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Maddy dreams of opening her own detective agency with her best friend. Fresh off her A-levels and looking to save up funds, she and her BFF take a gap-year job serving coffee to rich tourists at an Austrian ski resort. But when someone tampers with one of Maddy’s sweet creations to snuff out a snooty pastry chef, the offending doughnut becomes a recipe for disaster. With her dreams of becoming a PI in serious danger, Maddy has next to no time to preserve the cafe's reputation and clear her name.

Public Health Officer Rynelle MacLeod loves keeping her Caribbean island pristine for visitors. But when a visiting billionaire is struck down with food poisoning, she has to cut her own vacation short to stop a nasty crisis. And she’s sure the skin-and-bones stalker who keeps hitting on her is actually a reporter sniffing out a dirty scoop.

Beau dreams of being a champion sheepdog just like his aunt. With the help of new livestock friends and a kind-hearted farmer, he vows to lead the herd proudly through the lush valleys of South Wales. But when one of the sheep goes missing, Beau never expected a woolly crime scene. While his aunt warns him not to get too friendly with the flock, his connection with the sheep gets him both respect and a target on his back. As the brave pup frantically sniffs for clues, he's got one chance to solve the mystery before the farm starts counting sheep for all the wrong reasons.

My name is Jack. I’m an orphan at the Founding Hospital in London, where I’ve been since I was five years old - some birthday present that was. Things are about to go from bad to worse when some boys are mean to me. What happens next is going to change my life forever, but will it be all bad, or could there be a silver lining?

What could possibly go wrong on a school field trip with your favourite geography teacher? Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Bertram Bile and best friend Molly.

The Astronaut is a stand-alone, short listen audiobook and excerpt from Sarah’s cozy mystery novel Poisoned in Paradise, set on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Carriacou and following the adventures of astronaut Joe.

Bertram Bile wasn’t always like this. At primary school, he had friends, kind teachers, and great grades. But everything changed when he started his new school. His parents split up, his dad went missing, and his mum lost her job. Now he’s bullied by his classmate Angus and his evil geography teacher, Miss Petrenko. His dad had been Miss Petrenko’s first love, but she never forgave him for dumping her for Bertram’s mum when they were kids themselves.

A girl’s brothers have gone missing, a King has cursed his sons, and the nursery nurse has said way too much already. It will take the love of a princess and two time-traveling strangers to save the seven ravens in the castle. If they survive the challenges they face on their way, that is. The Raven's Curse is the eighth book in the Bertram Bile time travel adventure series, which follows the course of the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the North Sea in Essex.

Thorkell was once the most famous court jester in all the land - best friend to King Aethelstan and the man who rallied the troops before every successful battle. He loved nothing more than warming up a crowd ready to receive the king. Things were a bit more tricky these days, what with him being dead and not as handsome looking as he was before he lost his skin and bones. If only Thorkell could perform for a crowd, just once more, it would mean the world (and the underworld) to him. Is there anything that Bertram and Molly can do to make a jester laugh one more time?

While visiting Bertram's aunty, a very old and wise witch, Bertram and Molly happen upon a man hanging upside down from a tree. Can the time travelling duo help the man find the answers to the riddles he needs to solve? The Upside Down Man is the fourth audiobook in the Bertram Bile time travel adventure series, which follows the course of the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the North Sea in Essex.

During a visit to the witch's tree where his aunty Hester lives, Bertram learns the origins of the real source of the River Thames and the story of an evil magician who sought revenge of the kings and his sons. The Ghostly Ship is the fifth audiobook in the Bertram Bile time travel adventure series, which follows the course of the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the North Sea in Essex.

Listen to this tale of a crying child, an old ash tree, and only a witch with the ability to cure. This is a Bertram Bile time travel adventure set at Thames Head, the source of the River Thames, in Gloucestershire, England, and is based on a true story.

When a milkmaid spots two deadly shrews close to her prized cow, their death is the only thing on her mind. Little does the milkmaid know that the shrews are 11-year-old time travelers Bertram and Molly. What will the milkmaid do to Bertram and Molly if she catches them? Could this be the end of our magical time-travelling duo? Based on the actual British folklore of the "shrew ash" long believed to be a cure for a lame cow.

Bertram Bile wasn’t always like this. At primary school, he had friends, kind teachers, and great grades. But everything changed when he started his new school. His parents split up, his dad went missing, and his mum lost her job. Now, he’s bullied by his classmate, Angus, and his evil geography teacher, Miss Petrenko. His dad had been Miss Petrenko’s first love, but she never forgave him for dumping her for Bertram’s mum when they were kids themselves. Bertram feels sure that Miss Petrenko knows more about his dad’s disappearance than she’s letting on.