Ovid and Lorelli Thornthwaite have been trying to kill each other for so long that neither twin can remember which act of attempted murder came first. But whoever struck first, trying to take each other's lives is simply what they do.

14-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother's funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the beginning of the uncovering of some really extraordinary truths about the Considine family. Why did Mariel's mum argue with Grandma all those years ago?

Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, with an exquisite ice cream parlor, and an awful lot of death. First we meet the apparently healthy Albert Dance, booked into Larkin Mills' Hospital for Specially Ill Children. Then there's his neighbor, Ivor, who begins his own investigations into why his uncle disappeared years ago. Next is Young Olive, given a battered accordion by her father she unwittingly strikes a dreadful deal with an instrument repair man. Make sure you keep an eye on Mr. Morricone, the ice cream seller, who has lines snaking around the...

The companion novel to the hugely popular THE THORNTHWAITE INHERITANCEAfter a lifetime of plotting each other's demise, orphan twins Lorelli and Ovid Thornthwaite have reached an uneasy truce.

When animals start disappearing without a trace, Biskit and Mitzy suspect alien activity. Secret agents Biskit and Mitzy find themselves caught up in the Planet Bogey Games. Can our heroes win the game?

Holly is desperate to escape from boarding school and continue her adventures as a detective. But then she meets fellow pupil Callum, who claims he was kidnapped by dragons. And when Dirk's own investigation brings him to the school, the two cases collide...