Tanya Carlysle: 6 books

There is something slightly comic and even pathetic about the stereotypical man who is having a midlife crisis. We can all recall listening with amusement to the tale of a 50 year-old man who has just bought himself a very fast sports car. ‘Oh, he’s going through a midlife crisis,’ we laugh....

Laura Jessop is a successful Headmistress running a large girls’ independent day school on the edge of Newcastle the North East of England. She and her husband, Robert, celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary in St Lucia, and try to forget the dramatic and unsettling events of the summer...

Unexpectedly Back on the Market tells how a 54 year old Deputy Headmistress strives to restore her lost confidence and to find love again.

Laura is once again involved in helping the local police in the guise of Detective Inspector Dave Jenkins as they work together to solve the crime. This is the third in the Laura Jessop series.

Laura is Headmistress of a large girls' school in Newcastle and any hint of a scandal could ruin its reputation. DI Dave Jenkins reminds Laura of Columbo, the bumbling and untidy TV detective. She has little faith that the inspector will understand the need for discretion but when she decides to help...

When a second body is discovered in the school grounds, Headmistress Laura Jessop is once again thrown into working with Detective Inspector Dave Jenkins to solve the crime. But this time the body has been hidden for twenty years. Laura and the inspector find that memories have faded, and twenty-year-old alibis are very suspect. This is the second in the Laura Jessop Series.