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Kate Saunders

    August 7, 1960 – April 21, 2023

    Kate Saunders is an English author, actress, and journalist whose works delve into a diverse range of themes. Her writing style is characterized by keen observation and engaging storytelling, offering readers a unique perspective on the human experience. Saunders explores the complexities of relationships and societal issues through her thoughtful and often humorous prose. Her work resonates with readers for its candor and depth.

    Red Stocking Rescue
    The Great Reindeer Disaster
    Stand in the Traffic
    A Drop of Golden Sun
    Beswitched
    The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix NE
    • 2024

      It's 1973 and Jenny has been cast in a major motion picture. Her ordinary life is about to become extraordinary! From the Costa-winning author of Five Children on the Western Front.

      A Drop of Golden Sun
    • 2021

      In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away the woman in need. She agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale. Mrs Rodd will need all her investigative powers, not to mention her famous discretion, to solve the case before tragedy strikes once more

      The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden
    • 2020

      There's trouble on the planet of Yule-1, the real home of Father Christmas . Once again Jake and Sadie are transported to a place where elves and reindeer are their friends and everything is about getting ready for Christmas, the best holiday of the year.

      Trouble on Planet Christmas
    • 2020

      Stand in the Traffic

      A Himalayan Adoption Story

      • 360 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The narrative follows Kate, a single mother and adventurer, as she relocates to Kathmandu with her son, Jack, to adopt an orphan named Devi, whom she has only seen in a photograph. Throughout her year-long journey, Kate faces culture shock, bureaucratic challenges, and political turmoil, all while trying to bond with the mysterious Devi, whose scars hint at a troubled history. This transformative experience compels Kate to reevaluate her values and seek inner peace amidst the chaos surrounding them.

      Stand in the Traffic
    • 2019

      Oz and Lily's family have inherited an ancient chocolate shop. It's the perfect home ... apart from the small fact that it's haunted. And then they discover some solid gold chocolate moulds - with magic powers! Soon the ghosts are joined by some evil villains determined to get their hands on the priceless secrets of the magical chocolate.

      The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop NE
    • 2019

      The Great Reindeer Disaster

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      An unexpected Christmas adventure disrupts one family's summer holiday in this gloriously funny escapade from award-winning author Kate Saunders.

      The Great Reindeer Disaster
    • 2018

      M.C. Beaton meets Miss Marple in the second book in the charming Laetitia Rodd Mysteries, which sees Kate Saunders' Victorian lady detective on the hunt for a missing Oxford scholar who is soon to be the heir to a fortune It is 1851 and Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she receives an urgent request for her services. Wealthy businessman Jacob Welland implores Mrs. Rodd to find his beloved brother, a brilliant Oxford scholar who took to wandering the countryside and one day simply failed to return. The last sighting was in a gypsy camp ten years before - where it was rumoured he was learning great secrets that would one day astound the world. Mrs. Rodd travels to Oxford and begins her search for the wandering scholar. But as the investigation unfolds, she discovers something sinister is lurking in this peaceful landscape.

      Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar
    • 2017

      The Land of Neverendings

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.9(40)Add rating

      The cat flap opened. For one second Emily thought some wild animal was coming in. But the muddy creature that climbed through the flap was smaller than a squirrel, and it had four little wheels and a tail.

      The Land of Neverendings
    • 2016
    • 2016

      The exciting companion to THE WHIZZ POP CHOCOLATE SHOP. A secret government department, once again, needs the magical help of Oz and Lily in a desperate mission. The children must travel back in time to the height of the Blitz. Can they defeat some very dangerous supernatural creatures and save London's famous cathedral from destruction by fire?

      The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix NE