Kim M. Watt
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Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Hello, lovely people. I’m Kim (she/her) – please don't address me as Ms Watt, it's alarmingly grown-up and I'll start thinking you're trying to sell me life insurance – and I write strange, magical tales that offer a little escape from the serious stuff in the world and hopefully leave you a wee bit happier than you were when you started. Because happiness, like friendship, matters. My stories are about tea-drinking dragons solving mysteries in sleepy Yorkshire villages, about snarky feline PIs, and detective inspectors with caffeine-dependant invisible dogs. They're about ladies of a certain age being their wonderful, formidable selves, baking-obsessed reapers setting up baby ghoul petting cafes, and gender-nonconforming trolls redefining trollness for the modern age. They're about friendship, and loyalty, and lifting each other up, and the importance of tea and cake and truly bad jokes. But mostly they're about how wonderful people (of all species) can really be. I’d love to hear from you with your thoughts, comments, favourite cake recipes, plans for world domination, or just to say hi – jump in the form below (you won't be subscribed to anything), email me at [email protected], or come and join me on the social medias for more cats, tea, and dragons! Read on, lovely people!
Kim M. Watt's books
Genres: Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
The blood moon rises, and in the wilds of the Dales, something is coming ... DI Adams has faced down Folk, fae, and feral geese, but waking in a ditch on the Yorkshire moors, unarmed and uncaffeinated, is a new low. Worse still, her duck is missing. And so is Dandy. But that's just the beginning. She's not here by chance, and neither are the others wandering the moors. No, they've been put here for a reason, and if they can't escape the estate before sunrise, they're never going to. Gingerbread villages, Yorkshire alligators, and haunted, statue-riddled woods would be challenge enough. But as the moon rises, the hunt rides out, and behind it something ancient stirs. Adams has one chance to save them all, but with no Dandy, no duck, and no backup, time is running out fast. Not that she's going to let that stop her. If she...
Genres: Short/Flash Fiction Collection, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Worlds end. Deals are struck. And the baking is to die for ... Twenty-two more tales of the odd and unfamiliar, tales of murder and mayhem and garden sheds of peculiar proportions. Tales of near-misses and direct hits, of faery tech and alien ships. Tales of the strange. Tales of the unordinary. Come on in. The tea shop's open, and the cakes are plentiful. There’s nothing to fear here. Well. Maybe check the tea. Just in case ...
Genres: Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
There’s more than one way to get to Faery. It’s getting back that’s the problem… DI Adams is not having a good summer. Her house has been hexed. Her DCI’s muttering about mental health breaks. Her invisible dog keeps disappearing at inopportune moments. And to top it all off, her parents have just turned up, determined to experience all Yorkshire has to offer. And they're going to get more than they bargained for, because someone else has turned up too. He calls himself Velmyr Duskthorn, Lord of the Fae, and he's demanding a powerful book Adams doesn’t have, can’t get, and couldn’t hand over anyway – unless she fancies starting an inter-species war. But when her parents go missing, the whole game changes. Now Adams is racing against rogue portals, dangerous sheep, and trigger-happy farmers, plus the closing net of her own colleagues. Her allies are thinning out fast, but...
Genres: Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Steel and iron. Tree and root. And a city crushed between. In the ancient city of York, a master charm has been stolen. With it comes the power to raise an army of unstoppable metal guardians spread across not just Yorkshire, but the world. Which is bad enough. But if the charm isn’t recovered soon, the steel beasts won’t be the only ones on the rampage. Because Heather – near-goddess of the wood and wild, partner of the charm’s creator – has her own ways of dealing with these things. She’ll turn the city to mulch to reclaim the charm, and never mind the casualties. DI Adams never asked to be the magical community’s problem-solver, but with York teetering towards destruction, she’s suddenly the only one standing between humanity and a full-blown nature-vs-machine catastrophe. Armed with her invisible, caffeine-addicted dog, her duck, and some allies with questionable loyalties, Adams plunges...
