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Katie is sure her summer is doomed. She longs for an adventure like the ones she reads about in her favourite detective novels. Instead, she's stuck with Nan and Pop whose idea of adventure is touring old houses. But when Katie discovers a secret chamber in Otterly Manor with an enchanted painting, she suddenly falls - literally - into the biggest adventure of her life. Sherlock Holmes meets Shakespeare in this time-travel murder mystery adventure with a twist of magic. There are delicious surprises in store for readers of adventures, mysteries and historical fiction alike.…

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This short story is the tale of a young boy and a Willow Tree. A misfit in his modern village, the boy dreams of a long-forgotten world of magic and beauty. Could the Willow be his portal to discovering that other world? ..."Nowadays, the willow is all that remains of that Great Old Wood. 'But,' says Aunt Helena, 'One can still see the fairies dancing 'round it. Oh yes, for they have not gone, Child. And those with pure heart and eyes to see can still spot them ... if he be ever so watchful.'"…