Alex's Murderously Funny Books

The Wedding Thieves

A compromising wedding photograph of PC Horatio Harris, the bride, and her mother goes viral. The vicar conducts the marriage ceremony from inside a locked wardrobe. A shocking confession halts the wedding. 

WPC Ceri Fowler thinks it can’t get any worse. She's wrong. The Maharaja’s priceless jewels and the groom’s heart have been stolen.

Ceri and Horatio struggle to unlock the vicar’s wardrobe and the wedding party secrets as they desperately search for the stolen jewels.

A series of explosive revelations place Ceri and Horatio’s lives in danger. Only true love can save them. But who is the groom’s true love?

This novella is the first book in the riotously funny ‘Life’s A Performance’ series.

A Novella

Love Murder and other Mishaps

Face paints, fire extinguishers, and handcuffs, become weapons of mass humiliation when Sergeant Ceri Fowler attempts to arrest Debbie, a scheming actress, for murder.

Debbie holds the key to a stolen fortune. She flees with a mysterious stranger who saved her life. Ceri reluctantly teams up with Debbie’s devious boyfriend. The ill matched couples search for the stolen fortune, the murderer, and possibly romance.

With danger at every turn, they must outwit a gameshow loving crime boss and corrupt police. But their greatest challenge may be their growing feelings for their new partners.

With the truth in sight, will Ceri and Debbie sacrifice fame and fortune for love? Or will their partner’s devastating secrets cost them their dreams, and possibly their lives?

The second book in the murderously funny ‘Life’s A Performance’ series.

One Romeo Two Juliets

They say all is fair in love and war. But acting? Charlie tricks Debbie into torching a row of parked cars to win the Juliet role in their final college performance.

Aloysius, Debbie’s rich boyfriend and prospective Tory Member of Parliament, leaves her for Charlie. Debbie takes a colourful revenge before events take a deadly turn.

Charlie films Aloysius meeting a mysterious stranger. The stranger wants the film. He decides Charlie’s Juliet performance will be her last ever.

Debbie joins the Romeo and Juliet performance as a second Juliet. Can she rewrite the script to expose Aloysius’s dark secrets, and introduce a knight in shining armour to save her and Charlie’s life? Or are both Juliets destined to sleep forever?

This novella is the third book in the explosively funny ‘Life’s A Performance’ series. It is a prequel to ‘Love, Murder and other Illusions’.

A Novella

Love Murder and other Illusions

A disastrous immersive commercial, leaves Debbie hanging upside down from the ceiling and the clients soaked with water. She blames the size of her magician boyfriend’s equipment.

The commercial becomes a slapstick battlefield. Debbie and Charlie, a celebrated actress, fight for the lead role. Sergeant Ceri Fowler is there to protect priceless jewels, but who will protect her heart from her boyfriend’s betrayal?

There is a murder. Debbie is the prime suspect. A masked magician steals the jewels. Lovers are kidnapped. Devastating secrets are revealed. Ceri’s boss is wrapped in clingfilm.

Ceri and Debbie must uncover the truth behind Charlie’s stellar film career and survive a lethal final magic show. If they escape the deadly illusions, will they trade the priceless jewels for love? Or was their love only ever an illusion?

This is the fourth book in the murderously funny ‘Life’s A Performance’ series.

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