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
It never rains but it pours — and in Toot Hansell, that’s an understatement. With endless rain turning the village into a swamp, the locals blame the weather… until their water sprite vanishes, leaving a flock of furious geese behind. Now the only clean water comes in expensive bottles from wellness guru Lachlan Jameson. People are disappearing, eerie faces lurk in the streams, and quicksand’s becoming a real concern. The dragons and the Women’s Institute know this is more than bad weather, and they’re determined to stop their village from sinking. But the deeper they dig, the murkier things get. Something is lurking in the depths—and if the WI, the dragons, and one off-the-books detective inspector don’t solve the mystery soon, the whole valley could be washed away. This winter, it’ll take tea, teamwork, and a healthy dose of stubbornness to keep Toot Hansell afloat.
Genres: Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
This beer festival’s going off with a bang… A call from an old colleague pulls DI Adams off her patch and into a case way over her pay grade — a mysterious beer with side effects far worse than a hangover. Deadly brewers. Super-powered DJs. Raging florists. And half of Yorkshire’s police under the ale’s spell. If Adams doesn’t crack the case before festival night, the whole county will be drunk on Niddered Ale forever. No pressure. Armed with her invisible dog, a trusty duck, and her very big stick, Adams is ready to make arrests — if she can dodge superpowered suspects and stay out of jail herself…
Genres: Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Walk softly, and carry a very big stick… DI Adams fled London to escape bridge-dwelling monsters and magical toasties — once was enough. She’s a cop, not a cryptid hunter. But Leeds has other plans. A routine missing necklace case turns into something far worse when Adams realizes the trinket is actually a weapon — one that could tear the north apart. With unhelpful colleagues, amnesiac witnesses, and troublemaking old ladies in her way, she dives into Leeds' magic-soaked streets to stop the chaos before it begins. No backup. No plan. Just an invisible, caffeine-addicted dog, a duck, and a very big stick. She’s got this. She has to. Because no one else will…
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A body. A theft. A good cause gone bad... Miriam never sees eye-to-eye with her sister, Rainbow. But when a body turns up at a Women’s Institute meeting and all signs point to Rainbow, Miriam knows she’s being framed. Going to the police would be smart — if Rainbow didn’t have her own reasons to run. Now she’s relying on Miriam and the W.I. to clear her name. But the killer’s steps are calculated, and Rainbow’s in more danger than she realizes — dragging her unlikely allies right in with her. Between rogue wildlife, clothing-optional informants, and Rainbow’s stubborn crew of rebels, the W.I. are racing to dodge the cops and uncover the truth. But Miriam’s not backing down. Not this time. This is family, and she’s going to see this case through. Not even the dragons can stop her. The killer might, though…
Genres: Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
“Ay up, Mogs. Bringer of mad tidings. What is it this time?” “End of the world,” I said. “Can’t get much madder than that.” We hadn’t planned on returning to Leeds — not with half the Folk still wanting us dead. But our friend Gerry is missing, and whoever took out a troll is way above our pay grade. Not that anyone pays us anyway. Turns out, a missing troll is the least of our problems. Leeds has skipped past dicey and straight into apocalypse. The necromancers are back, and this time they don’t just want a few cats dead. They want everyone. To stop them and save Gerry, we’ll have to get past Callum’s dodgy family, my dodgy past, feral weres, shady magicians, and the ever-annoying Watch. Oh, and the sorcerer’s still yanking me out of my body. At least it can’t get worse. …Can it?
Genres: Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
"I was expecting a throne made from the skulls of your enemies." "It can be arranged." I’m not saying all of North Yorkshire’s magical population wants us dead. Just most of them. Which is why we fled to Whitby, where no one should’ve been looking. But lying low? Not our skillset. And when one of our last friends is taken by the sea, we can’t just walk away — especially since her partner is a reaper with a scythe that slices reality, and it might be our fault. We’re not going alone. We’ve got a one-eyed pirate captain, a bloodthirsty parrot, and a deeply dodgy mermaid. The storm of the century? Not stopping us. The Black Dogs, the kraken cult, and the Sea Witch? Might be an issue. Leeds is looking better by the moment…
Genres: Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Baton. Light. Chocolate. Duck. This is not DS Adams’ usual kit. This is not DS Adams’ usual case. She doesn’t think it’s anyone’s usual case, not with the vanishing children and the looming bridge and the hungry river. Not with the snap-snap-snap. But six kids are missing, and she’s not going to let there be a seventh. Not on her watch. And she knows how to handle human monsters, after all. How different can this really be? So: Baton. Light. Chocolate. And the bloody duck.
