A mystery for D.I. Costello

4 total works

End of the Roadie

by Elizabeth Flynn

Published 20 May 2016

Brendan Phelan, rock star, is playing in a stage show that includes guns and whips. As it reaches its climax, a shot rings out—but it's not part of the show. The body of Oliver Joplin, one of the road crew, lies lifeless outside the stage door.

Detective Inspector Angela Costello and her team investigate, but they quickly discover that several stage hands, and Phelan himself, are adept with firearms—and that Joplin was widely disliked and distrusted. So why had Phelan kept him on, despite the reservations of his crew? Joplin's emails reveal the presence of a shadowy figure stalking the dead man. Who might profit from Joplin's death?

Little by little, Costello unpicks the web of lies. But unless one key person opens up, she can't crack the case. And that is not going to happen.

Season to Kill

by Elizabeth Flynn

Published 19 April 2019

Handsome, cheeky and Welsh, Griff Maddoc is the new celebrity chef in town. He's melting hearts, and even D.I. Angela Costello is a fan! Griff invites the great and good to his book launch at the Chelsea Flower show. But the event comes to an abrupt end when his agent collapses, writhing on the floor having eaten a salad... sprinkled with cyanide. Was Griff the murderer? He handed over the deadly dish. Or was the killer aiming for Griff all along? D.I. Costello must investigate all angles and as she starts to ask questions a complex web of possible motives emerges: an affair, a sinister family grudge, hidden gambling debts. How will Angela unpick the truth... and if Griff was the intended victim, can she do so before the killer turns their hand to murder once more?

Game, Set and Murder

by Elizabeth Flynn

Published 18 October 2013

Newly-promoted detective inspector Angela Costello recognizes the dead man as the Croatian champion-turned-coach, Petar Belic. Double grand-slam winner, Petar was one of the best-known and best loved players of the modern era.

Dead Gorgeous

by Elizabeth Flynn

Published 17 October 2014

Kirsty Manners is young, beautiful and trying to make it as a model. As the in-house model for the Ivano King fashion house and girlfriend of Ian King, the man behind the label, she believes she is well on her way. But Kirsty is found dead in her flat one Sunday afternoon and D.I.Angela Costello is called to the scene. At first enquiries centre on the local gym where Kirsty, her dangerous ex-boyfriend, Darren Carpenter, and her jealous flatmate, Sandra Hodges, worked out. But things are more complicated. Ian King is considered to have lost his edge. Why then is he so buoyant about his latest collection for London Fashion Week? What about his new girlfriend, Eleanor Chandler, who openly admits to having a reason to wish Kirsty dead? Behind the gleaming smiles and flawless make-up of the glamorous fashion world, Angela's enquiries uncover theft, drug-addiction, prostitution and imprisonment - and suddenly her own life could be in danger :