Callie Anson
3 primary works
Book 1
Life in the clergy is quiet, respectful and peaceful - or so Callie Anson believes when she begins her new job as curate at All Saints' Church in Paddington. Following her traumatic break-up with fiance Adam, the last thing Callie needs is more emotional turmoil. However, she soon finds that her new job brings with it more than its fair share of challenges. She is exceedingly disturbed when she finds she is the subject of deep-seated hatred, cast upon her by her male colleagues. One in particular, Father Jonah Adimola, picks her out for a torrent of verbal abuse. To Callie's relief, her good friend and mentor, Frances Cherry, jumps to her defence. But when Father Adimola is found strangled to death the next day, suspicion falls upon Frances. Callie must now call upon her faith to steer her through the turbulent times ahead, and help prove her friend's innocence. With the help of DI Neville Stewart, it isn't long before the ecclesiastical facade is chipped away to reveal the hidden secrets of the clergy. Evil Intent is a gripping crime novel that pitches the reader into a dark world of concealment, power and deception, as up-to-date as today's headlines.
Book 2
Families: can't live with them, can't exist without them. Life may not be getting any easier for curate Callie Anson, but it is definitely getting more interesting. Her relationship with policeman Marco Lombardi grows ever warmer, even though he seems to be keeping her away from his close Italian family. Then her own brother, Peter, beloved and engaging as he is, gets a bit too close for comfort when he moves in with Callie.Professionally, things are challenging as well when Callie becomes involved with the problems of a new parishioner. Morag Hamilton is worried about her granddaughter Alex, a lonely and isolated twelve-year-old with a work-obsessed father and a self-absorbed step-mother. If Morag knew how much time Alex spends on the internet, she would have even more cause for worry. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Neville Stewart tries to put his personal problems on hold as he deals with Rachel Norton, a pregnant young woman with a missing husband. With the birth of their first baby only a few days away, why would Trevor Norton go out jogging and not return?
Trevor's disappearance may not be what it seems, and just when Neville thinks he's solved it, someone else goes missing: young Alex Hamilton. An absorbing and chilling mystery, "Secret Sins" explores the power of passion, morality and loss, and the things people do in the name of love.
Trevor's disappearance may not be what it seems, and just when Neville thinks he's solved it, someone else goes missing: young Alex Hamilton. An absorbing and chilling mystery, "Secret Sins" explores the power of passion, morality and loss, and the things people do in the name of love.
Book 3
If Callie Anson thought life was going to be peaceful, she was dead wrong. After one particular stormy night, her flat is deemed unliveable and she finds herself moving in with the vicar, Brian Stanford, and his wife Jane; a woman who can barely hide her dislike of the woman curate. But it is soon to get a lot worse before it gets better, as both Callie's policeman boyfriend Marco Lombardi and his colleague Neville Stewart are thrust into a case involving the death of a two-month old baby girl.The daughter of Jodie and Chazz Betts, two celebrities who have made it big on 'twenty-four, seven', a hit reality TV show are implicated. Family is on everyone's mind, as Callie is called in to help with the baby girl's funeral. But she learns that tragedy can strike again, and in unusual places. Joe, Marco's brother-in-law, has a sudden heart attack, with enough complications to make it fatal, and the family is gripped with anger and grief. And when they find the death was no accident, Marco is left to determine the truth behind his murder.