15 Ergebnisse.

Witch-Haven... a big old Georgian house set deep in the Lancashire countryside that belongs to Doctor Mary Conway - an exceptional young woman who is not only a Doctor of Philosophy, but also an extremely accomplished witch. She has barely got herself settled in before she offers a home to three half-elf girls and their mother, two trainee witches and a werewolf. Not forgetting the two-hundred-year-old witch who lives in the attic because the ...

The pumpkins are all ready for the Hallowe'en Jack-o'-Lantern competition in Grandad Gordon's allotment when someone creeps in at the dead of night and smashes them all to bits! Figaro the Cat Detective, and his trusty sidekick Harrison the toad, have just twenty-four hours to solve the mystery and help save the day.

How come my new computer panics when I type the word 'poltergeist'? What would happen if the spiral of history brought two famous star-crossed lovers back together again in the 21st century? How would you deal with a toddler who started to show magical powers at pre-school? What if your daughter's imaginary friend suddenly started to become all too real? What is the secret of the isolated Inn discovered by a group of hikers on the Lancashire M...

In a children's playground in a Lancashire village a baby girl is stolen from her pram by an elf who had a brief liaison with her mother. Not understanding that human children grow up very differently to elves, Pinkie Dianthus takes little Tiffany to Fairyland to look after him in his old age.But he soon realises his mistake when she won't stop crying because she wants a feed and her nappy needs changing! He hurriedly returns her to her mother...

In 2014 I self-published 'Fell Creatures', my third supernatural crime novel. It concerned a group of travelers led by a werewolf witch from a run down village in Transylvania. She had promised them a better life in the UK and planned to settle on Wolf Fell in the hills above a small village called Chipping in Lancashire. But she met stiff opposition and only one werewolf survived - a very young and very scared female - who decided she wanted ...

An unexpected legacy enables Valerie McKellern to buy her first house: a newly built semi-detached on an estate that is still being developed in the Lancashire countryside.Unfortunately for Val, it appears to be haunted. That does not deter her best friend Leigh however for when Val asks if she would consider a house share, Leigh jumps at the chance - especially after an encounter with her pervy landlord.After contacting Ratcliffe and Kat, a p...

On the edge of a playing field in the Lancashire town of Longridge is an abandoned railway tunnel that is reputedly haunted. It used to serve an old stone quarry that has now been given a new lease of life as a holiday park.Six eighteen-year-old friends are staying in a static caravan at the park when one night a violent storm forces them to stay indoors. One of the girls downloads a talking Ouija Board app to her laptop for 'a bit of fun', bu...

The murder of Jennifer Southern in her cottage on the outskirts of a Lancashire village re-ignites a legacy of witchcraft that was thought to have ended four hundred years ago when the Pendle Witches were hanged at Lancaster Castle in 1612.But their descendants have lived on, following the old ways and keeping themselves to themselves until now it seems someone is determined to wipe them out.As the death toll rises, events finally force the po...

John Smith is what is known as a 'placeholder name', like the American term John Doe. It is the name bestowed on unidentified corpses, amnesiacs and hospital patients - which is why the odd young man staked out to die in the remains of a 4, 000-year-old Neolithic Circle on the edge of the Lancashire Fells ends up with it.However his violent allergic reaction to iron and steel causes problems for his rescuers and when he refuses to co-operate w...

On one of his nightly patrols, Figaro The Cat Detective bumps into a strange black cat. It seems Meow 5 have sent a secret agent to the village because they have heard that robbers plan to raid the local cheese factory and steal the bombs that are made there. Agent D (the strange black cat) asks Figaro for help and he, in turn, calls on the village cats and his best human friends in all the world.But how are they going to stop two very determi...

Emma Craine, depressed after a miscarriage some months previously, is drawn to a charismatic fortune teller at a New Age Fair in Manchester. His counsel is reassuring and afterwards Emma curiously finds her own psychic abilities beginning to emerge as her sexuality returns. Then she discovers she is the target of a terrifying stalker. The horrific death of a colleague leaves DI Alf Stone a little out of his depth until an unexpected visit from...

Father Christmas has a problem. One of his reindeer is injured and he has to make a forced landing on the village green. Can Figaro the Cat Detective, with the help of the village children, come up with a solution to the crisis and save Christmas?

Someone has been hanging coloured bags of dog pooh on bushes! Figaro the Cat Detective and his partner Harrison the toad set out to discover the culprit and, with the help of his two best human friends in all the world, stop it happening again.

In a tarn in a country park in the heart of the Lancashire countryside floats the murdered body of a young man. His death creates plenty of problems for Detective Chief Inspector Alf Stone because, according to the police pathologist, this is not the first time he has appeared on the autopsy slab. The investigation uncovers the age-old 'were' tradition of the county where witches were able to transform into hares to escape the law. Urged on by...

A succubus is stalking the streets of Preston. But she's not just giving certain young men erotic dreams: she's leeching the life out of them. With Detective Chief Inspector Alf Stone still on paternity leave after the birth of his son, it's down to DI Alexandra Johnson to investigate. But why are all the victims called Ryan? And how on earth do you bring an entity to justice? With the help of young witch Mary Conway, the newly formed 'Unusual...