By Ande Jacobson

Faith Martin is one of British author Jacquie Walton’s pen names. This prolific writer uses different pen names depending on the particular genre, and Faith Martin is the name she uses on her detective/cozy mysteries. She’s just started a new series with her August 2026 release of The Oxford Detective Society. So far this is advertised as a two-book series with the second book slated for an April 2027 release. These cozy murder mysteries emphasize the characters and the puzzles rather than the gore of any murders. In this first installment her protagonist, biographer Lyssa Moore, is commissioned by Elizabeth Grainger, a mysterious client who wants her to write a biography of a distant relative who died in the 1960s under mysterious circumstances. Amelia “Monty” Montrose is the subject of the project. Elizabeth says that she wants an honest biography because she feels that Monty got a raw deal in the press. Once Lyssa starts her research for the project, she uncovers far more than she expected including a murder mystery to be solved. Continue reading →