This sequel to Dreamcats finds the four young cousins, Elsa, David, Oscar and Arthur back in their Felinestow ‘dream’ as pets in cat families. Felinestow is now run by the benign cat, Mayor Tina, but evil ex-Mayor Claptrap still has a thirst for power. No sooner do Elsa and David find themselves in ex-police cat George’s home, George’s brother Harry arrives. The charismatic Harry is an odd combination of philosopher and television celebrity. He is visiting Felinestow to chair a religious c...

A roadside burial site, a ring of standing stones and the remnants of derelict mine workings are just a foretaste of what awaits young couple Mark Sheppard and Stephanie Latimer as they find themselves lost on Dartmoor on a cold late September evening. With time and the weather against them, they finally stumble upon The Moor Inn, a sanctuary of wood panelling, rough oak beams and fine ales. The pub's claim to fame, they soon learn, is a magnificent fire that has been kept alight continuou...

Defense forces have always invested a great deal of their resources in training. In recent times, changes in the complexity and intensity of operations have reaffirmed the importance of ensuring that warfighters are adequately prepared for the environments in which they are required to work. The emergence of new operational drivers such as asymmetric threats, urban operations, joint and coalition operations and the widespread use of military communications and information technology networ...

Ever since the day his twin brother Alex was swept out to sea as a child, Daniel George has been on a downward spiral. He can't make friends, he can't hold down a relationship and he can't begin to grieve.Life is turned on its head when on the twenty-fourth anniversary of the tragedy, while visiting his local church, Daniel discovers an unconscious man slumped against his mother's gravestone. A young nurse, Gulnaz Rahmani, herself paying her respects to a deceased relative, finds ev...

When Olivia visits a pet shop for her ninth birthday she is presented with Jeremy, a plump brown gerbil in a glass cage. The shopkeeper knows it is not exactly the pet she was secretly longing for, but first Olivia must show him how responsible she can be. All goes well until the day she arrives home from school to find the cage left open, a trail of muddy footprints crossing the table top and Jeremy nowhere to be seen. After this, how is poor Olivia ever going to see her secret wish come ...

On their perilous drive home from a New Year's Eve celebration, through swirling snow and much the worse for drink, a couple are caught in a near-fatal accident. Out of the blizzard appears a figure to help them. But his story will change their lives forever.

Life is hard for Maria, living alone with an older brother who barely notices her. But a discovery one night in their antique shop, as she's planning her escape, sends her off on a wild adventure to Bramblewood. A bizarre crowd of woodland characters waits there to welcome her; the Parliament of Owls, Tawny Blare and Garden Brown among them, beady-eyed Bullstrode Frogley, their Slime Minister; and of course Maria's Lady-in-Waiting, a beautiful cobalt blue parrot named Hyacinth McCaw. But t...

(Eriksson #8) Hedra Dearhart is an outcast with vivid dreams. When she begins writing about her nightmares for English Composition, all she envisions is a high GPA. But someone notices eerie similarities between what she writes and crimes reported in the newspaper. The snag is that the dreams occur before the news breaks. What follows is a head-scratching mystery for the police in Darkwater Bay.

After years in prison for killing two children he was released to face an unforgiving public. He wants to clear his name but must find the long hidden secrets. Detective Walker is searching for another lost little child while trying to stop a serial rapist."Another great story. The children will make you want to hold them and keep them safe." DLF Review

Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors. Here is the lineup:AT CHRIGHTON ABBEY, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonTHE HAUNTED MILL, by Jerome K. JeromeTHE GHOST CLUB, by John Kendrick BangsTHE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis BeckeTHE ROOM IN THE TOWER, by E. F. BensonTHE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS, by Lord Edward Bulwer-LyttonTHE MIDDLE BEDROOM, by H. de Vere StacpooleTHE DRU...

For months, Helen Eriksson and Tony Briscoe have had a love-hate relationship. On a sultry August night, Helen faces a difficult choice after a suspicious fire and death is linked to Briscoe. She can make sure Tony goes away forever, or she can find the truth. Either way, they are destined to walk the last mile in the investigation together.

Helen Eriksson's insight shifts gears - from the secrets of others to the mystery of her true identity. When she turns to her father for answers, it nearly destroys her other life. Is Wendell Eriksson the ultimate sinner, or an unqualified saint? Lost in her own doubts and fears, it takes another murder to yank Helen's focus back where it belongs. (Eriksson Novel #6)