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C.A. Larmer
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Christina (C.A.) Larmer tried writing a romance at the age of 13 but pretty soon she'd slaughtered the hero and planted it on the heroine. It was the beginning of a beautiful love affair that has now resulted in four crime series, including the Murder Mystery Book Club, the Sleuths of Last Resort, the Ghostwriter mysteries, the Posthumous Mystery series, a domestic suspense novel, and a stand-alone mystery masquerading as a family saga (she's fooling nobody).
Born and bred in Papua New Guinea, Christina has lived and worked around the world from New York and Los Angeles to London and Sydney. A journalist, editor, teacher and mentor, she now runs an indie publishing business from the east coast of Australia, where she lives with her musician husband, two sons, a devilish 'Bluey' and countless koalas and snakes, none of which come close to the villains in her books. Well, maybe just the Bluey...
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Born and bred in Papua New Guinea, Christina has lived and worked around the world from New York and Los Angeles to London and Sydney. A journalist, editor, teacher and mentor, she now runs an indie publishing business from the east coast of Australia, where she lives with her musician husband, two sons, a devilish 'Bluey' and countless koalas and snakes, none of which come close to the villains in her books. Well, maybe just the Bluey...
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Get in touch: christina@calarmer.com
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Where to buy in print
An Island Lost
by Christina Larmer
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 71,760.
Language:
English.
Published: January 5, 2012
by
C.A. Larmer.
Categories:
Fiction » Adventure » Travel, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
When Vilia Lea’s estranged mother dies she leaves her an intriguing inheritance—a remote island on the tip of Papua New Guinea, and a series of tantalizing clues to the disappearance of her father 30 years ago. Thus begins an enthralling family mystery that sweeps Vilia from the streets of Manhattan to the wilds of the Pacific. Along the journey she discovers what true love and family really mean.
Books
Gone Guest: The Murder Mystery Book Club 6
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Murder Mystery Book Club.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 86,170.
Language:
English.
Published: October 3, 2023
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When a guest goes missing at a glamorous birthday party, in the middle of a Gothic mansion (think Knives Out on a Cluedo board) the MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB abandon their champagne flutes and start searching…
The Widow on the Honeymoon Cruise: The Murder Mystery Book Club 5
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Murder Mystery Book Club.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 85,100.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: January 10, 2023
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It’s supposed to be Claire Hargreaves’ dream honeymoon, cocooned on a superyacht with just a handful of couples and six crew, but when a body is found floating lifeless during a scheduled scuba dive, romance plays second fiddle to murder. Knowing the culprit is amongst the group, Claire quickly winches in her beloved MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB to investigate.
Good Girls Don't Drink Vodka: Sleuths of Last Resort 3
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Sleuths of Last Resort.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 87,850.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: August 16, 2022
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
In the third book in this spectacular trilogy, our super sleuths come full circle when the mining magnate who first united them is found murdered, and his trusty assistant arrested. As they try to free Verity, one sleuth has his own case closer to home—the monster who killed his sister four years ago may be innocent and the culprit could still be out there…
Smart Girls Don't Trust Strangers: Sleuths of Last Resort 2
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Sleuths of Last Resort.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 82,870.
Language:
English.
Published: January 4, 2022
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
OUR 5 CRIME BUFFS ARE BACK! This time they're hunting for a missing woman—and have just 3 DAYS to do it.
When There Were 9: The Murder Mystery Book Club 4
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Murder Mystery Book Club.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 74,410.
Language:
English.
Published: September 5, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
(4.00 from 1 review)
**PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS And Then There Were 9: The Agatha Christie Book Club 4**
At a remote mountain lodge, deep in isolated rainforest, the MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB gathers to meet four new members and dissect a new mystery. Very soon life begins to imitate fiction as someone begins bumping off the isolated guests. With a nearby bushfire raging, they must solve the crimes in order to survive…
Death Under the Stars: The Murder Mystery Book Club 3
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Murder Mystery Book Club.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 89,030.
Language:
English.
Published: September 5, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
** PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS Evil Under the Stars: The Agatha Christie Book Club 3 **
After enjoying a moonlit movie at an outdoor cinema, the MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB discovers a woman has been murdered on a blanket nearby, with hundreds of witnesses and not a suspect in sight. When local detectives hit a brick wall, the amateur sleuths channel their resources to investigate.
Danger on the SS Orient: The Murder Mystery Book Club 2
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Murder Mystery Book Club.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 65,730.
Language:
English.
Published: September 5, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
** PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS Murder on the Orient (SS): The Agatha Christie Book Club 2**
When the MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB sign up for a cruise on replica steamship the SS Orient they expect little more than a nostalgic journey back in time. What they get would stretch even the greatest of fictional sleuths—a missing passenger, unexpected deaths, and enough red herrings to fill a seafood platter.
The Murder Mystery Book Club
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Murder Mystery Book Club.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 78,670.
Language:
English.
Published: September 5, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
(4.67 from 3 reviews)
** PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS The Agatha Christie Book Club **
When Alicia Finlay walks out on her boring old book club and decides to start a new one—one totally devoted to her favourite genre, crime—she can not imagine the trouble she is about to unleash… After gathering seven crime devotees together, one member simply vanishes, and so they do as fictional sleuths would do—and investigate!
Blind Men Don't Dial Zero
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Sleuths of Last Resort.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 92,320.
