Download or read book The Mystery of Wicklow Hall written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on 2020-01-26 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again, time travelling sleuth Bess Hooper is set to solve another mystery. But how do you work out a problem that is already solved? When the Hooper family visit relatives over Christmas, Bess goes back in time in her dreams. But this time there are also hints that pop up unexpectedly. As the clues unravel, she meets another time traveler and it appears to Bess that they are both on the same path. But the stranger has a different agenda which is revealed along the way. With the help of her cousin Clancy, a confused Bess realises that there is more than one mystery involved. Plagued with visitors from the past, and a girl that appears in the box room, the clues reveal more about Wicklow Hall than Bess ever imagined and by solving the mystery, she sets in motion an event that will change history, and learns more about herself along the way.
Download or read book The Mystery of the Stone Arches written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on 2020-01-25 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bess Hooper the time travelling teenage sleuth is back and this time she has help from her best friend Eloise. When Bess has a vision of a crying boy on the night of her fifteenth birthday, she dismisses it after a few weeks when no other clues appear. But after being invited to spend a week at the home of Eloise's cousin's home, the mystery begins to evolve after she spots a picture of the boy from her vision in a frame in their library. After finding out that the boy, Sebastian Wescott, went missing in the forties, she joins forces with Eloise and her cousin Jack to try to solve the mystery. But can Bess help solve the puzzle and keep her secret?
Download or read book The Mystery of the Vanishing Lake written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the fifth book in The Hooper Mysteries, Bess meets Holland Meganty, the cousin of her best friend, and Holland has a secret of her own. After a strange sighting at an afternoon tea, Bess and Holland find they have a lot more in common than Eloise and join forces to investigate a crime from the past which was never solved. Together they work at finding the clues and uncovering the truth. As there has been in past episodes, a little more about her time travel and the past is revealed to Bess and although the pieces don't quite fit into place, she's one step closer to finding the reason for her gift.
Download or read book The Mystery of the Cornerstone written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bess Hooper is an ordinary teenager, or so she thinks. Drawn to a nearby abandoned building, she begins to investigate when strange occurrences come to light. Bess experiences visits to the past and ghostly whispers from another lifetime. Strange dreams of another family plague her sleep and as the mystery deepens, confusion sets in. Exploring the archives and her own family history, reveal odd events that seem to be tied to the mystery. With the help of her younger brother Tom, slowly Bess peels back the years layer after layer, to reveal what really happened to the girls of Bishops Hall Independent School, and slowly she solves the mystery of the cornerstone.
Download or read book The Mystery of Kissing Gate Woods written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's magic in the air, perhaps it arrived with you." Bess Hooper is reluctantly dragged away on a two week holiday with her family. While away she meets the annoying Maisy who learns that Bess has just solved a mystery from a century ago and asks for her help to look for a family heirloom that has been missing for decades. In an effort to avoid her, Bess escapes to the nearby woods that Maisy and her brother are forbidden to explore. Realising that she is not alone, Bess discovers a cottage in amongst the trees and gets to know the occupants, Grace and Patrick. Instantly falling for Patrick, she spends more time with them hoping for her very first kiss. But there's something very odd about it all, which Bess discovers when she invites her brother Tom along and they find the cottage in a derelict state. Determined to get to the bottom of it, with the help of a badly drawn picture and the ramblings of an old woman, Bess finally works out what's happening, and in the process, solves the mystery of Kissing Gate Woods.
Download or read book The Mystery of the Cracked Wall written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a visit to the future and a message from herself, Bess Hooper hits a wall. After the disappearance of her best friend Eloise, confusing clues which seem to be unrelated intertwine to make the mystery almost impossible to unravel. With the company of her brother Tom, her cousin Clancy and Holland who hs returned to Endless Hiccup, Bess travels to Smackleton and meets up with Maisy. Together, the five teenagers contact the dead and receive a message from the past. In the chaos, Bess catches up with an old friend. Haunted by a woman from over a century ago, the truth is slowly recognised and the result shocks them. In this, the sixth book in the series, what's revealed throughout the story ends in fear for Bess Hooper.
