ANNIE DALTON

The first part of the fabulous Afterdark series is a warm and magical tale of adventure and friendship. A masterpiece for young fantasy readers.

A Second World War-themed murder mystery weekend ends in murder for real.Having reluctantly agreed to make up the numbers at a World War II-themed murder mystery weekend at Mortmead Hall, Anna Hopkins and her fellow dogwalkers, Isadora and Tansy, enjoy themselves far more than they'd expected. Not for long. The weekend's festivities come to an abrupt halt when a body is discovered floating in the ornamental pond. Who was the mysterious woman in the red dress who attended the event without a ticket? As Anna and her friends delve further, they find themselves caught up in a web of intrigue that leads to a lost painting and a devastating wartime secret: a secret that involves Anna's own family. Was her late father really guilty of a monstrous crime .?

A Second World War-themed murder mystery weekend ends in murder for real.Having reluctantly agreed to make up the numbers at a World War II-themed murder mystery weekend at Mortmead Hall, Anna Hopkins and her fellow dogwalkers, Isadora and Tansy, enjoy themselves far more than they'd expected. Not for long. The weekend's festivities come to an abrupt halt when a body is discovered floating in the ornamental pond. Who was the mysterious woman in the red dress who attended the event without a ticket? As Anna and her friends delve further, they find themselves caught up in a web of intrigue that leads to a lost painting and a devastating wartime secret: a secret that involves Anna's own family. Was her late father really guilty of a monstrous crime .?

The murder of a college professor has its roots in the Cold War: the new Oxford Dogwalkers mystery from award-winning YA writer Annie Dalton. Shortly before Christmas, Professor James Lowell is found brutally attacked in his rooms at Walsingham College, where Anna Hopkins works as an administrator. Baffled as to why anyone would wish to harm such a gentle, scholarly man, Anna discovers that Lowell had a connection with her fellow dogwalker, Isadora Salzman, who knew him as an undergraduate in the 1960s, a co-member of the so-called Oxford Six. It turns out that Isadora has been keeping a surprising secret all these years. But someone else knows about Isadora's secret: someone who has sent her a threatening, frightening letter. Could the attack on Professor Lowell have its roots in a 50-year-old murder? And who is targeting Isadora and the surviving members of the Oxford Six? Anna, Isadora and Tansy, the dogwalking detectives, make it their business to find out.

First in the brand-new Anna Hopkins dogwalking mystery series: an intriguing new departure for award-winning YA writer Annie Dalton. Anna Hopkins' daily walk through Oxford's picturesque Port Meadow is rudely interrupted one autumn morning when her white German Shepherd, Bonnie, unearths a bloodsoaked body in the undergrowth. For Anna it's a double shock: she'd met the victim previously. Naomi Evans was a professional researcher who had told Anna she was working on a book about a famous Welsh poet, and who offered to help Anna trace Bonnie's original owner.From her conversations with Naomi, Anna is convinced that she was not the random victim of a psychopathic serial killer, as the police believe. She was targeted because of what she knew. With the official investigation heading in the wrong direction entirely, Anna teams up with fellow dogwalkers Isadora Salzman and Tansy Lavelle to discover the truth.

First in the brand-new Anna Hopkins dogwalking mystery series: an intriguing new departure for award-winning YA writer Annie Dalton. Anna Hopkins' daily walk through Oxford's picturesque Port Meadow is rudely interrupted one autumn morning when her white German Shepherd, Bonnie, unearths a bloodsoaked body in the undergrowth. For Anna it's a double shock: she'd met the victim previously. Naomi Evans was a professional researcher who had told Anna she was working on a book about a famous Welsh poet, and who offered to help Anna trace Bonnie's original owner.From her conversations with Naomi, Anna is convinced that she was not the random victim of a psychopathic serial killer, as the police believe. She was targeted because of what she knew. With the official investigation heading in the wrong direction entirely, Anna teams up with fellow dogwalkers Isadora Salzman and Tansy Lavelle to discover the truth.

In Paradise High Karen and Lizzy rush home from school every Thursday to watch their favourite TV soap. It is an escape from the dead-end town of Greybridge to the beautiful Paradise Bay. When the writer of the soap visits their school, he leaves behind a rather special pen and life is never the same again. TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Lizzy feels sure that there must be more to life than dull old Greybridge in Aliens at Paradise High. Since she fell out with bossy Karen, she hasn't found a new group of friends and now he teacher has made her sit next to Jonah, the new boy with a phobia about aliens. Could things get any worse? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Mel is swashbuckling off to the seventeenth century Caribbean – watch out, there are pirates about! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Lately Brice seems to be behaving, so when Michael asks Mel to join him on a mission to the 17th Century Caribbean, she happily zooms off to pack her bikini. But the lush paradise of the New World has a dark side – piracy, slave ships, cruel plantation owners. Then Brice bumps into an evil ancestor, and without warning he abandons his mates, running off to Port Royal, the wicked Jamaican city where pirates rule like kings. Can Mel save their maverick buddy or has Heaven's favourite bad boy blown it for good?