Language:
English.
Published: August 13, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
INTRODUCING THE SLEUTHS OF LAST RESORTS: Police say the case is open-and-shut. The heir to a massive fortune slaughters his parents, confesses to the crimes, then turns the gun on himself. His grandfather says, "Not so fast." With the case now closed, the wealthy mogul assembles his own crack team of detectives—five amateur sleuths with a nose for mystery and a need to prove themselves…
Without A Word (Ghostwriter Mystery 7)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Ghostwriter Mystery.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 80,940.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: March 2, 2020
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Gutsy ghostwriter Roxy Parker is back, this time in the belly of her mates and on a 20-year-old missing person's case. Her new client, Phoebe Fisher, was just a child when her entire family vanished. She wants Roxy to tell her story now; Roxy’s more interested in the past—why did young Phoebe’s family vanish? How could they do it in just one night? And what 'sinister' event set it all in motion?
After the Ferry: A Gripping Psychological Novel
by C.A. Larmer
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 90,360.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: August 14, 2019
.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
On a Greek Islands ferry, Millie's life splits into parallel realities after she meets an alluring stranger. In one reality she finds true love. In the other she ends up murdered. But which is which? A mind-bending thriller/suspense.
Do Not Go Alone (A Posthumous Mystery)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Posthumous Mysteries.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 56,880.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: August 28, 2018
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
"There's a bullet in my head and it's really messing with my hairstyle…" Thus begins the second in the best-selling Posthumous Mystery series where a disgruntled murder victim hovers above the crime scene, hopeful the reader can her help solve her own murder before she's lured, kicking and screaming, to the light.
Do Not Go Gentle
by C.A. Larmer
Series: The Posthumous Mysteries.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 60,490.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: December 30, 2016
.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy
If you thought your child had just killed you, would you want to know? In this sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartwrenching posthumous mystery, single mom Lulu implores the reader to help solve her murder before the granny-beckoning tunnel swallows her whole. Did her beloved boy really stab her or is there something even more disturbing going on? Help Lulu sort the dead herrings from the clues...
A Note Before Dying (Ghostwriter Mystery 6)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Ghostwriter Mystery.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 93,210.
Language:
English.
Published: February 4, 2015
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
When rock legend Jed Moody is electrocuted while strutting his stuff on stage, he’s lucky his biggest fan Roxy Parker is in the crowd. The Ghostwriter may be there to write his life story but now she wants to know who snuffed it out and why. Could it be a string of lovers, his long-suffering wife, embittered band members or the sexy sparkie with the chip on his shoulder and the soft spot for Roxy?
Words Can Kill (Ghostwriter Mystery 5)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Ghostwriter Mystery, Book 5.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 78,640.
Language:
English.
Published: February 23, 2014
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Holiday » Adventure
Max Farrell’s flatmate has just shown up dead in their Berlin unit and the hunky photographer has vanished, last spotted at a Swiss resort, a perky blonde by his side. Has Roxy Parker’s boyfriend run off with another woman or is his life on the line? Packing her bags and swallowing her pride, the ghostwriter must follow the clues to find her true love, while buckling up for the ride of her life!
Dying Words (Ghostwriter Mystery 4)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Ghostwriter Mystery, Book 4.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 68,640.
Language:
English.
Published: July 3, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
When a dying man utters Roxy Parker's name with his final, gasping breath, the gutsy ghostwriter is thrown into the middle of her most baffling—and brutal—murder mystery yet.
Why would a man Roxy barely knows call out her name on his deathbed? What did he give her that holds the key to his murder, and the murder of two friends? And is it linked to a mysterious burglar who is hot on Roxy’s trail?
Last Writes (Ghostwriter Mystery 3)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Ghostwriter Mystery, Book 3.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 86,050.
Language:
English.
Published: November 7, 2012
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 3 reviews)
Gutsy ghostwriter Roxy Parker is back, and this time it's personal. Someone is killing best-selling authors and the evidence points firmly at Roxy's agent, Oliver. But she’s not convinced. With the help of seductive reporter David Lone, Roxy tries to hunt down the killer before she becomes the hunted—little does she know, a ghostwriter is next on the hit list! Will this be Roxy's last writes?
A Plot To Die For (Ghostwriter Mystery 2)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Ghostwriter Mystery, Book 2.
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 75,250.
Language:
English.
Published: September 17, 2011
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
When ghostwriter Roxy Parker accepts a job at a tropical island resort, she expects little more than a good story and a touch of sunstroke. Instead she stumbles upon her hotelier client, dead and buried in a plot of sand, her head protruding ghoulishly for the crabs to devour. And around her, an ensemble cast of glamorous guests who all appear to be hiding something behind their Gucci sunglasses.
Killer Twist (Ghostwriter Mystery 1)
by C.A. Larmer
Series: Ghostwriter Mystery, Book 1.
Price:
Free!
Words: 83,220.
Language:
English.
Published: August 8, 2011
.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
No one bats an eyelid when a bag lady washes up on the shores of Sydney, minus five fingers and decked out in designer couture; nor is anyone too perturbed when socialite Beatrice Musgrave plunges to her death soon after. No one, that is, except ghostwriter and Merlot-lover Roxy Parker. She’s been writing Beattie’s 'autobiography' and has just stumbled on a secret that’s worth killing for.
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