Gordon Ainsworth and his team of Administrators set out on a new mission when some unusual items of lost property are handed into their HQ.
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The Psychologist Who Didn’t Know Who He Was
The Lower Strangling Chronicles I could only dream of living in a place like this, Archie Adams thought to himself as he dragged his cart of useless tat into the quintessential village of Lower Strangling, admiring the ancient cottages on either side of him. He hoped to flog some of the junk in his cartContinue reading “The Psychologist Who Didn’t Know Who He Was”
A Cosy Afternoon In
The Lower Strangling Chronicles “Anything exciting going on in here,” Dave Peterson said as he closed the door to the living room and hurried across the room. His wife, Sarah, was sprawled on the settee, typing away on her laptop. Their daughter, Eleanor, sat on the floor, her back propped up against the couch asContinue reading “A Cosy Afternoon In”
Hughbert Andrews and the Mysterious Chest
The Oxford Set The casket had been in the living room of Hughbert Andrews, 9th Duke of Westmynstre, for about three hundred years, handed down through the generations. His sister wanted it for herself and thought it would do nicely in the Great Hall of her husband’s ancestral seat, Waering Castle. But Hughbert won out,Continue reading “Hughbert Andrews and the Mysterious Chest”
The Teenager who Couldn’t Cry
The Oxford Set 3rd February 1925- Prologue The firefighter hid the letter before retreating from the charred remains of the country house. He wanted to be sure that whoever found him would understand that the boy who seemed to be lost was, in fact, not and that they didn’t need to reunite him with his parents.Continue reading “The Teenager who Couldn’t Cry”
The Communicative Bear
The Oxford Set The old year ended, and the new year began, in a rather macabre way. It all started on Christmas morning when the Jones family gathered in the Old Vicarage, a large fifteenth-century house deep in the heart of the Glevumshire countryside. It has a reputation for being the most haunted building inContinue reading “The Communicative Bear”
The Birth of Lord Flooding
Vaulting Ambition The hot, sunny day outside did nothing but add a lot of salt to Lord Christoph Flooding’s intense wound. The Progressive party had won a landslide general election victory, and former Shadow Justice Secretary David Blair was now Prime Minister. In Ardenvale, Joseph Benson had managed to keep hold of his seat comfortably.Continue reading “The Birth of Lord Flooding”
The Ghost in the Village Hall
The Oxford Set It was a reasonably pleasant June evening, and some of the residents of the Waeringshire village of Kington gathered in the village hall for a unique question and answer session, with the candidates vying to be their next Member of Parliament. Harold Perceville, the Conservative candidate and current MP, was trying desperatelyContinue reading “The Ghost in the Village Hall”
The Forgotten Artist
Vaulting Ambition The Opal Gallery was a prestigious art gallery eight miles outside Ardenvale, located in a grand country estate surrounded by sweeping Lancelot Jekyll parkland and formal gardens. Visitors came from near and far to see paintings by the best artists worldwide and throughout history, followed by a brisk stroll by the lake. ChrisContinue reading “The Forgotten Artist”
The Haunting of the Old Vicarage
The Oxford Set Cressida and Duncan Jones lived in a Grade II listed former Victorian vicarage deep in the heart of rural Glevumshire, on the edge of the picturesque village of Sodom. Immaculate gardens surrounded the property, with a stream running through it. Beyond the perimeter, one could also see views of the neighboring countryside.Continue reading “The Haunting of the Old Vicarage”
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