Pippsy and Jack Standage are private investigators who visit a luxurious Cotswold hotel for a restful break.Alas it proves to be anything but restful.Within a couple of days a car with a dead man in the driving seat arrives at the hotel’s front door. Despite some initial reluctance on Jack’s part, the pair become embroiled in a series of occurrences, which include finding a suitcase full of money in the boot of the dead man’s car and a bag of diamonds lying in the bushes.

A Jumble of Stories by Katie Gray is a compilation of eight individual short stories for a variety of audiences.The stories include:Case of Self DefenceA warning to husbands who are not appreciative of their wives. Do you know what she gets up to during the day?Merry Little ChristmasEven the most intelligent and apparently contented of of young ladies might discover there is more to life than they realise!All on a cold and frosty morning...

The second book in Katie Gray's Dead Series (book one: Dead on Arrival).Pippsy and Jack Standage are asked to find the missing wife of a rather unpleasant man. He purports to be a businessman but they begin to think the business he’s in is “funny business”.They visit several large luxurious houses searching for clues, but when Pippsy finds a woman’s body in one of them, then has an attempt made on her life, the police suggest that the pair should d...

Dead Against It is the third book in Katie Gray’s ‘Dead Series'. Book one: 'Dead on Arrival'. Book Two: 'Dead on Time'.Pippsy and Jack Standage move home and business to an immaculate house in Buckinghamshire. They are dismayed when shortly after their arrival two ‘heavies’ appear on their doorstep. The men demand access to the loft and remove trunks and boxes apparently belonging to the previous owner.This is only the beginning as the men return to clear more boxe...

This is the forth book in The Dead Series. Book one: 'Dead on Arrival'. Book two: 'Dead on Time'. Book three: 'Dead Against It'.Pippsy and Jack get involved in trouble again in spite of themselves. While on a visit to Pippsy’s mother the pair are asked to investigate some mysterious occurrences happening to the neighbours.As usual, all is not as it first appears and before they know it Pippsy and Jack are in it up to their necks.But who did what to whom, an...

Pippsy and Jack fall into a convoluted crime once again.A seemingly straightforward case soon becomes anything but.A wife who claims her husband has been kidnapped – or has he? And is she as naive as she appears?Why is the husband making threatening noises at the pair?Who are the couple who claim to be investigators, if in fact they are?Pippsy and Jack have to team up with an acquaintance from a previous case. As usual, they need to use their wits more ...

StoriesSomething Fishy—David L ClementsMessage in a Bottle—Davyne DeSyeAn Infinite Number of Me—Dan Grace3.8 Missions—Katie GrayAnyone Can ask About Enhancement—Terry JackmanThe Walls of Tithonium Chasma—Tim MajorQuantum Flush—Daniel SouleBrother’s Keeper—Shannon Connor WinwardThat Very Mab—May Kendall and Andrew Lang (SF Caledonia)Noise and Sparks: Ruth EJ BoothTales of the Beachcomber—Mark TonerMonic...

Superb storytelling from one of the world's best-loved writers.Just round the corner from St Jarlath's Crescent (featured in MINDING FRANKIE) is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy's wonderfully compelling tales:Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son. Nessa Byrne, whose aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the house - and Nessa'...

A heartbreaking novel from the bestselling author of The Four Streets.Noleen Delaney is one of an army of night cleaners at St Angelus Hospital. Son Finn has done something unheard-of and passed his Eleven Plus exam. How on earth will they pay for his books, his grammar school uniform and shoes?Bronia Ryan has battled depression since her husband died and now one of her sons is in prison. Her youngest, Lorcan, wants no part of a life of crime, but h...

Get #HookedonHeck with the first book in the #1 bestselling DS Mark Heckenburg series."All he had to do was name the woman he wanted. It was that easy. They would do all the hard work."Detective Sergeant Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is investigating the disappearance of 38 different women. Each one was happy and successful until they vanished without a trace.Desperate to find her missing sister, Lauren Wraxford seeks out Heck’s help. Together they enter a seedy underworld...

Tying the knot can leave you in a tangle…James is everything Tish has ever wanted in a husband – he’s handsome, dependable, and will make an excellent father. Unlike Tish’s first love, the disreputable Fergal, who abandoned her for a music career and now lives a lavish celebrity lifestyle. Fergal broke her heart and James helped to mend it.Tish and James have just bought a cottage in the country. The next step? Kids and a lifetime of domestic bliss. Well, that’s the plan. A...

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together short stories from award winning authors and ...