L. A. Nisula

Biography

L. A. Nisula also writes fantasy novels under the name Lisa Anne Nisula. You can find out more about her and her other books at http://www.lanisula.com and http://www.LisaAnneNisula.com

Where to find L. A. Nisula online

Series

Cassie Pengear Mysteries
steampunk traditional cozy mysteries
Death at Dinner
Price: $4.99 USD.
A Spartan Murder
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Body in the Box Room
Price: $4.99 USD.
A Drowning in Bath
Price: $4.99 USD.
Kate and Ada Mysteries
Kate Ferris and Ada Shepherd are partners in life and in their business, a tinkering and haberdashery shop in Mayfair, London. Somehow this leads to them stumbling over bodies and other strange happenings. Join them as they solve mysteries in a steampunk version of Victorian London in this charming spin-off of L. A. Nisula’s Cassie Pengear Mysteries.

Books

The Client and His Cousins
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 12. Pre-release—available May 21, 2024. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 82,830. Language: English. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
When Cassie Pengear receives a note from a Mr. Grant saying her services had been recommended to him, she assumes he’s interested in her typing services, but she quickly learns it’s her skills at detecting he wishes to discuss. And when Mr. Grant’s aunt ends up murdered, Cassie gets pulled into an investigation where the suspects are the client and his cousins.
Deliveries and a Dead Body
Series: Kate and Ada Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 60,840. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
Ada Shepherd and her wife Kate Ferris were having a normal day making deliveries for their tinkering & haberdashery shop until they reached the Merton house. There they found an empty house, an unlocked door, and a dead body in the middle of the entryway. But when Ada returns with a policeman, the body had disappeared and the house has normal number of people, all while Kate was waiting outside.
Cassie Pengear Mysteries Books 4, 5, 6 a Spartan Murder, the Body in the Boxroom, a Drowning in Bath
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 162,110. Language: English. Published: May 17, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
Books four, five, and six of the Cassie Pengear Mysteries in one volume. In a steampunk London that almost existed, where tinkerers and clockwork devices exist alongside handsome cabs and corsets, murder is still solved by traditional observation and intuition. This is where American typist Cassandra Pengear finds herself stumbling over corpses and helping Scotland Yard detectives solve murders.
Blackmail in the Ballroom
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 11. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,640. Language: English. Published: November 23, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Cassie Pengear gets drawn into a murder investigation when a blackmail payment is interrupted by a corpse.
Three Bodies in London
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 10. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 92,440. Language: English. Published: November 12, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Join Cassie Pengear on her first three cases in London. The Affair of the Accused Cousin - The Mystery of the Mechanical Bird - The Inconvenient Inspector
Murder Near Slaughter
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 9. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 89,790. Language: English. Published: September 17, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Cassie Pengear was expecting a relaxing holiday in a Cotswolds village near Lower Slaughter. She was not expecting to walk in the front door and find a body on the sitting room rug. Now the local police consider her a suspect, and the London man she was counting on turns out to be Inspector Wainwright. If she wants to clear their names, Cassie will have to solve the murder near Slaughter.
Mugs, Murder, and Mayfair
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 8. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 52,860. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Cassie Pengear was expecting a quiet week helping her friends Kate and Ada inventory their Mayfair tinkering/haberdashery shop. But then a body is found a few streets away, and the inspector in charge of the murder case begins to suspect Kate. Now Cassie must help her friend by finding the connections between mugs, murder, and Mayfair.
The Death Downstairs
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 7. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 71,650. Language: English. Published: September 26, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When Cassie Pengear’s landlady asks her to check the references of the new tenant, she expects it to be a simple matter of confirming what was provided. She did not expect it to lead to a dead body in the flat below, a series of thefts in the building, and mysterious events at a bank she’s done typing for. If Cassie wants to feel safe in her flat again, she’ll have to solve the death downstairs.
A Drowning in Bath
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 6. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 56,410. Language: English. Published: December 13, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Cassie Pengear had just solved a difficult case in London and was looking forward to a quiet holiday in Bath with her cousin Milly. While at the hotel baths, they witness one of the guests being murdered. With the police insisting it was nothing more than a tragic accident, if she wants to see the killer caught, Cassie has no choice but to try to solve A Drowning in Bath.
Christmas, Corpses, and Clockwork Kittens
Price: Free! Words: 5,030. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
A short Christmas mystery set in the world of the Cassie Pengear Mysteries. While preparing their tinkering/ haberdashery shop for the Christmas season, Kate and Ada find a body on their doorstep. When Inspector Wainwright is sent to investigate, they start looking into the crime themselves before he can scare away all of their Christmas patrons. A short Christmas mystery of approx. 5000 words.
The Body in the Box Room
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 53,000. Language: English. Published: July 26, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
When Cassie Pengear agreed to spend the evening with her cousin Milly, and Milly’s latest gentleman caller and his mother, it was with the promise that Milly and her gentleman would not trouble her again unless there was an impending marriage. She did not expect Milly to stumble over a body in her prospective mother-in-law’s box room.
A Spartan Murder
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 53,130. Language: English. Published: December 22, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
Cassie Pengear is summoned to Oxford as a suspect in a murder by her friend Inspector Burrows and even more startling, he begins to give her information on the case of a murdered Oxford don. Startling until she realizes his two best suspects are committing a crime he'd rather overlook simply by being together. Now she’s keeping suspects' secrets while investigating blackmail and murder.
Cassie Pengear Mysteries books 1,2,3- Killing at the Carnival, Death at Dinner, Stabbing Set with Sapphires
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 158,950. Language: English. Published: December 12, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
The first three Cassie Pengear Mysteries in one volume. In a Victorian England that almost existed, a steampunk London where tinkerers and clockwork devices exist alongside hansom cabs and corsets, murder is still solved by traditional observation and intuition. This is the London where American typist Cassandra Pengear finds herself stumbling over corpses and helping Scotland Yard detectives.
Stabbing Set with Sapphires
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 66,320. Language: English. Published: May 12, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk
Cassie Pengear thought a job typing up inventory lists at a jewelry store would be fun. Until there was a kidnapping. And then a robbery. And then a murder. Now Cassie must figure out the connection between the events and hope it will lead her to the missing girl. approx. 68,000 words, print version 246 pages
Death at Dinner
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 55,860. Language: English. Published: January 5, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk
Cassie Pengear did not want to spend her evening acting as a parlor maid even if the house was in Mayfair, but her landlady’s friend was desperate and it was only night. But then one of the guests collapsed at the table. Now poison is suspected and the cook is convinced she’s the main suspect and will be locked away if Cassie doesn’t solve the death at dinner. 56,000 words, approx 220 pages
Killing at the Carnival
Series: Cassie Pengear Mysteries, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 37,220. Language: English. Published: December 26, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Cassie Pengear thought a visit to the carnival would be fun: see some shows, eat some sweets, help her landlady’s nephew decide if the cowboy was real or an actor. But then the cowboy shot the volunteer, and he didn’t get up. Now Cassie has a ten-year-old boy insisting the cowboy isn’t a killer and a landlady insisting she help solve the killing at the carnival. approx 150 pages