Sibel Hodge
Sibel Hodge is the author of bestselling books across several genres. Her works have sold over one million copies and are international bestsellers in the UK, USA, Australia, France, Canada and Germany. She writes in an eclectic mix of genres, and is a passionate human and animal rights advocate.
Her work has been nominated and shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the Harry Bowling Prize, the Yeovil Literary Prize, the Chapter One Promotions Novel Competition, The Romance Reviews’ prize for Best Novel with Romantic Elements and Indie Book Bargains’ Best Indie Book of 2012 in two categories. She was the winner of Best Children’s Book in the 2013 eFestival of Words; nominated for the 2015 BigAl’s Books and Pals Young Adult Readers’ Choice Award; winner of the Crime, Thrillers & Mystery Book from a Series Award in the SpaSpa Book Awards 2013; winner of the Readers’ Favorite Young Adult (Coming of Age) Honorable award in 2015; a New Adult finalist in the Oklahoma Romance Writers of America’s International Digital Awards 2015, and 2017 International Thriller Writers Award finalist for Best E-book Original Novel. Her novella "Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave" has been listed as one of the top forty books about human rights by Accredited Online Colleges.
Sibel Hodge passed on August 21, 2023. Everyone at Gemma Halliday Publishing was deeply saddened by her passing, but we are blessed to have had the opportunity to work with her and to be left with an amazing treasure trove of her works. From her passionate human rights stories, to her gripping suspense novels, and her humorous Amber Fox Mysteries, her voice will live on for years to come.
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Danger Cove Mysteries
Murder & Mai Tais (A Danger Cove Cocktail Mystery)
Danger Cove Mysteries book #2
Murder is on the menu, and someone's about to get served.
Hope Foster's motto is to let fate lead you—which it did in her case right to the quiet town of Danger Cove. But when the owner of the Smugglers' Tavern, where Hope tends bar, is murdered, suddenly fate puts Hope squarely in the role of "prime suspect" in her employer's murder. Not only is she the last one to see him alive, but a new will also reveals that her employer left his whole estate to Hope instead of his ungrateful daughter Elise and nephew Carter. With the local police convinced Hope is a manipulative "Black Widow" killer, Hope's peaceful life in Danger Cove is about to turn into a white water ride. Along with a sexy underwater archaeologist from England, in town searching for a lost shipwreck, an international yoga guru, and a reformed alcoholic patron, Hope sets out to prove her innocence. But can Team Hope catch the real killer before she trades in her bartending apron for an orange prison jumpsuit?
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Killer Colada (A Danger Cove Cocktail Mystery)
Danger Cove Mysteries book #8
It's been a stressful couple of months for bartender, Hope Foster, so her best friend Ruby treats her to an afternoon of holistic pampering with therapist Pandora Williams. But what should be a relaxing getaway turns into a murder scene when Hope and Ruby stumble across Pandora's lifeless body in the kitchen next to a killer cocktail.
Hope is convinced that the police are barking up the wrong tree when it comes to suspects. But as she digs further into Pandora's past, it's seems she's opening the proverbial box. Twenty years ago, Pandora's daughter, Jenna, disappeared one night after arranging to meet her fiancé, Tim, to break off their engagement. Pandora had always believed that Tim killed her daughter, although she'd never been able to prove it. Is Pandora's murder connected with a decades-old family tragedy? Or has someone used the past as a convenient way to frame the fiancé? With the police wearing blinders, it's up to Hope, Ruby, and ex-FBI agent Vernon to find out the truth...at any cost!
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Amber Fox Mysteries
Fashion, Lies, and Murder
Amber Fox Mysteries book #1
Amber Fox has been making too many mistakes, and something's got to give...
For starters, Amber accidentally shoots Chief Inspector Janice Skipper and gets thrown off the police force. Oops! Then, she accepts a job as an insurance investigator from her ex-fiancé, Brad Beckett. Only Brad thinks they've still got unfinished business in the romance department, making for a steamier working environment than Amber counted on. And when fashion designer, Umberto Fandango, goes missing, Amber's investigative skills are put to the ultimate test. Nothing about the case is what it seems, and to make matters worse Amber's arch-enemy, Chief Inspector Skipper, is also investigating the disappearance. If Amber wants her old job back, she's in a race against time to solve the mystery before Skipper does... all the while dodging her ex-fiancé, her own mixed up feelings, and a couple of crazy mobsters.
