey Tale (2020): Aunt Enid’s back, but something’s changed… A deal with fairies… to solve a mystery… and prevent a war. Fairies and magic: It’s all real!
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Holmesian Mysteries:
Mrs Hudson Investigates

We all know the stories.
A mystery. A brilliant detective. Mystery solved.
But what if he went missing? Who would solve them?

‘Mrs Hudson Investigates‘ (2022) is Karen’s first short Holmesian mystery in the series of the same name. Available in eBook only.
‘The Case of the Forgotten Letter’ (2022) eBook
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Steampunk:
The Department of Curiosities series:

This is the second series of books set in Karen J Carlisle’s Victorian steampunk world. Set in early to mid 1880s. DOC is a steampunk adventure series.
Book 1: The Department of Curiosities. (2019/ re-release 2023) –A steampunk tale of adventure, a heroine, mad scientists, traitors and secrets. All for the good of the Empire.
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Victorian Steampunk Mysteries:
The Adventures of Viola Stewart series:

The Adventures of Viola Stewart follow our heroine, Viola – a widowed optician with a penchant for detectiving – and her friend, Doctor Henry Collins, as they chase secret societies and uncover nefarious plots.
This Victorian mystery series is set in the late 1880s and is steampunk with a darker, gaslamp flavour

Currently available in new edition paperback compilations. New edition eBooks re-published from February 1st, 2023

Book 1: Doctor Jack & Other Tales (2015) – edition 3 new cover(2022)
Book 2: Eye of the Beholder & Other Tales (2016) – edition 2 new cover (2022)
Book 3: The Illusioneer & Other Tales. (2017) – edition 2 new cover (2022)

Tomorrow When I Die: A Christmas Story (eBook only) – Note: also published in The Illusioneer & Other Tales.

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Gaslamp – darker Steampunk Fantasy:
The James Findlay Journals:

Blood Ties: An original James Findlay Journal. (2023)
‘Blood Ties‘ follows James’/Jack’s adventures after the ‘Doctor Jack’ novella in the first book of ‘The Adventures of Viola Stewart’ series.

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Short Story Collections:

Cogs and Conspiracies (2023)
(ebook and paperback): Five short tales set in a world of steampunk and alternate history, with adventures from England to the Antipodes. Here be villains, gadgets, mechanical creatures, secrets and conspiracies. All in time for tea. Stories from the world of ‘The Adventures of Viola Stewart’ and ‘The Department of Curiosities’. All new characters.
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With a Twist of the Nib (2017)
(ebook only): A collection of ten speculative flash fiction and short stories.
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“From the super short and snappy to some longer stories that have me keen to read the novels to come. Aunt Enid sounds like heaps of fun!” – Narrelle M Harris, author (Goodreads review).

Quarantine Reads (2020)
(eBook only): Quarantine Reads contains seven short stories of a lighter note, to inspire and transport you beyond four walls.
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Another Twist of the Nib (2020)
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“well written and compelling There is a lot of breadth in these tales, something creepy for everyone. if you read these late at night, then make sure your doors and soundly locked and you have a functional night light – just saying!” – S Rehorek (full review at Amazon)

Print books available from:
Barnes & Noble , Booktopia , Fishpond , Angus & Robertson/ Bookworld,
and Dymocks Rundle Mall, Adelaide.
Or ask your local bookstore to order in your copy.