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'You know a book is good when you get up, realize you finished it last night and are really disappointed that you can't read it with your breakfast. This book reminds me of the best golden age of mystery writers, especially Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers... Can't wait for the next one!' Reader review 5 stars Murder is no occupation for a lady... or is it?1929: Miss Clara Vale is a woman ahead of her time. Rather than attending Oxford to bag an eligible Duke (as her mother, Lady Vale, so desperately hoped), she threw herself into a degree in chemistry, with aspirations to become a scientist in her own right. But the world isn't ready for Clara. Unable to land a job in science because she's a woman, she is stuck behind the desk at a dingy London library. Until her estranged Uncle dies suddenly, leaving her his private detective agency, and laboratory, in his will.Clara couldn't become a detective, could she?The decision is made for her when one of her uncle's old clients comes to her for help with a case surrounding the local picture house and invites Clara to see the latest show, before they discuss the details.But during the film, a fire suddenly engulfs the picture house, with tragic consequences.It seems at first an accident, but Clara soon begins to question if it was in fact a carefully orchestrated murder. She's suddenly in the middle of a deadly mystery and will discover her scientific skills make her a sleuth to be reckoned with... Can she catch the killer before they strike again?The first in a brand-new, glittering Golden Age cozy mystery series. Fans of Verity Bright, Helena Dixon and TE Kinsey will be hooked from the very first page to the final breathtaking finale.

The 1920s most stylish sleuth returns in The Crystal Crypt for another thrilling murder mystery!"But accidents can still happen - Perhaps there was something out of her control, something she couldn't have foreseen..." "Like someone plotting to kill her?"Reporter sleuth Poppy Denby is asked to investigate the mysterious death of an up-and-coming female scientist in an Oxford laboratory known as the Crystal Crypt. The official verdict is that Dr June Leighton died in a tragic accident, but Dr Leighton's lab assistant believes it was murder. However, when Poppy discovers that the colleague has spent time in a mental institution and has an unresolved murder in her own past, Poppy wonders if she is being misled. But then, another female academic is attacked, and Poppy herself becomes a target.

Charles Babbage and the Curious Computer is a graphic novel for 7- to 9-year olds that follows a primary school science club who time travel to meet Christian inventor Charles Babbage, the man who paved the way for the modern day computer.

Book 5 in the Young Joseph series

Book 4 in the Young Joseph series

The seventh and final book in the Young Joseph series

Book 6 in the Young Joseph series

The third book in the Young Joseph series of picture books for 3-6 year-olds

The second title in a delightfully illustrated series of picture books on the life of Joseph for 3-6s

The first in a delightful series of illustrated picture books on the life of Joseph for 3-6 year-olds.

A stolen Faberge Egg leaves a trail of death. Can Poppy unravel the egg's secrets?

Introducing Poppy Denby, a young journalist in London during the Roaring Twenties, investigating crime in the highest social circles.

The sixth and final book in theYoung David series for children aged 3-7 about the childhood of King David.

The fifth book in theYoung David series for children aged 3-7 about the childhood of King David.

The fourth book in theYoung David series for children aged 3-7 about the childhood of King David.

The third book in theYoung David series for children aged 3-7 about the childhood of King David.

The second book in theYoung David series for children aged 3-7 about the childhood of King David.

The first in the Young David series of Bible stories for children aged 3-7 about the childhood of King David.