The Mia Ferrari Mysteries
Who is Mia Ferrari?
Mia Ferrari is a feisty, smart-talking, determined woman working in the international world of hotels, and aside from her love of younger men and a good Ferrari car – yes, a bit corny, but hey! – Mia loves nothing more than to pit her investigative skills against her archenemy, the sexy Detective Sergeant, Phil Smythe, or any other cop for that matter.
Amidst a world of illicit love affairs, trouble-making celebrities, temperamental chefs, sinister characters planning shady deals, suicides, drama, and the list goes on; where better to tackle a good murder for a busybody duty manager like Mia, who fancies herself to be able to solve mysteries faster than the police.
Mia doesn’t suffer fools gladly; and after a nasty divorce, which left her feeling rather bitter, she doesn’t trust men. Men, on the other hand, cannot help being drawn to this assertive, attractive, independent older woman. But can anyone capture Mia’s heart?
In a world where older women (anyone over 40) tend to be labelled as “untouchable” unless they look like Michelle Pfeiffer or Demi Moore, it’s refreshing to see an older woman protagonist determined to help those who cannot help themselves—the victims of crime.
Mia’s character tends to reflect some of the qualities found in the "film noir" genre of Hollywood’s 1940s. Characters like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe have inspired these mysteries. Mia is a flawed protagonist who sometimes has to bend the rules to get what she wants and who doesn't necessarily have a happy-ever-after ending to her story. It’s rather like a mirror of real life; and Mia, while a fictitious character, has to face the obstacles we sometimes face in life. Like in film noir, the stories are comedic but a little dark, in that they deal with everyday problems though they tend to be peppered with smart-talking characters.
The Mia Ferrari mysteries are set in contemporary times and they deal with modern problems. They are fast-paced, too. So don’t expect to find long descriptions and pretty prose in these novels—the author’s writing is very much like Mia’s character: impatient and wanting to get to the point.
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THE BLURB
A woman plunges ten floors down an atrium and lands on a baby grand piano in the luxurious Rourke Hotel Sydney. The police rule this as a straight case of suicide; but 48-year-old hotel duty manager and wannabe investigator, Mia Ferrari, thinks otherwise. As Mia sets out to unravel the mysterious death and prove the cops wrong, especially her archenemy, Detective Sergeant Phil Smythe; she comes up against an unsavoury cast of characters who will do anything to shut her up. But with a little help from her friends, Mia will not stop until she unearths the truth. Mia Ferrari is a "wiseass", older chick with determination and an attitude, and she never takes “no” for an answer. PURCHASE LINKS eBook formats Kindle UK Kindle Aussie Kindle Smashwords (all digital formats) Nook Kobo iBooks (check out your iBook Store) Paperback Amazon Barnes&Noble plus various other online retailers and bookstores. |
THE BLURB
Mia Ferrari, smartarse, older chick, super sleuth, is back in her 2nd murder mystery, and this time, she is up to her neck in drag queens, a rare diamond with a curse and murder most foul against the backdrop of Sydney's world famous Gay Mardi Gras. A female impersonator is found dismembered in her hotel suite bathtub, and a rare diamond worth twenty million dollars is gone. The Gay Mardi Gras is fast approaching and Mia Ferrari, senior duty manager of the exclusive Rourke International Hotel Sydney, has to juggle a bunch of drag queens, a number of fabulously handsome gay men, a transsexual with a dark mystery, a young cop with sex on his mind, a close friend from the UK who is having marital problems and a mounting body count. As Mia pits her investigative skills against her archenemy, Detective Sergeant Phil Smythe, to solve the case, she not only becomes embroiled in the life of the people around her, but it looks like she is the next target for a serial killer with a grudge against gay men. PURCHASE LINKS eBook formats Kindle UK Kindle Aussie Kindle Smashwords (all digital formats) Nook Kobo iBooks (check out your iBook Store) Paperback Amazon Barnes&Noble plus various other online retailers and bookstores. |
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It’s a well-known fact that wherever Mia Ferrari goes trouble always follows, and going on a holiday cruise to Hawaii is no different. A killer is on the loose onboard ship. A number of doctors from a medical convention are being murdered one by one. The captain of the cruise liner asks Mia and her travelling companions to take over the investigation while the ship is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean toward its final destination. A secret sex club and horse racing bets are the only clues that can uncover the identity of the killer, but will Mia be able to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? Join Mia and her friends, plus her sexy detective archenemy, on a cruise to murder, mayhem, and sizzling hot sex. PURCHASE LINKS eBook formats Kindle UK Kindle Aussie Kindle Smashwords (all digital formats) Nook Kobo iBooks (check out your iBook Store) Paperback Amazon Barnes&Noble plus various other online retailers and bookstores. |