Thirteen years old, it's high time to achieve something in life before it's TOO LATE, decides Annabel.In the first of these two hilarious novellas, she tries to impress a visiting publisher at the Addendon Book Fair with her poems - until her own ambitions are submerged in a far greater cause, the future of her favourite author's books and [in her view] of English literature itself!In the second, she embarks on a series of desperate attempts to get into the Guinness Book of...

In the first of these two long complete Annabel stories, the horrible Julia becomes the all-powerful Monitor of the school Band Room. Such is her reign of terror, Annabel is goaded into retaliation. Inspired by a story in an old comic that she saw the Deputy Head reading under her desk, she enlists the help of Kate and Sheena. Together they don home-made masks and robes to become The Silent Three. Their mission - to fight tyranny and injustice! In the second story, Annabel becomes the unwi...

'Please inform your father, Kate," said Annabel, still on her dignity, 'that I AM sensible.'Can Annabel persuade her best friend's father that she is indeed a fit and responsible person to go on holiday with Kate? Especially in view of the unfortunate episode of the Deputy Head catching them coming out of the CRISPY COD during the school lunch hour? {That proves a tricky one!} And will it really be possible to elude the armed might of NATO in order to rescue an injured rabbit?...

**Winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel!**A murdered mother of the bride. A list of suspects longer than a cathedral-length train. The question is: who didn't want the MOB dead?Society wedding planner Annabelle Archer is no stranger to wedding day stress, but a dead body at her latest fete takes the cake. When suspicion falls on her best friend and caterer Richard Gerard, she knows she must find the real culprit before his career ...

An exotic island. The world’s top wedding planners. A murderer out for revenge.Wedding planner Annabelle Archer feels like she’s finally hit the big time when she and her team are invited to go to Bali along with some of the world’s most illustrious wedding planners. The dream quickly turns into a nightmare when a fellow planner is poisoned at the welcome dinner. When another murder follows quickly on the first, it’s clear that the killer is out for revenge. Can An...

Wedding planner Annabelle Archer has dealt with family drama at weddings. But never drama with "the family."When a member of the mob shows up on her elderly neighbor's wedding day, Annabelle is surprised. But she's even more surprised when she learns the truth about Leatrice's past. To add insult to injury, Annabelle is one of the bridesmaids and everyone keeps asking her about her wedding plans.With wise guys on the loose, colorful hairdresser Fer...

**Agatha Award-winning Series!**When Annabelle Archer finds one of DC’s most despised culinary divas impaled on an ice sculpture, it seems that revenge is, indeed, a dish best served cold.For a wedding planner, temperamental chefs are nothing new. Unfortunately, a dead chef crashing a wedding reception is enough to put Annabelle’s business on ice. As the bodies of rival chefs begin to pile up, the suspect list shrinks along with Annabelle and her zany crew’...

An over-the-top Valentine's Day wedding. A poisoned box of chocolates. Will the most romantic holiday of the year become the most deadly?Society wedding planner Annabelle Archer has her hands full with a bride who thinks excess isn't enough. The last thing she needs is a colleague to drop dead after eating a poisoned chocolate. Even worse? Her best friend and caterer Richard Gerard is suspect number one. Can Annabelle clear his name and find the real killer before the murderous cup...

A trip to Ireland to locate a romantic wedding venue for a bride sounds like the ideal getaway for a wedding planner and her team . . . until they stumble upon a body in a castle.Annabelle Archer is no stranger to drama, and when a client asks her to hunt down the most dramatic Irish backdrop for her wedding, she and her team jump at the chance. But everything isn’t rainbows and shamrocks. The team thought they had their hands full navigating narrow roads, dealing ...

She makes wedding dreams come true. But when a dead body crashes the ceremony, she’ll show off a whole new set of skills…Annabelle Archer is an expert at wedding day disaster control. With preparations underway for her latest lavish ceremony, she knew it was only a matter of time before the groomzilla had a breakdown. But when the drag queen officiant is found strangled to death with her own boa, even Annabelle admits there are some things not even wedding planners...

A glamorous bridal show. A sophisticated jewelry heist. Can Annabelle track down the baubles and nab a burglar?Wedding planner Annabelle Archer knows that the only thing as crazy as a wedding day is a bridal show. When DC’s most stylish bridal showcase is disrupted by a jewelry heist and a quarter of a million dollars worth of diamond rings disappear, Annabelle and her team are determined to find the bling to help the jeweler and save the show. One problem: the jew...

A runaway bride is one thing. A kidnapped bride is quite another.Wedding planner Annabelle Archer has seen her fair share of wedding day jitters, so when her latest bride gets cold feet, it’s nothing she can’t handle. But when the bride goes missing and a ransom call soon follows, even Annabelle admits there are some things worse than a having second thoughts.Determined to rescue the bride and her assistant, Kate, who is also missing, Annabelle calls in her...