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		<title>Death and Boules</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Richard's adopted French home town is in the middle of a huge celebration, when the local mayor turns up dead - having apparently been killed twice. Richard and ValÃ©rie enter into a race to solve the crime first.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saint-Sauver, home to Richard Ainsworth and Valérie d&#8217;Orçay&#8217;s detective agency, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its town twinning with Anglethorp Spa in Lincolnshire.</p>
<p>Events are planned, a huge <em>brocante</em>, street parties and the centrepiece, an exhibition <em>boules</em> tournament between the two towns and a team of international <em>boules</em> all-stars. Everything is going well, the sun shines, the wine flows and the <em>entente</em> is very <em>cordiale</em>.</p>
<p>Until the mayor turns up dead in an antique dresser having apparently been killed twice. Inevitably Richard and Valérie have very different views on the subject and engage in their own battle: who will solve the crime first?</p>
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		<title>Dead Men Don&#8217;t Ski</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Inspector Tibbett is a blissfully ordinary English detective, with a sense for when something is up. On a relaxing skiing holiday in the Dolomites, all is well until a dead body turns up.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Inspector Henry Tibbett is taking a much-needed holiday from his job at Scotland Yard with his wife Emmy. Headed for a spot of skiing in the Italian Dolomites and some first-class people-watching, Tibbett&#8217;s worries blissfully melt away.</p>
<p>That is, until a fellow guest who boards the ski lift alive at the top of the mountain is found dead when the lift touches bottom. Another dead body turns up, and then another, and it becomes clear that murder has come to the mountain.</p>
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		<title>Teachers vs Aliens vs the Nativity!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When aliens invade the local town hall on the day of Little Oak School's Nativity play,Â Finley and Lyra must go toe-to-tentacle with the galaxy's slimiest and grimiest grinches to rescue Christmas.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>MANGER DANGER!</strong></p>
<p>When ALIENS invade on the day of the school Christmas play, nativity sheep Finley Swinnerton and his festive troupe are hurled into EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL peril.</p>
<p>Can lamb-with-a-plan Finley save Christmas? Will the Nativity go ahead?? And does he HAVE to save Brussels sprouts???</p>
<p>Join Finley and his best friend Lyra for a FESTIVE FORAY full of stars, BAA&#8217;s and ta-da&#8217;s as they go toe-to-tentacle with the galaxy&#8217;s slimiest and grimiest grinches in this hilarious battle to rescue Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>It&#8217;s going to be Bethle-may-hem? It&#8217;s TEACHERS versus ALIENS? versus THE NATIVITY!</strong></p>
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		<title>Six Tails at Midnight</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hettie Bagshot and Tilly Jenkins find themselves snowed in on Christmas night when they are visited by five Christmas spirits who threaten to ruin the festivities</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hettie, Tilly, Bruiser and the Butter sisters set out across the snowy fens to spend Christmas at The Fishgutter&#8217;s Arms. Snowed in with no hope of rescue, they find themselves sharing Christmas with some unwanted guests.</p>
<p>Will the ghosts of Christmas Past wreak vengeance on the present? Can our feline detectives dig themselves out of a spooky festive fiasco? And will the sausage rolls and sherry last until midnight?</p>
<p>Jump on board for a cat-a-strophic sleigh ride into a snow drift full of Christmas spirits.</p>
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		<title>Death and Boules</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Richard's adopted French home town is in the middle of a huge celebration, when the local mayor turns up dead - having apparently been killed twice. Richard and ValÃ©rie enter into a race to solve the crime first.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saint-Sauver, home to Richard Ainsworth and Valérie d&#8217;Orçay&#8217;s detective agency, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its town twinning with Anglethorp Spa in Lincolnshire.</p>
<p>Events are planned, a huge <em>brocante</em>, street parties and the centrepiece, an exhibition <em>boules</em> tournament between the two towns and a team of international <em>boules</em> all-stars. Everything is going well, the sun shines, the wine flows and the <em>entente</em> is very <em>cordiale</em>.</p>
<p>Until the mayor turns up dead in an antique dresser having apparently been killed twice. Inevitably Richard and Valérie have very different views on the subject and engage in their own battle: who will solve the crime first?</p>
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		<title>Cursed Under London</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When two men are thrown together by the curse of immortality in a magical version of Elizabethan London, they are drawn into a dark plot that threatens to upend the world as they know it, all the while trying not to fall in love.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8216;The sort of story you want to climb inside so you can hang out with all the characters. Hilarious, warm and kind!&#8217;  Louie Stowell, author of the <em>Loki</em> series</strong>  </p>
<p>In a dark alleyway in an alternative Elizabethan London, Fang&#8217;s heart stops. Moments later, it magically restarts again. A grumpy traveller from the Ming empire, Fang is disappointed to discover that not only is he <em>still</em> alive, but he&#8217;s also become another creature entirely: an immortal. The first of his kind.</p>
<p>That is until he meets Lazare de Quitte-Beuf, an annoyingly cheerful &#8211; and undeniably handsome &#8211; Frenchman who shares the same curse. But in a world where immortality is a coveted commodity, Fang and Lazare quickly realise that eternal life is far from a blessing. With both of their futures at risk, will they ever admit that they have finally found something &#8211; or someone &#8211; to live for?</p>
<p>Tropes:</p>
<p>Grumpy x Sunshine<br />Found family<br />Dragons, vampires and supernatural beings<br />Mild spice</p>
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		<title>Death of a sandscratcher</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hettie and Tilly find themselves investigating a spate of fairground murders as a carefree vacation turns eventful</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hettie and Tilly book themselves into the Sandscratchers Villa for a seaside holiday. The feline duo find themselves plunged into a spate of alarming fairground murders as a carefree vacation turns into a holiday nightmare.</p>
<p>As the deckchairs unfold and the ice creams melt, they face their most baffling case yet, but first they must find the bodies!</p>
<p>Join Hettie and Tilly as they attempt to unravel yet another darkly humorous case for The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency.</p>
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		<title>Teachers vs aliens vs the kids!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When a school assembly is interrupted by an ALIEN INVASION, the fate of the planet falls into the unlikely hands of bookworm Finley Swinnerton and his trusty scrapbook.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>ALIENS HAVE INVADED LITTLE OAK SCHOOL!</strong></p>
<p>When a school assembly is interrupted by an ALIEN INVASION, bookworm Finley Swinnerton finds himself catapulted into an unlikely quest to save the planet, humanity and even Derek the school Guinea Pig!</p>
<p>Join Finley for an OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD adventure as he grapples with alien assassins, cowardly headmasters and intergalactic overlords in a tale of slime, grime and PE teachers past their prime.</p>
<p><strong>Get ready for the cosmic clash of the century&#8230; It&#8217;s TEACHERS versus ALIENS&#8230; versus THE KIDS!</strong></p>
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		<title>Death in le jardin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Crisis hits Richard's rural French B&#038;B when his redoubtable housekeeper is accused of murder. With ValÃ©rie d'OrÃ§ay at his side, their investigation leads them to a deadly scenario more tangled than knotweed.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about.</p>
<p>Then crisis hits his posh B&#038;B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame Tablier, is accused of murdering a former fiancé. An accusation which the stubborn old woman refuses to deny.</p>
<p>Valérie d&#8217;Orçay is having none of it and their investigation leads them to a strange tourist garden village, where backbiting, recriminations and former colleagues provide a deadly scenario more tangled than knotweed.</p>
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