The Erica Shay Mystery Bookstore
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Start the journey with Marti and Jayne in Book One
Ace of Cups: Her First Time Out
Ace of Cups: Her First Time Out is Book 1 in The Tarot Mysteries, an LGBTQ crime romance police procedural mystery series featuring Marti O’Neil, an ex-cop turned private investigator, and the beginning of her investigative partnership with Jayne Cullen.
When Marti takes on a case for a wealthy widow accused by suspicion after her husband’s unexplained death, she is drawn into a dangerous murder investigation in the Philadelphia suburbs and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. What begins as a desperate attempt to save her uncle’s detective agency quickly becomes a high-stakes search for motive, opportunity, and hidden truth.
Using her police background, investigative discipline, behavioral instincts, and tarot-based pattern recognition, Marti follows the clues through lies, family secrets, money, and desire. But with a killer still free, proving her client’s innocence may also mean putting herself directly in danger.
For readers of LGBTQ romantic suspense, women sleuth mysteries, crime romance, private investigator fiction, and police procedural mysteries, Ace of Cups introduces Marti and Jayne in a series where evidence, intuition, chemistry, and the cards all matter.
Maybe the answer is just in the cards.
Book Two
Two of Swords: Straight to the Heart
Two of Swords: Straight to the Heart is Book 2 in The Tarot Mysteries, an LGBTQ crime romance police procedural mystery series featuring Detective Marti O’Neil and Jayne Cullen, an intuitive investigative partnership where tarot-based pattern recognition adds another layer to their crime-solving work.
Set in the Berkshires and centered around a luxury spa retreat and a performance at Jacob’s Pillow, the story begins when Marti and Jayne’s romantic getaway is interrupted by the murder of a dancer on stage. What should have been a private escape becomes a high-stakes murder investigation involving performance, rivalry, hidden motives, and personal danger.
As Marti applies her police training and Jayne follows the emotional and symbolic patterns surrounding the case, the two women uncover a dangerous game between killer and victim. The investigation becomes more urgent when Jayne’s niece may be targeted, forcing Marti and Jayne to confront not only the crime but the growing intensity of their own relationship.
For readers of LGBTQ romantic suspense, women sleuth mysteries, police procedural crime fiction, detective romance, and crime romance with intuitive investigation, Two of Swords: Straight to the Heart delivers murder, romance, danger, family stakes, and a mystery where evidence, instinct, and the cards all matter.
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