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A dragon is missing. A Beast stalks the Dales. And the hunters are coming... DI Adams’ missing person case takes a strange turn when she discovers the missing “person” is actually Gilbert — a young dragon in danger. The Toot Hansell Women's Institute and the Cloverly dragons are determined to save him, but they aren’t the only ones searching. All roads lead to the town of Eldmere, including a swarm of monster hunters — and some are far more dangerous than others. With cryptid chasers closing in and dark secrets lurking in the village, DI Adams must find Gilbert before the hunters do — because someone out there isn’t just looking for dragons. They want to finish them.
Genres: Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
"Find Malcolm. His safety is your safety." Threat or promise, I wasn’t sticking around to find out — not when the sorcerer making it had just yanked me out of my skin for a chat. But with scheming magicians, lurking necromancers, and Callum’s long-lost family all lining up to make my next out-of-body experience permanent, having a sorcerer on our side seems… wise. There’s just one problem. To get her help, we need to find her dentist. And our only lead? One hairy, stinking, ravening lead. Weres. Too many teeth, no love for my kind, and completely against company policy. But exceptions must be made. Because we’re not just caught between a sorcerer and a drooling pack—there’s a hungry void stalking me, and the Watch is closing in. Grab the chew toys. We’re going on a were hunt…
Genres: Short/Flash Fiction Collection, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Old gods rise. A jewel thief falls. A late night wish is tragically granted. And somewhere, on the edge of the dark or in the belly of an unknown machine, stories are born. Stories of heroic chickens and lost demons, dangerous golf games and pies full of fury. Stories of magic and uncertainty. Stories of the unordinary. Come on in and discover them. Don’t worry, it’s perfectly safe. This world is just like yours. Well, almost. But there’s nothing to fear here. Except maybe the sheep. I’d watch the sheep …
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
There's a fine line between 'eccentric' and 'a danger to oneself and others'. And that line may just lie with the body in Rose's freezer. DI Adams is certain sweet old Rose isn’t as innocent as she seems, but Alice and the Toot Hansell Women's Institute know better. Determined to clear her name, they dive into the chaos of Rose’s squabbling exes, mysterious relatives, and fringe scientific connections. But solving a murder is tricky when journalists are sniffing around for dragons — and those dragons seem all too willing to chase them back. With time running out, Alice and her friends must untangle the mess before DI Adams has no choice but to arrest Rose. Nothing’s looking too rosy in Toot Hansell this spring...
Genres: Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
“We’ll do it,” Callum said. “Of course we will,” I said. “Why would we not stalk the scary magician who might be trying to raise his son from the dead? For free?” When a sorcerer tells you to track a magician, you do it — or risk spending life as a hamster. But the scary magician? Not our biggest problem. Between raging squirrel mobs, sewer monsters, and bungalow-dwelling necromancers with attack dogs, staying alive is a full-time job. Then we stumble onto something worse. Something that makes one dead son look like small carrots. Something that could wake an ancient almost-god and bring the world to its knees. Unless G&C London — Yorkshire’s only magical PIs — can stop it. We really should’ve charged for this one.
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Rebellious Christmas wreaths. Mysterious welly-dwelling eggs. A plague of irate water fowl. And ten ladies of a certain age who are by no means the least troublesome of Toot Hansell's residents, as far as Detective Inspector Adams is concerned. She's entirely certain her training never covered dealing with the Women's Institute, dragons, or festive magic spills. Not to mention invisible dogs with caffeine dependencies. But Christmas is almost here. Things can't go too wrong ... can they? Well. It is Toot Hansell ... Get some dragons in your Christmas with this collection of twelve short stories from the world of the Beaufort Scales mysteries, plus twelve festive recipes! This is Book Five in the Beaufort Scales cozy mysteries (with dragons) series, but can easily be read as a standalone.
