Gail Meath Books In Order

Publication Order of Jax Diamond Mysteries Books

Publication Order of Stone & Steele Mysteries Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Gail Meath is an accomplished published author.

She is the author of the Jax Diamond Mystery series, which has won her several awards. It is a 1920s series that revolves around PI Jax Diamond, a wise-cracking man, who is joined by Ace, his German Shepherd partner, and Laura Graystone, a Broadway star.

She has alternated that series with her 1930s Golden Age of Hollywood mysteries series Stone & Steele. This series stars Vivian Steele, a woman who is looking out for justice, and playboy vigilante Preston Stone.

Gail really enjoys looking up history and coming up with mysteries with clues that are hidden in plain sight. She also likes to come up with characters that have a great sense of humor and makes sure to include some clever canine and feline companions.

Gail also has a list of other award-winning western stories, historical romances, and fictional biographies of true heroines. She resides in a small village in upstate New York along with her husband and their Boston Terrier. She loves spending time with her grandchildren.

A Perilous Premiere is the first book in the Stone & Steele Mysteries series by Gail Meath. If you have been looking for a good mystery to check out and you don’t know where to start, check out this book and see what you think.

When it comes to solving a murder, it might end up being the least of the problems for two people named Vivian Steele and Preston Stone. Can their collaboration be the beginning of Stone & Steele, their elite investigative team?

The year is 1938 and the time is the Golden Age of Hollywood. Vivian Steele decided that it was time to go to California so that she could finally start her new life. She decided to start again by opening up her own fashion boutique in Beverly Hills and making friends with the actress Carole Lombard. She even got married to a very successful banker.

When her husband gets murdered, Vivian finds out that she might not be the only one who is hiding their own secrets. When a strange phone call from an anonymous source ends up pulling Vivian to a hotel room, she ends up stumbling upon a very dead body that appears to belong to a young actress. Worse than that, it’s her husband’s mistress, and when Vivian finds the body she is not alone.

Preston Stone is beside her. He’s not only Vivian’s nemesis but a great playboy of Hollywood. They end up parting ways but it is not too long before they are back together once again. It is not but two days later when they discover that they are alone together once more at a movie premiere. Now the message has become clear and they both know that they are going to be the targets of a killer.

Vivian and Preston become part of a really risky race and the heat is on to track down a missing collection of valuable coins. If they can stop a killer before they become the next victims, they will have done their job. In the meantime they need to stop turning on each other and work together to figure out who the killer is.

This book is the first in this mystery series and features Vivian and Preston. They may only be amateur sleuths, but they’re determined to figure out what is going on and get to the bottom of it all. Can they figure this thing out, and will this be the start of a really successful firm between the two of them? Read the first book in this series to find out!

A Bloody Banquet is the second book in the Stone & Steele Mysteries series by Gail Meath. If you thought that the first book in this series was great, be sure to check out this sequel and see what you think of it.

The Golden Age of Hollywood takes place in 1938. At the annual Awards Banquet at the Coconut Grove night club, Vivian Steele is really looking forward to the event, which is attended by lots of celebrities.

She is going along with Carole Lombard, her best friend. Even more exciting is the fact that many acclaimed actresses are going to be wearing her fashion designs. The thing that she did not anticipate is that the night was going to become deadly.

While in the awards ceremony, Carole discovers that an actress has been killed in the bathroom. She decides that it is time to let the staff now, but they end up checking it out and do not see a body at all and cannot seem to find it.

It’s not more than an hour later when the same scenario plays out again. A guest is screaming that an actor has drowned in the pool outside and the body goes missing. The guests are all having a laugh but Vivian thinks that this is serious and those murders really happened.

She ends up asking Preston Stone to help her prove the suspicions that she has and show that she is right. She is a little reluctant to do so, but has to admit to herself that Stone’s help would really be effective right now.

Together they work to get to the bottom of a killer who has mastered the art of illusion. He has gotten his sights set on 2 stars who have won Oscars. Will Vivian and Preston be able to stop him in the nick of time but keep from revealing their secrets?

Find out by checking out the second book in this mystery series. With awesome characters and a fun plot and plenty of twists, this is a great book that is entertaining from start to finish. Check out Gail Meath’s A Bloody Banquet to see what happens in the end and whether Preston and Vivian can nab their man! If you love a good classic mystery story, this will no doubt be the perfect book for you.