Mel’s latest challenge is in Ancient Rome, keeping an eye on a young girl gladiator! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! After a hush-hush trip to Ancient Rome, Orlando is clearly disturbed by what he's seen, so when he decides to go back, with a team of volunteers,Mel loyally signs up. It looks as if this will be the mission of her dreams, but in the cruel, decadent world of Nero’s Roman Empire, her fantasies crumble. Who is the mysterious girl gladiator Orlando seems to be trying so hard to protect? How did he come to meet her? Is his concern purely professional, or is it something more?

Australian secrets and Jack the Ripper’s London keep Mel the time-travelling angel on her toes in her fifth adventure! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Rather to Mel's horror, she is teamed up for her new assignment in the nineteenth century with her best mate Lola – and her worst enemy Brice! But tensions are put aside as they all witness a scene in the Australian outback, where an old convict lies dying, burdened with a terrible secret. Then suddenly they are transported to Victorian London – and Jack the Ripper is on the prowl. Foggy streets, phoney mediums, gin shops and workhouses – Mel's really got her work cut out this time. The angels' new mission is to watch over little Georgie and his sister Charlotte, caught up in poverty and being duped by a wicked uncle with an eye to their inheritance. Could the old convict they saw be the key to saving Georgie and his family from ruin? On top of all this, working with Brice is getting harder for Mel. Because there's something more than friendship developing between him and Lola…

Mel is a trainee time-travelling angel. She’s feisty, witty, streetwise and… dead! For her latest cosmic adventure, it’s back to the future… New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Past perfect, future tense… Even angels need to chill out and Melanie's been looking forward to Lola's birthday beach party for weeks. So she's not impressed when Michael volunteers her and her angel mates for a medieval field trip. But when they get there, they stumble upon a time scam which could have serious repercussions for the Agency. They track the culprits back to their school in the twenty-third century – only to find that the kids are being monitored for sinister Opposition purposes. Can Mel change something which hasn't even happened yet? Angels must have their limits…

The fourth book in this series for younger readers sparkles like its star, Lilac Peabody. As small, quick and shimmery as a dragonfly, Lilac is a friend indeed to all children in need – empowering them to solve their own problems and then disappearing as soon as she is no longer required. Lilac Peabody is a small and shimmery little alien being who flits around helping children and tackles any challenge presented. Sometimes she’s an intergalactic party-planner, at others a cosmic beachcomber – but always a friend to any child that needs her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims. Honey Hope is a bully. She teases and taunts, sniggers and sneers. But why is she so mean? What lies behind her unappealing behaviour? Lilac attaches herself to Honeysuckle to find out and, as with the other children, Honey is all the better for it. This story ends with a party, and for the first time all four children from the book series discover their common friendship with Lilac Peabody… but by this time, Lilac has moved on!

The third title in this sparkling new series for younger readers, from the creator of Angels Unlimited. Lilac Peabody is a small and shimmery little alien being who flits around helping children and tackles any challenge presented. Sometimes she’s an intergalactic party-planner, at others a cosmic beachcomber. But always a friend to any child that needs her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims. This is the third of four short novels which all follow the same group of children within a school environment. Each novel centres on one of the children but it is Lilac’s continuing presence that is the all-important link between the four children. It is to Lilac that the children reveal their true vulnerable selves. Charlie Chase is a joker. He is a popular, confident boy but… he has a shameful secret. He can hardly read. He would much rather play football, computer games, or make everyone laugh, all the things that come easily to him. He is Lilac’s biggest challenge so far, but she and Charlie win through in the end.

The second title about this magical extraterrestrial being as she helps children overcome their problems.

Mel Beeby is back. Three books in one comprising Calling the Shots, Fogging Over and Fighting Fit.

Sam is the new kid in school. He's lonely and miserable and it's his birthday soon, but he has no friends to invite. Enter Lilac, who persuades him to invite a forlorn little girl to his party. Imagine Sam's surprise when this kind act leads to a whole circus entertaining him on his birthday.

Meet Mel Beeby, the feisty, trouble-shooting, trouble-making angel - in this 3-in-1 edition of her first three adventures. This collection features the titles "Winging It", "Losing the Plot" and "Flying High".

The second part of the fabulous Afterdark series is an exciting and magical tale of adventure and friendship. A masterpiece for young fantasy readers.