The Silent Pool

This is a mystery thriller full of intrigue and unexpected truths. A Famous actress posing as a woman called Mrs Smith, seeks the help of Miss Silver, the genteel detective featured in many of Patricia Wentworth's crime novels. She has sought help because she believes that her life is in danger. It is not long before Miss Silver discovers that Mrs Smith is not who she claims to be, but is indeed in danger.

In the gripping mystery of 'The Silent Pool', a renowned actress seeks the aid of the enigmatic Miss Silver as she believes her life hangs in the balance. Hidden behind a clever guise, Adriana Ford, the celebrated star of the London stage, reveals a web of poisonings, treacherous accidents, and a labyrinth of deceit within her own family. As Miss Silver delves deeper into the case, a shocking discovery unfolds at Adriana's secluded country estate, leading to a chilling realization that lies weave a perilous web for everyone involved.

One choice: run...or die. It is a time of austerity. Financial cuts are biting hard and the once great City of Liverpool finds itself now almost bankrupt. At the eleventh hour funding is found in the form of enigmatic billionaire Kirk Bovind, a religious zealot, determined to change the moral fibre and bring salvation to the streets.

"By the Book is an indispensable history of the literature of Queensland from its establishment as a separate colony in the mid-nineteenth century through major economic, political and cultural transformations to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Queensland figures in the Australian imagination as a frontier, a place of wild landscapes and wilder politics, but also as Australia's playground, a soft tourist paradise of warm weather and golden beaches. Based partly on real historical divergences from the rest of Australia, these contradictory images have been questioned and scrutini.

Identical twins, Charlie and Cass have taken sides and quarrelled when their parents split up. Charlie is staying with Gran for the summer holidays. She explores the area, and in trespassing in the grounds of the local stately home, Cleremont Park, she starts to see ghosts. The apparitions always do the same thing when she sees them - and as she learns more about the history of the place, it becomes clear that they are re-enacting events leading to a hidden murder. She finds that she must work with her twin, and make friends with the boy currently living in the house, in order to battle with the curse on the Cleremont family .