Darling Newspaper Press: 40 books

Hired to sing for a sultan, professional entertainer and amateur sleuth Sheil B. Wright is accused of stealing his priceless birthday jewels. To clear her name she must find the real thief, but an angry cobra has its own deadly agenda.

A children’s favourite in Southeast Asia for 1000 years, the little Mousedeer outsmarts jungle bullies. Each of the ten stories is self-contained, and authentic to the tradition of imparting correct behaviour. As every Mum knows, a child needs guidance. The well-proven method of centuries is employed here, read-aloud fun. Ages 4 and up.

Laugh! At the eve of World War 2 a child on a troopship is a bigger worry than the enemy. This episode of 2550 words by Bryce McBryce introduces Charlie to a pompous English colonel.

Love and murder, both passionate pursuits, share a jungle retreat for millionaires. In this tangled habitat of lust and fear, cash-strapped Sheil (make ’em laugh) is hired to sing. She hunts for clues and herself falls prey. Whodunit diva Ann Morven's tease is more risqué than her usual. It is a scary tingle of delight, featuring her popular heavyweight chump of crime fiction.

This is a fictional autobiography of Sir James Stirling, young hero in Britain’s 1812 war against the United States. Later, facing impossible odds and with the Stirling family in disgrace, he overcame ridicule and rejection to found a nation that, eventually, reshaped the world's southern hemisphere. Until...

A child sentenced to hang, Maggie flees 1830s Scotland and endures a violent odyssey to womanhood. An original heroine of flawed psyche, her self-taught book wisdom frequently fuels catastrophe. She joins gentryfolk sailing to create an Eden in the wilderness, promoted as a Second America. Deceit and murder predominate instead.

Young woman trapped in a magic spell? It happens all the time in fairy tales; now, in this short story, author Ann Morven weaves her particular fancy around a global modern problem, the extinction of rare species. In this light-hearted romp, magic twists unpredictable spells, yet isn’t love itself the greatest magic?

A terror from Britain's glory days arrives to haunt the garrison school. The Colonel fumes, the Padre swoons, and Wee Charlie is a last forlorn hope.

A creepy castle, hidden treasure, and the murders keep coming. Bumbling balladeer Sheil B. Wright finds a corpse and intrudes on an isolated weekend group in the Scottish Highlands. While a dunce at deduction, she’s well versed in human frailty and traumas of the heart. But can she catch a serial killer?

Mad bomber at large, bumbling amateur in pursuit! Folksinger Sheil B. Wright is sole survivor when a Scottish ritual is fatally disrupted in Australia's green Southwest. Sheil challenges pedantic police inspector Sheryl Holmes, descendant of the great Sherlock, finding clues in a lovesong and smutty verse by Robert Burns. Passions are unleashed. The killer decides Sheil must die.

Time: the present. A bumbling amateur female sleuth solves the murder of Princess Jezebel on a cruiseliner. Although a dunce at deduction, Sheil B Wright is well versed (through her folk ballads) in human folly and traumas of the heart. Her investigation, including two subsequent murders, infuriates...

You never know where murder will strike. This brilliant short whodunit first appeared 1993 in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.

Everybody praised Marjorie’s gourmet wonder, yet her closest neighbour was determined to destroy it.Not just a short story, Ann Morven's delightful narrative includes the bonus of some delicious dandelion recipes.

Visiting folksinger Sheil B. Wright, hired to sing old ballads, witnesses a real murder on stage during the premiere of a newly discovered Shakespeare play. The English village audience, however, see Sheil as the killer. To clear her name she must challenge hi-tech forensics.After a second murder, Sheil finds a 400-year-old clue, and this makes her the killer's next target.