Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
The Missing Piece
Chapter 2
Amanda’s Secret
Chapter 3
Dennis and The Vision
Chapter 4
The Grange
Chapter 5
Pamela, and Perran’s Advice
Chapter 6
Doubt
Chapter 7
A Man Has Written A Book?
Chapter 8
A Mother Knows
Chapter 9
Pasco Flamgoyne
Chapter 10
Pamela Spills the Beans
Chapter 11
Perran, and Gumption
Chapter 12
Dinner, and Party Planning
Chapter 13
High Adventure, and a Play
Chapter 14
The Book Launch
Chapter 15
Inspector Trelawney Takes the Helm
Chapter 16
Tea and Fire
Chapter 17
Trelawney Interviews
Chapter 18
More Suspects, and Back to the Towers
Chapter 19
Mr Frumbling
Chapter 20
Samantha’s Aunt
Chapter 21
The Queen Bee Flies In
Chapter 22
Consultation
Chapter 23
Dishing the Dirt
Chapter 24
Jonathan’s Dream
Chapter 25
Confidential Informant
Chapter 26
Jonathan’s Library, and Mr Gibbs Lands
Chapter 27
Hotting Up
Chapter 28
Intelligence HQ
Chapter 29
Boiling Point
Chapter 30
Preparing Amanda
Chapter 31
Persuasion
Chapter 32
Wardrobe Mistresses
Chapter 33
Beginners, Places Please
Chapter 34
In the Hall of the Oracle
Chapter 35
The Clue
Chapter 36
The Latin Connection
Chapter 37
The Writer, and Amanda’s Shortcut
Chapter 38
Under the Covers
Chapter 39
Shop Talk
Chapter 40
Race
Chapter 41
The Truth Will Out
Chapter 42
Debrief
Chapter 43
In Black
Chapter 44
Getting Closer
Chapter 45
Coming Clean
Chapter 46
The Glass Speaks
Chapter 47
Closing the Case, Beginning the Aftermath
Chapter 48
The Job Offer
Chapter 49
Concerns and Trust
Chapter 50
Summoned
Chapter 51
Parhayle
Chapter 52
The Return of the Native
Chapter 53
Total Recall
Chapter 54
Amanda and Kyt
Chapter 55
Popping The Question
Chapter 56
The Ball
Chapter 57
Miss Cadabra Gives Her Answer
Chapter 58
At The Elms, and Samantha’s Good Deed
Chapter 59
Serious Witchcraft, A Gift from Below, and New Questions
Author’s Note
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Language Used in the Story
Questions for Reading Clubs
Glossary
A Note About Accents and Wicc’yeth
Other books by Holly Bell
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Amanda Cadabra and The Flawless Plan (The Amanda Cadabra Cozy Paranormal Mysteries Book 3)
Amanda Cadabra and The Rise of Sunken Madley (The Amanda Cadabra Cozy Paranormal Mysteries Book 4)
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To Flora and Katherine
To discover the depth, leave the surface
and to discover the surface, leave the depth!
You shall meet wisdom,
only when you know both the surface
and the depth!.
– Mehmet Murat Ildan
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Missing Piece
Chapter 2: Amanda’s Secret
Chapter 3: Dennis and The Vision
Chapter 4: The Grange
Chapter 5: Pamela, and Perran’s Advice
Chapter 6: Doubt
Chapter 7: A Man Has Written A Book?
Chapter 8: A Mother Knows
Chapter 9: Pasco Flamgoyne
Chapter 10: Pamela Spills the Beans
Chapter 11: Perran, and Gumption
Chapter 12: Dinner, and Party Planning
Chapter 13: High Adventure, and a Play
Chapter 14: The Book Launch
Chapter 15: Inspector Trelawney Takes the Helm
Chapter 16: Tea and Fire
Chapter 17: Trelawney Interviews
Chapter 18: More Suspects, and Back to the Towers
Chapter 19: Mr Frumbling
Chapter 20: Samantha’s Aunt
Chapter 21: The Queen Bee Flies In
Chapter 22: Consultation
Chapter 23: Dishing the Dirt
Chapter 24: Jonathan’s Dream
Chapter 25: Confidential Informant
Chapter 26: Jonathan’s Library, and Mr Gibbs Lands
Chapter 27: Hotting Up
Chapter 28: Intelligence HQ
Chapter 29: Boiling Point
Chapter 30: Preparing Amanda
Chapter 31: Persuasion
Chapter 32: Wardrobe Mistresses
Chapter 33: Beginners, Places Please
Chapter 34: In the Hall of the Oracle
Chapter 35: The Clue
Chapter 36: The Latin Connection
Chapter 37: The Writer, and Amanda’s Shortcut
Chapter 38: Under the Covers
Chapter 39: Shop Talk
Chapter 40: Race
Chapter 41: The Truth Will Out
Chapter 42: Debrief
Chapter 43: In Black
Chapter 44: Getting Closer
Chapter 45: Coming Clean
Chapter 46: The Glass Speaks
Chapter 47: Closing the Case, Beginning the Aftermath
Chapter 48: The Job Offer
Chapter 49: Concerns and Trust
Chapter 50: Summoned
Chapter 51: Parhayle
Chapter 52: The Return of the Native
Chapter 53: Total Recall
Chapter 54: Amanda and Kyt
Chapter 55: Popping The Question
Chapter 56: The Ball
Chapter 57: Miss Cadabra Gives Her Answer
Chapter 58: At The Elms, and Samantha’s Good Deed
Chapter 59: Serious Witchcraft, A Gift from Below, and New Questions
Author’s Note
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Language
Questions for Reading Clubs
Glossary of British English
Accents and Wicc’yeth
Introduction
Please note that to enhance the reader’s experience of Amanda's world, this British-set story, by a British author,