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Tracy L. Ward

Biography

A former journalist and graduate from Humber College's School for Writers, Tracy Ward has been hard at work developing her favourite protagonist, Peter Ainsley, and chronicling his adventures as a young surgeon in Victorian England. Her website can be found at www.gothicmysterywriter.blogspot.com. Tracy Ward is currently working on the second book in the Peter Ainsley mystery series. She lives near Barrie, Ontario with her husband and two kids.

Where to find Tracy L. Ward online

Website: http://www.gothicmysterywriter.blogspot.com
Twitter: @TracyWardAuthor
Facebook: Facebook profile

Series

Marshall House Mystery by
The Marshall House Mystery series chronicles the adventures of Peter Ainsley, morgue surgeon in Victorian London and his high born sister, Margaret Marshall.
Chorus of the Dead
Price: Free!
Dead Silent
Price: $5.49 USD.
The Dead Among Us
Price: $5.49 USD.
Sweet Asylum
Price: $5.49 USD.
Prayers for the Dying
Price: $5.49 USD.
Shadows of Madness
Price: $5.49 USD.

Books

Have Mercy by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,740. Language: English. Published: August 4, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
Mercy Eaton vowed to never set foot inside the Mercer Reformatory for Women again after spending nearly a year confined to one of its holding cells. When her beau, Detective Jeremiah Walker, asks for her assistance with a murder case involving the prison, Mercy outright refuses. When she realizes the ghost who’s been haunting her for days is the murdered woman Mercy is forced to reconsider.
Goodness Mercy by
Price: $4.49 USD. Words: 75,580. Language: English. Published: September 8, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Detective Jeremiah Walker’s estranged wife, Ruth, is in serious trouble after her lover is found shot in the Necropolis cemetery. Knowing she will be held to account and could face the gallows, Ruth returns to the marital home she had abandoned to beg for her husband’s assistance.
Warm Hands Cold Heart by
Price: $4.49 USD. Words: 59,360. Language: English. Published: October 3, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
Recently married and awaiting the birth of her first child, Margaret Davies takes a position at Wendall Hall, a privately funded charity for unwed, expectant women in a small town east of Edinburgh. Her Christmas preparations take an unexpected turn, however, when a body is discovered in a snowbank outside the Hall’s side door the day following a harrowing storm.
Mercy Me by
Price: $4.49 USD. Words: 77,940. Language: English. Published: June 9, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General
Mercy Marigold Eaton has a special connection with the dead, able to piece together the lives of those who have passed on with a single touch. When an injured man nearly dies in her arms she isn’t given much time to work her magic before Detective Jeremiah Walker arrives and places her and her fraudulent fortune telling business under suspicion.
Shadows of Madness by
Series: Marshall House Mystery. Price: $5.49 USD. Words: 82,430. Language: English. Published: February 15, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
Summoned to Edinburgh after another inexplicable vision, Dr. Peter Ainsley and his sister, Margaret Marshall, are shocked to discover their good friend, and Margaret’s secret lover, has been arrested for murder. Dr. Jonas Davies was found at the grisly scene with the bloodied surgical knife at his side, but both Ainsley and Margaret know that is hardly enough evidence to convict a man.
Prayers for the Dying by
Series: Marshall House Mystery. Price: $5.49 USD. Words: 74,310. Language: English. Published: April 14, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Dr. Peter Ainsley knew it was only a matter of time before London claims another murder victim, but this time the body is discovered tied to a lamppost four doors down from the house Ainsley shares with his sister and their bedridden father. The day the body is discovered, a maid of their house and Ainsley’s lover, Julia Kemp, fails to return home from errands in the city.
Sweet Asylum by
Series: Marshall House Mystery. Price: $5.49 USD. Words: 80,310. Language: English. Published: June 25, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
Haunted by ghosts of his past Dr. Peter Ainsley is drawn into a new mystery when a body is found following a catastrophic barn fire. Putting aside his own discomfort, Ainsley must piece together a disjointed puzzle of family strife, loose morals and questionable sanity. Not long into case one thing becomes clear, he must find the killer and bring him to justice before they all end up in the asylum
The Dead Among Us by
Series: Marshall House Mystery, Book 3. Price: $5.49 USD. Words: 75,720. Language: English. Published: May 26, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
The newspapers call him The Surgeon, a killer targeting pauper children in Limehouse district leaving their bodies discarded in death as they were in life. Discouraged by the lack of physical clues Dr. Peter Ainsley joins Scotland Yard's Inspector Simms as he scours the city to learn where the children came from and how they fell into the clutches of one of London's worst criminal minds.
Dead Silent by
Series: Marshall House Mystery, Book 2. Price: $5.49 USD. Words: 79,250. Language: English. Published: May 22, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
Peter Ainsley's mother, Lady Charlotte Marshall hasn't been seen or heard from in three days. While Inspector Simms of Scotland Yard is 'unofficially' investigating her disappearance, Ainsley and his sister, Margaret, are loathed to reveal knowledge of their mother's affair despite it being their best lead to her whereabouts.
Chorus of the Dead by
Series: Marshall House Mystery, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 75,650. Language: English. Published: July 12, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
1867 - Morgue surgeon at one of London's most prestigious hospitals, Dr. Peter Ainsley is familiar with the smells of the dead and the dying but when the brilliant, young doctor is summoned to a small English town in the north his ability to keep his patients at a cold, comfortable distance is put to the test.

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