It's Gerald's wedding night. He's just married James, but he doesn't feel the way he thought he would. His usual tactics of sex, drink, and drugs have failed to fill the void, and after his daddy issues lead him to misinterpret an offhand remark made by his estranged father, Gerald sets off on a night of self-sabotage, confronting the demons that have left him feeling emotionally detached his whole life. Only when he addresses his need for gratification and tendencies to act out can he hea...

Another weekend at Garton Grange, and Violet has Biology prep, but with Kitty playing at 'Film Director', the house is filling up with extras, and a snow-storm on the way, all she really wants to do is hibernate.

Alcoholic, aristocratic, reckless, and horny as a goat, Penelope Tickham is the female secret agent you have long been promised.Her first solo mission sees her sent to a volcanic island off the edge of the Indonesian archipelago to comfort a young woman imprisoned by the island's grotesque ruler.

In each of four parts, each a grafted onto a Hoffmann short story, in four historical periods and reflecting the literary style of its period, the reader is invited to accompany a young man on his frustrated journey to rescue a young woman, variously assisted and obstructed by fathers, mothers, brothers and his personal demons. The structure is cyclical. Each story is hung on the skeleton of the others. Themes of transcendence, desire for and disgust for the flesh, the need for acceptance ...

A children's book for grown-ups or a grown-up book for children? Either way the perfect confluence of romance, comedy and literature.A chance discovery in the back of a drawer pulls Violet back to her thirteenth year, to memories of a student exchange between 'The Abbess Etheldreda School for Girls', and 'Ecole Irene Nemirovsky'. Even before her pen-pal Albert arrives outside the school gates, Violet has decided to fall in love, but how can she make Albert understand, and be sure he...

A country house murder mystery of sorts, for Daughters and their Mothers, and anyone else who wants to learn the correct way to eat a scone.Violet has to prepare for her Home Ec assessment, but her Mother is running a murder mystery weekend. With a house full of guests and her sister Tabitha 'Kitty' Tickham playing at detectives, how will she ever get the work done? And if the dog did not destroy Mother's cake, who did? Did she really see someone lurking down at the gatehouse? Which...

A free introduction to life in the village of Hapeney Fen, filling the space between 'Home Economics for Girls' and 'The Elasticated Waistband'. An unfortunate connection between Violet's slipper and a steaming sign of the old dog Marcus's passage, and finding an old bike in the shed, gives Mother a mysterious thoughtful look. Kitty is despatched to the Vicar's Invitational village baking contest, where the old bike will be auctioned. She does not solve the mystery, but she does eat a lot ...

Here is a short, sharp, free introduction to Penny Tickham, ahead of her first full-length outing, '110 Degrees East'.In her errant student days, Penny comes across a German student fraternity practising the old, brutal tradition of Mensur: a ritualised sabre duel. The leader of the group is a charismatic, menacing figure; his girlfriend a glowing, golden woman with a scent of fresh hay and buttermilk. Why choose, she reasons, when you can have both?

Emmy’s not new in the sleuthing game. She figured out who was behind the murders that almost ruined her family, she was able to help out a ghost who needed to figure out who killed her, and she thought that the dark days are over…but now, it feels like they’re starting all over again. After being invited to a dinner party at the Byrne's house because of a new business deal that Emmy's dad ventured in,  Emmy and Daniel,  alongside the rest of the guests were surprised to f...

From New York Times bestselling author Angie FoxVerity Long doesn't want to see ghosts, and she'd rather not let anyone know her little secret, either. But when a restless spirit stirs up trouble in her friend's resale shop, Verity and her very new, very dead gangster friend team up to learn what is really happening.They discover an age-old secret, and must learn the truth behind a mysterious disappearance…before it's too late.*A fabulously fun short st...

Mr. Giles never needs convincing to hunt down a criminal who piques his feline curiosity and threatens the peace of their sleepy town. But if he is on the right track will the humans in his life be able to follow the trail he leaves for them?

When Danielle Boatman inherits Marlow House, she dreams of turning it into a seaside bed and breakfast. Since she’s never visited the property, Danielle’s not sure what awaits her in Oregon. She certainly doesn’t expect to find one of the house’s previous owners still in residence. After all, the man has been dead for almost ninety years—shouldn’t he have moved on by now?Charming Walt Marlow convinces Danielle the only way he can move on is if she solves the mystery of his death. D...