Inglestone Manor
Winner of the Incipere Award for Children's Books.
It is 1944 and the war, it seems will never end. When Lizzy, her brother and sister, are evacuated to the village of Inglestone, they find their new home strange. Under the shadow of the ruined Inglestone Manor, they meet Dorothy Inglestone, the last of her line.
ALSO BY THE AUTHOR: THE MARY FINCH MYSTERIES
Mary Finch and the Thief
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady
Mary Finch and the Thief WINNER of the Wishing Shelf Book Award for Young Adults.
It is 1893 and Mary Finch, the scullery maid, finds herself on the violent and gritty streets of Victorian London trying to clear her name. When wrongfully accused of theft, Mary is determined to track down the thief and prove her innocence. Her journey take
Mary Finch and the Thief WINNER of the Wishing Shelf Book Award for Young Adults.
It is 1893 and Mary Finch, the scullery maid, finds herself on the violent and gritty streets of Victorian London trying to clear her name. When wrongfully accused of theft, Mary is determined to track down the thief and prove her innocence. Her journey takes her from Baker Street, where her friend Archie Dibble and the famous detective Sherlock Holmes lives, to the dark and dangerous East End of London. On her trail are the suspicious Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard, the evil butler of her employer, a mysterious gentleman who is not what he appears to be and a ruthless killer. Mary must hurry to find the truth before she is arrested and sent to jail. But as Mary discovers, jail is the least of her worries.
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady is the second in the Mary Finch Mystery series.
“This is the day we awoke death,” Mrs Grady said.
The avenging spirit of a priestess to an Egyptian queen, the Grey Lady, has murdered five people and now has her sights set on Mary Finch’s employer. How do you kill a spirit set on revenge? A clairvoyant may have
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady is the second in the Mary Finch Mystery series.
“This is the day we awoke death,” Mrs Grady said.
The avenging spirit of a priestess to an Egyptian queen, the Grey Lady, has murdered five people and now has her sights set on Mary Finch’s employer. How do you kill a spirit set on revenge? A clairvoyant may have the answer, but the ghost she raises expose a dreadful secret that has lay hidden for over thirty years. When Mary’s young friend, Fortune Dubois, goes missing, Mary finds herself on the violent and gritty streets of Victorian London chasing a spirit and hunted by the living.
Mary Finch and the Spy
Mary Finch and the Grey Lady
Mary Finch and the Spy
Mary Finch and the Spy is the third book in the Mary Finch Mystery Series.
When a bomb goes off at a society party, Mary’s long-lost brother is blamed. When secret naval plans are stolen, she wonders why Sherlock Holmes’s brother, Mycroft, is leading the police astray. Then a dark figure from her past rears his ugly head determined to get
Mary Finch and the Spy is the third book in the Mary Finch Mystery Series.
When a bomb goes off at a society party, Mary’s long-lost brother is blamed. When secret naval plans are stolen, she wonders why Sherlock Holmes’s brother, Mycroft, is leading the police astray. Then a dark figure from her past rears his ugly head determined to get his revenge on Mary. Murder is just around the corner if she is not too careful. In the summer of 1893, Mary must hurry to find the truth before it is too late for her and her brother.
Mary Finch Endgame
Perdita, the WItch and the Toyshop
Mary Finch and the Spy
As Christmas 1893 approaches, the future looks bright for Mary Finch. No longer a maid, she is about to take up employment in the most secretive of places when an old enemy comes back to haunt her. Suddenly, her life is turned upside down when her best friend is arrested for murder and she is attacked and almost killed.
As a fog descends
As Christmas 1893 approaches, the future looks bright for Mary Finch. No longer a maid, she is about to take up employment in the most secretive of places when an old enemy comes back to haunt her. Suddenly, her life is turned upside down when her best friend is arrested for murder and she is attacked and almost killed.
As a fog descends on London, Mary must hurry to discover the truth before it is too late. This enemy is bent on revenge and will not be satisfied until she and Archie Dibble are dead.
Mary Finch Runaway
Perdita, the WItch and the Toyshop
Perdita, the WItch and the Toyshop
This short book forms a prologue to the Mary Finch Mysteries. It charts her early life up to when she is hired by the Grimwigs.
Perdita, the WItch and the Toyshop
Perdita, the WItch and the Toyshop
Perdita, the WItch and the Toyshop
“This book is a gem, and I can see people of all ages enjoying it,” Jo Hanna (Best Book Editor)
No Children Allowed, is a curious sign to see outside a toyshop. Perdita certainly thought so. But there it was for all to see, as plain as the nose on her face.
When children and old men and animals start disappearing from the town, who is to b
“This book is a gem, and I can see people of all ages enjoying it,” Jo Hanna (Best Book Editor)
No Children Allowed, is a curious sign to see outside a toyshop. Perdita certainly thought so. But there it was for all to see, as plain as the nose on her face.
When children and old men and animals start disappearing from the town, who is to blame? Everyone says THEY are, those strange people who camp by the forest. That’s where the witch lives.
But Perdita knows, you should never judge a book by its cover, and the first rule in her How to Become a Detective Manual, is that everyone is innocent until proved guilty.