Genres: Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
"Unicorns never were that bright," I said. "That’s why they’re the only kind to stab their own entire species into extinction." "Not quite the entire species," Callum said. A man from Callum’s past shows up claiming he lost the last herd of unicorns — and his sister. Should be a hard pass, but Callum can’t resist a damsel in distress. Now G&C London, Private Investigators, are diving into Leeds’ magical underbelly, dodging criminal dynasties, cross-dressing trolls, attack lizards, and philosophical donkeys. Find the sister. Get out before the Watch gets involved. Why? They’ve killed me three times already. Yeah. I preferred extinct unicorns.
Genres: Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Zombies don’t exist. You told me they don’t exist." “There’s a corpse clawing its way out of a grave over there. I’m open to the possibility that I may have been wrong.” The dead are rising. They’re even on Facebook. If we don’t stop this fast, we’ll be knee-deep in zombies before you can say mmm, brains. The problem? We don’t know who started it, why it’s happening, or how to stop it. But G & C London, Private Investigators, are on the case — right after we handle disapproving reapers, cranky magicians, zombie-fied chickens, and a small case of personal undeadness. Trust us.
Genres: Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
"What’ve we got?" "Tigers. Snakes. Alligators. Tears in the universe." Susan shrugged. "Pretty sure I saw a kraken in the sink, too." Find a missing book. That was the job the woman in the Doc Martens gave us. Easy money, right? Except the client’s actually a powerful sorcerer, and the book? It’s a Book of Power. A hungry one. One that wants to rip reality apart. So now we’ve got one spectacularly displeased sorcerer, a hungry, still-missing book, a dentist with bad hygiene, and a neighbourhood having some reality issues to deal with. Oh, and about 24 hours before we all get turned inside out. We’ve totally got this. …Right?
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Bribery. Corruption. Murder. Who said local politics were boring? When a councillor for Toot Hansell turns up dead, Alice Martin — W.I. chair and retired RAF Wing Commander — steps in to take his place. But before DI Adams can object, the Women's Institute is poking around farmyards with dragons, farmers are disappearing, and Alice is in over her head. Worse, the killer seems to know far too much about her — enough to turn the tables. Murder, mayhem, and old secrets unravel in the Yorkshire Dales — dragons included.
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Warring staff. “Accidental” poisonings. Topiary of dubious intent. And dragons doing yoga. DI Adams was hoping for a peaceful spa weekend — not a murder investigation. But when a body turns up in the sauna and a storm traps everyone inside, relaxation is off the table. Now she's juggling suspicious guests, condiment-wielding protesters, and a Women's Institute determined to form their own crime-fighting squad. Add in some stubborn dragons and an invisible dog, and this weekend getaway might be her most chaotic case yet. She just has to survive the weekend without arresting everyone in sight.
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A festive tale of kidnapping, explosions, and stolen turkeys... Someone’s meddling with dragons — crafting deadly imitation dragon scale baubles and kidnapping delivery drivers across the Yorkshire Dales. Worse, they’re leaving behind suspiciously dragon-like clues. Beaufort Scales, High Lord of the Cloverly Dragons, would investigate — if he wasn’t dealing with dragon politics. So it’s up to Alice and Miriam to save the hostages, clear Mortimer’s bauble reputation, and keep the police from discovering dragons exist — all while dodging dangerously aggressive Christmas decorations. Fortunately, they have the full support of the Toot Hansell Women’s Institute. They’ll need it. Oh, and there’s still the mystery of the missing Christmas turkeys... Dragons, the W.I., and one very suspicious cat — what could possibly go wrong?
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A tranquil village. A poisoned cupcake. A murdered vicar. A simple case - or it should be. All clues point to the Toot Hansell Women’s Institute, but Detective Inspector Adams is about to discover there’s more to these ladies than bake sales and jam-making. Alice Martin, retired RAF Wing Commander and W.I. chair, knows her group isn’t guilty. But she’s got a bigger problem: Toot Hansell’s dragon-sized secret must stay hidden — and she’d rather not be arrested for murder. Again. Beaufort Scales, High Lord of the Cloverly dragons and survivor of the days of knights and dragon hunts, knows dragons only survive by staying out of sight. But he also knows friends don’t let friends face murder inquiries alone. Beaufort fully intends to Get Involved. This investigation is about to take on dragonish proportions. Best put the kettle on…