A buried key. A golden claw. Some ghostly goings-on.. .sounds like another case for Wilma Tenderfoot! Wilma Tenderfoot (feisty & determined assistant to the greatest living detective Theodore P. Goodman) & her trusty beagle Pickle face their toughest task yet. A mummified body has been found buried in the grounds of gothic mansion Blackheart Hoo. Who is it? How did they die? & why is the mummy clutching a key? As things take a seriously spooky turn Wilma must solve the puzzle quickly.. .or risk being frightened to death! There's also the small matter of some buried treasure a kidnapping & uncovering the grizly secrets of the Blackheart family. Wilma will need all her courage & cunning to crack this case. Gulp. ...

A stolen jewel. Some frozen hearts. & a fish scale. Sounds like a case for Wilma Tenderfoot! Wilma Tenderfoot dreams of one day becoming assistant to the world-famous & very serious detective Theodore P. Goodman. But the last thing Mr Goodman wants is a small & slightly accident-prone sidekick -- especially one with an over-friendly beagle called Pickle who keeps eating all the clues. Still be warned
- Wilma Tenderfoot may be small but she is very determined!
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A cunning disguise. Some stinky seaweed. & a dastardly villain on the loose.. .sounds like another case for Wilma Tenderfoot! Wilma Tenderfoot the feisty & determined assistant to the greatest living detective Theodore P. Goodman is faced with a peculiar & pongy case to crack. Cooper Islands vaudeville theatre becomes centre stage for a murderous menace as one by one the actors are fatally poisoned. Can Wilma along with her faithful hound & dazzling dancing partner Pickle discover the fiends identity.. .before the final curtain falls for Wilma herself? ...

Wilma Tenderfoot (small but determined
- & slightly accident prone
- assistant to the greatest living detective Theodore P.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

In this the second of Tom Sharpes chronicles about Henry Wilt our hero is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts & Technology & the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots & reactionary bureaucrats -- in addition to his wifes enthusiasm for every Organic Alternative under the compost heap & the insistence of his quadruplets on looking at every problem with an unflinching lack of sentimentality. Wilts problems are compounded by nature in the shape of a rose bush nostalgia temporary infatuation with a foreign student & the hostility of medical services unwilling to attend to his most urgent needs. But it is only when Wilt becomes the unintentional participant in a terrorist siege that he is forced to find an answer to the problems of power which have corrupted greater men than he. With a mental ingenuity born of his innate cowardice Wilt fights for those liberal values which are threatened both by international terrorism & by the sophisticated methods of police anti-terrorist agents. In the confusion that follows Wilt resumes his dialogue with the unflagging Inspector Flint & is himself subjected to the indignity of a psycho-political profile. Bitingly funny & brilliantly written The Wilt Alternative exposes the farcical anomalies which have become the social norms of our time. ...

When his endlessly capricious wife Eva receives plane tickets for the family to visit Auntie Joan & Uncle Wally in Atlanta Wilt knows only one thing
- that nothing could entice him to fly three thousand miles over the water & especially not two rotund Americans with more money than sense. What better way to escape & find equilibrium then to embark on a walking tour? Just Wilt the countryside & an ill-judged bottle of whiskey... Meanwhile Eva finds her plans to inherit Joan & Wallys fortune slipping away faster than her sanity thanks to a combination of sinister teenage quadruplets with foul mouths & her unexpected role as lead suspect in a drug-trafficking plot. Outrageous darkly comic & packed with calamity on top of calamity Tom Sharpes latest episode of Wilts misadventures is a razor-sharp farce that will delight fans both old & new.
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Stuck in a job he doesn't want
- but can't afford to lose
- as nominal Head of the Communications Department at Fenland University

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Wilt is back
- in form & in a good deal of trouble. Henry Wilt is still teaching at the Fenland Tech attempting to drill English
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Always known as the Wilts & Berks Canal never Wiltshire & Berkshire the W&B has been derelict & abandoned for over a century but plans exist to restore the waterway. Over sixty miles long the project has many interesting challenges to overcome. With branches to Cricklade (on the Thames & Severn Canal) Chippenham Calne & Wantage & a route through the middle of Swindon the plan is more than ambitious. Doug Small has written a photographic history of the canal showing the task of the restorers as they undo a hundred years of neglect. From the market towns of Abingdon & Melksham to the sleepy backwaters of the Wiltshire countryside the canal also meandered into the middle of Swindon. The restoration will be exciting & interesting & this book will show the changing face of the canal from its once-bustling commercial period to dereliction & restoration. ...