When a famous winemaker is found gruesomely mutilated in a picturesque Adelaide Hills winery Inspector Maxine Lake is called to investigate. In 'Maceration' we meet Maxine Lake for the first time as she uses charm and an uncanny third sense to solve the first of 'The Adelaide Mysteries'. An Australian Midsomer!

Our hero Charlie Parker adopts a greyhound puppy from the Greyhound Adoption Agency. He calls the dog Chuckles and the two with Charlie's friend Chester become inseparable. The boys teach Chuckles amazing tricks and experience a number of funny and exciting situations. Charlie doesn't realize that two crooks, Scar and Dave watch the development of Chuckles and try in a hilariously unsuccessful attempt to steal Chuckles to race as a greyhound. Scar observes Chuckles' affection for Mr Bentwh...

What would you do if you were orphaned after being caught in a bushfire? What would you do if you were then sent off to stay with a family you didn't know? What would you do if you were also sent to a posh school for 'young ladies' called the Leabrook School? You'd be a little confused? This happens to Claire. However, she shows the city chicks that country girls are not wimpy wallflowers!

In Carrie's Ghost And The Voyage Of The 'Land of Cakes', we follow teenagers Carrie and Jonathan's quest as they discover why a beautiful Chinese woman haunts them. The uncovering of an ancestor's despicable actions leads the two young friends to a frightening discovery. If you like historical horror set in a modern context this book is for you!

Seventeen – year - old Kane's life is complicated. He is beginning his final year of high school and his best friend Jimbo nearly died through an overdose. All he really wants to do is to visit his cuttlefish colony, a short distance by boat from his holiday shack at Lucky Bay, South Australia. Into his life, from Sydney, strides the confident, beautiful and disarmingly sexy Alexandra (Lexie). He teaches Lexie to snorkel and the cuttlefish fascinate her. Kane is smitten, aware of Lexie's b...

Harry is 'different'.He is the kid the teacher does not know what to do with. The one who is obsessive, unusual and often misunderstood. That's Harry. Obsessed with the number 'pi' and 'pi day- March 14th', warplanes, long distance swimming and the new girl, Amy Johnson. Harry and Amy become friends but Amy has a dark secret which shocks all.

Matilda May had a pet goat named Tappy. Tappy followed Matilda everywhere. One evening when Matilda was on an errand for her mother, something startled Tappy, and she started running. Matilda chased her, trying to catch up to her. Before Matilda realized it, she was chasing Tappy through the forest. They were running farther away from home. She did not remember which road she had taken. The roads leading from the forest looked the same. She would have to choose the right road back to her h...

Bobbie Bumblebee lives with his very large family in the hive located high up in the oak tree. Today is his first time to show off his flower dance and bring home nectar from the flowers. However, Bobbie is afraid of the enormous butterflies that swarm over the purple butterfly bush near the daylily bed. He wants to bring home some of the special nectar from the butterfly bush but can he overcome his fear of butterflies in order to do so? His father Bill is friends with Mrs. Monarch, the w...

The Midwestern United States often brings to mind images of corn, tractors, and cows. But what if those ideas were wrong? What if the Midwest had a majestic tale that set it apart in history? What if there was a cat who could talk, a boy who dreamed of more than a fishing pole, and a Cyborg from Chicago who never wanted anything more than a friend? This is the story of The Feline Inheritance, which is inspired by the fairy tale, The Master Cat / The Puss in Boots, by Charles Perrault.

Musicians have multi-person jam session with a range of instruments; I had a solo jam session with a range of writing prompts. While in a homeschool writing course, I had to write a story a week for 36 weeks, and that was pretty cool. The result was a 36 story anthology. Take the survey at the end of the book to vote on which short story should be expanded into a book. Also look at the link to the writing course to see which short stories were the prompts to the stories I wrote. Let yourse...

"Jewelry Making For Beginners" is a text that not only highlights the basics of making various types of jewelry, it also goes just a bit further into the process without making it overwhelming for the beginner. The aim that the author has with this text is to inform and educate and make the overall process as easy as possible to execute. The individual that has no concept at all of what jewelry making entails can read the text and not only get an overview of the jewelry making process but ...

Once again the gods of the Norse and Greeks are going to be facing a ultimate challenge. Their demigod children must now unite and work together for the good of their parents but between now and the time of the prophecy they will have to prove themselves worthy. Forget what you know or think you know about mythology, there was time when all the gods of the earth interacted with each other and so did their children. This is the epic tale of the heroes that lived in that time.The pro...