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Viridis is a planet at the edge of the Andromeda Galaxy where the highest-evolved beings are orchids. Every year they celebrate the Spring Festival by using the Twilight Flower as an offering for the spirits of spring. However, when the High Priest sends two of his acolytes on a quest to the desert in search of a healthy specimen to replace the original one, along the way they are caught in a sandstorm, discover an oasis, make new friends and stumble upon an alien from another planet. At the same time, an evil orchid begins to carry out his machinations for intergalactic domination. ...

When the desperate parachute spider finds the hidden portal under the pink rhododendron bush, she has no qualms about what to do. Plunging headlong into the bright cluster of flowers, Charis makes her way toward the secret world of Insectopolis. Insectopolis! The idyllic kingdom of insects that the fugitive spider had longed to find when she escaped from the laboratory of giant human scientists and their cruel experiments. There she is welcomed by the ruling butterfly, King Adolfo, and his son, the dashing Prince Ramiro. Charis easily makes friends with Rossella, a ladybird; Iris, a fellow ...

Asterton's popular garden fair is interrupted by the shocking news that Jacob, the elderly gardener at Winterfrost Hall, lies dead. But worse news is to come. Inspector Strong soon ascertains that Jacob was strangled by an unknown assailant. Who would want to kill a harmless old gardener? What possible motivation could the murderer have? These are the questions that the intrepid schoolmistress Miss Penny will try to answer with the help of her animal and ghost friends. She will also use her supernatural powers during a séance to summon the late gardener and appeal to him to help throw ...

Lorna, her plucky cat, a cheeky magpie and a self-important swan named Stravinsky are hot on the trail of the dastardly fortune-cookie murderer. Will they be in time to stop the culprit before he strikes again?

The choirmaster of Asterton lies dead in the rectory, poisoned by a wooden dart from a blowpipe. Miss Penny immediately suspects foul play. But who would want to kill such an inoffensive and well-respected pillar of the community? Assisted by her loyal cat, Onyx; her aunt's dog, Toby; and the ghost of Lady Caroline from the eighteenth century, Miss Penny delves into the darkest and most closely guarded secrets in Asterton, all while she must fill in for the deceased choirmaster as the new choirmistress.

Miss Penny is invited to celebrate Christmas at Oakfield Manor. To everyone's shock and horror, her uncle, Lord Muskerry, falls dead in the drawing-room, a victim of a poisoned glass of port wine. With the help of her clever cat companion, Onyx; her aunt's faithful dog, Toby; and her good ghost friend from the eighteenth century, Lady Caroline, Miss Penny makes full use of her paranormal and detecting skills to unmask the evil-doer.

When the timid but good-hearted Henrietta Tremaine reluctantly attends a Valentine's Day ball in Regency London, she meets the enigmatic Edgar Radcliff, Duke of Ravenscreig. They immediately hit it off. It seems like a match made in heaven. Standing in the way of Henrietta's happiness, however, is her scheming sister Harriet, who is her identical twin. When the Duke calls on Henrietta, who is away, the quick-thinking Harriet impersonates her sister. In the days of courtship that follow, the Duke is puzzled by the apparent changes in Henrietta's personality but reasons that it must be the ...

Natalia Bakhtina, a beautiful young Russian with a mysterious past, is in need of a change in her dreary life as a French instructress at a girls' school. A chance discovery of an advertisement announcing a vacant position for a governess leads her to the home of the social-climbing nouveaux riches Brookfields. Mr and Mrs Brookfield's four untamed daughters are in desperate need of refinement. The Brookfields want nothing more than for their daughters to succeed in the glamourous and exclusive world of the Polite Society. In the course of her duties, Natalia comes into contact with her posh...

Miss Penny, the well-beloved schoolmistress of Asterton, has two unique abilities. One is the ability to conjure the spirits of the dead through the playing of her piano. The other is to communicate telepathically with her cat, Onyx. When the irascible Lord Blackwood is murdered while out riding his horse, all signs point to his hot-tempered nephew and heir, Anthony, being the murderer. Convinced he doesn't have it in him to commit murder, Miss Penny works behind the scenes to solve the mystery. As she does so, she is ably assisted by Onyx, the affable local rector and an eighteenth-century...