Ticket to Ride

If you haven’t discovered Jason Davey yet, you’re in for a treat. Rock star, private eye, and the target of a deadly and malevolent force seemingly attached to his band’s anniversary tour like a demonic limpet. Delightful and compulsive reading!
- Iona Whishaw, award-winning author of the Globe and Mail bestselling Lane Winslow Mystery series

Ticket to Ride is a captivating and original mystery with a cast of quirky characters and a likable protagonist who entertains a belief in ghosts and guardian angels. Jason Davey proves a clever sleuth with a wicked sense of humour and a tenacity that never wavers even when confronted with increasingly life-threatening situations. Winona Kent writes with a deft hand, melding suspense and comedy in a thoroughly entertaining mix that will keep readers entranced until the very last page.
- Brenda Chapman, author of the Stonechild and Rouleau police procedural series, the Anna Sweet mystery novellas, and the Jennifer Bannon mysteries for middle grade

It’s time to tune up the band as guitarist and amateur sleuth Jason Davey returns for another deadly ballad! Fans of music and mysteries won’t want to miss out.
- A.J. Devlin, author of the award-winning “Hammerhead” Jed ex-pro wrestler turned PI mystery-comedy series

What a perfect character: popular jazz musician/private eye…everybody’s perfect job, right? Well, yes! Until someone with a big grudge tries to kill you! That’s when this whodunnit gets very interesting... WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?? Perfect for a tv series, because Winona Kent does what a good crime writer must do; she puts you in the room next to the characters! Write on Ms. Kent !!!
- Willy Ward, songwriter, vocalist and broadcaster

Ticket to Ride crackles and sparkles, pulling the reader along with a heady mix of mystery, mysticism, murder and music.
- M.N.Grenside, author of thriller Fall Out and award-winning TV producer


In Lost Time, professional musician / amateur sleuth Jason Davey was rehearsing for Figgis Green's 50th Anniversary Tour of England. Now they're on the road.

But when a fortune-teller in Sheffield warns them of impending danger, the band is suddenly plagued by a series of seemingly-unrelated mishaps.

After Jason is attacked and nearly killed in Cambridge, and a fire alarm results in a very personal theft from Mandy's hotel room, it becomes clear they're being targeted by someone with a serious grudge.

And when Figgis Green plays a gig at a private estate in Tunbridge Wells, that person finally makes their deadly intentions known.

Jason must rely on his instincts, his Instagram "guardian angel," and a wartime ghost who might possibly share his DNA, in order to survive.



You can read about Jason’s adventures aboard the Alaska cruise ship Star Sapphire in the novel Cold Play here.

You can read all about Jason’s trek to northern Canada on the trail of Ben Quigley in the novella Disturbing the Peace (Book 1 of The Jason Davey Mysteries) here.

You can read all about Jason's first major investigation in London's Soho, in Notes on a Missing G-String (Book 2 of The Jason Davey Mysteries) here.

Lost Time is Book 3 in the Jason Davey Mysteries, featuring professional jazz musician / amateur sleuth Jason Davey. You can read all about it here..



Ticket to Ride is a gripping journey through Great Britain on the reunion tour of iconic sixties group, Figgis Green. The story crackles and sparkles pulling the reader along with a heady mix of mystery, mysticism, murder and music. A true vision of what life is really like on the road with snippets of insider information that ring true . . . along with a devilish whywhatwhodunnit!

The main characters are vividly drawn with Jason Davey displaying a laconic wit teamed up with a piercing logic, and a cool mother who seems like a mixture of Mama Cass and Cher!

The ride was well worth the fare with a payoff that is satisfying and fun. I look forward to the next ‘album’ from Winona Kent and Jason Davey.
- M.N.Grenside, author of thriller Fall Out and award-winning TV producer




Read the first two chapters of Ticket to Ride here.

See all Ticket to Ride's PR here.

Ticket to Ride was published by Winona Kent and Blue Devil Books on March 26, 2022. It is available as an ebook and a paperback through Amazon.

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