Elizabeth Hawksley
Nancy Parker’s Spooky Speculations
1920. Fourteen-year-old Nancy Potter, housemaid and sleuth extraordinaire, is off on a new adventure. She’s been offered a job as…
Signal for Vengeance
1860, Wimborne, Dorset. When Rebecca Tullidge, downtrodden wife of a railway signalman, creeps out one night to visit her railway…
The Dragon’s Hoard
Editors' choice
I really enjoyed these eleven stories from the Viking sagas, obviously carefully chosen for their variety. Most involve fighting but…
The Demon Undertaker
London, 1749: dirty, rat-infested and dangerous. Everyone is terrified of the Demon Undertaker, a fiend with red eyes wearing a…
Ensign Carey
England, 1853. Young William Carey is hard-working, when he wants to be – like becoming an expert billiards player. Otherwise,…
The Case of the Girl in Grey
London, 1826. In the second Wollstonecraft Detective Agency adventure, rising thirteen-year-old Ada Byron (brilliant mathematician but hopeless with people) and…
Tank Commander
August, 1914. Second Lieutenant John Carey is twenty-one, and he’s crouched in a trench near Mons with shells exploding over…
Yokki and the Parno Gry
Editors' choice
In this delightful traditional Travellers’ tale, young Yokki tells the story of the Parno Gry, a magical horse which appears…
Mohawk Valley
1755. When young Alan Carey is wrongfully accused of cheating at cards, his father, Lord Aubigny, sends him to Ashwater, the…
Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West
Scott’s thesis is that, in order to understand the past, we must examine the global interconnectedness of history. He examines…
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