Who is Umberto Fandango? Is he dead? And can Amber stay one step ahead to stay alive?
Re-releasing this summer!
Money, Lies, and Murder
Amber Fox Mysteries book #2
Armed with cool sarcasm and uncontrollable hair, feisty insurance investigator Amber Fox is back in a new mystery combining murder and mayhem with romance and laughter...
Three deaths. A safety deposit box robbery. The boxing heavyweight champion of the world. Somehow, they're all related, and it's up to Amber to solve a four year old crime to find out why. Only as she stumbles across a trail of dead bodies and a web of lies spanning both sides of the social divide, this case starts to get personal. Someone thinks Amber's poking her nose in where it's not wanted, sparking off a deadly game of fox and mouse—only this time, Amber's the mouse. Out of options, Amber is forced to take refuge in the home of her ex-fiancé, Brad Beckett, and now it's not just the case that's heating up!
All Levi Carter wanted to be was the boxing heavyweight champion of the world, but at what cost?
All Carl Thomas wanted was to be rich, but would his greed be his downfall?
All Brad Beckett wants is to get Amber back, but there's a reason for the word "ex."
And all Amber wants is to get out of this investigation alive...
Re-releasing this summer!
VooDoo, Lies, and Murder
Amber Fox Mysteries book #3
Feisty insurance investigator Amber Fox is back in her deadliest case ever...
When Chantal Langton, the daughter of a famous voodoo high priestess, goes missing, is it a simple case of a rich girl looking for adventure? Or is it something more sinister? Amber Fox aims to find out and soon finds herself slap-bang in the middle of voodoo curses, a trail of missing women, and a labyrinth of deceit. And, if that wasn't enough, her ex-fiancé-turned-boss-turned-fiancé again is pressing her to set the wedding date.
Can Amber find Chantal and hunt down a cold-blooded killer... or has she stumbled upon some seriously bad voodoo?
Re-releasing this summer!
Chocolate, Lies, and Murder
Amber Fox Mysteries book #4
Feisty insurance investigator Amber Fox is finally marrying her boss, Brad Beckett, in seven days. All she has to do before the wedding is get a manicure, a bikini wax, and buy some sexy honeymoon undies. Easy peasy...
Until glamour model Aleesha starts receiving threatening letters, and Brad is suddenly hired as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, Aleesha's definition of guarding her body is different than Amber's. Especially since Aleesha is also Brad's ex, and she has her sights set on getting him back.
But Brad's assignment takes a turn for the worse when a dead body turns up, and Brad is arrested for the murder, suddenly facing life imprison instead of in matrimony. Can Amber solve the case and clear Brad's name? Is Brad as innocent as he claims? Or is this the end for Amber and Brad?
Re-releasing this summer!
Santa Claus, Lies, and Murder
Amber Fox Mysteries book #4.5 - a novella
Santa has gone missing, and the fate of Christmas is in Amber Fox’s hands…
When the bones of St. Nicholas, the original Santa Claus, are stolen from a special exhibit at the Natural History Museum on Christmas Eve, insurance investigator Amber Fox is hot on the thieves’ trail. Jinxed spells, freaky insects, and a sack full of secrets take Amber on a bumpy sleigh ride. But can she restore the relics back to their natural resting place and preserve the true spirit of the Yuletide Holly Days? Or is Santa lost forever?
Re-releasing this summer!
Vegas, Lies, and Murder
Amber Fox Mysteries book #5
When feisty insurance investigator Amber Fox lands in Las Vegas to tie the knot with her fiancé, Brad Beckett, she’s got three things on her mind: fun, relaxation, and lots of honeymoon action.
But after one wardrobe malfunction and a botched Elvis-themed ceremony, Amber’s personal life is in maximum overload, and she's definitely not challenging Lady Luck. As if that wasn’t enough to ruin her special day, Amber suddenly finds herself in the middle of investigating the disappearance of an exotic dancer and working undercover in a gentleman’s club called Polesque, bringing a whole new meaning to seeing the Vegas Strip.
In Sin City, the stakes are high, but with time running out and her desert disasters heating up. Amber is hoping that “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”...and she gets out of town alive!
Re-releasing this summer!