Download or read book The Mystery of the Clock Tower written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is it! The final book, and the one which explains everything. Bess Hooper finally learns the truth. As this mystery unfolds, the origin of the time travel gift is revealed. Another riddle is solved in the process and clears up more than one question. Without Eloise by her side, life is difficult, but not impossible and Bess learns to cope without her best friend, all the time questioning where she is. Chased through time, Bess gets the fright of her life and after a short stay in hospital, she comes to the conclusion that there is only one answer, and that is to return the legacy, but will she?
Download or read book Jacqueline and Other Stories written by Sandra Maggs and published by Sandra Maggs. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Jack the ripper was a woman or you were visited by the keepers of the fountain of youth? In this selection of short stories, there's something for everyone. Some are ridiculous and others disturbing, but if it's the elusive beaverick you're hunting that look no further. Enjoy!
Download or read book The Round Towers of Ireland Or the Mysteries of Freemasonry written by Henry O'Brien and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of only two published works from Irish archaeologist and linguist Henry O'Brien (1808-1835), this classic 1834 study of the ubiquitous round towers of Ireland is hailed by many as a definitive work on the esoteric mysteries of the ancient world.
Download or read book Bray and North Wicklow written by Arthur Flynn and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The round towers of Ireland or The mysteries of freemasonry of Sabism and of Budhism unveiled written by Henry O'Brien (B.A.) and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret History of the War of the Revolution in Ireland 1688 1691 written by Charles O'Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1750 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ingenious Ireland written by Mary L. Mulvihill and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-12-23 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ingenious Ireland takes readers on a magnificent tour of the country's natural wonders, clever inventions, and historic sites. Richly illustrated and meticulously compiled, Ingenious Ireland introduces readers to the complete history, culture, and landscape of all thirty-two Irish counties. Mary Mulvihill unearths Ireland's treasures and divulges her secrets, such as the oldest fossil footprints in the Northern hemisphere, the advent of railways, the invention of milk of magnesia, and why the shamrock is a sham. Fascinating and comprehensive, Ingenious Ireland unravels the mysteries and marvels of this remarkable country.
Download or read book The Secret written by Deric Henderson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The killer dentist, his mistress, how they murdered their spouses - and how they almost got away with it. Now a major four-part ITV drama starring James Nesbitt: - 'Unswitchoffable' Guardian - 'James Nesbitt is at his magnetic best' The Times - 'The most grown up drama of the week and it's brilliant' Observer - 'Terrific, intensely gripping' Daily Telegraph May 1991 in the seaside town of Castlerock in Northern Ireland and the bodies of two people - police officer Trevor Buchanan and nurse Lesley Howell - are found in a car filled with carbon monoxide. Their spouses are having an affair and, it appears, the pair are so distraught they have taken their own lives. Their adulterous spouses - Sunday school teacher Hazel Buchanan and dentist Colin Howell - had met in the local Baptist Church. Following the apparent double-suicide, they continued their affair secretly but both later remarried other people. A series of disasters in Howell's life - bereavement, financial disaster, sexual scandal - made him reveal his darkest secrets to the elders of his church. Among other things, he told them that he and Hazel Stewart had conspired to murder their spouses nearly two decades earlier. That confession led to two of the most sensational murder trials ever seen in the United Kingdom, Howell's conviction for murder in December 2010 and Stewart's in March 2011, despite her protestations of innocence. 'It was a dance between control and manipulation' - Colin Howell at the trial of Hazel Stewart With The Secret, distinguished journalist Deric Henderson has produced the definitive account of one of the most extraordinary murder cases to hit these islands for decades.
Download or read book The Round Towers Of Ireland Or The Mysteries Of Freemasonry Of Sabaism And Of Budhism For The First Time Unveiled Prize Essay Of The Royal Irish Academy Enlarged And Embellished With Numerous Illustrations written by Henry O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret Peterborough written by June and Vernon Bull and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret Peterborough explores the little-known and often colourful history of the Cambridgeshire cathedral city of Peterborough through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Download or read book The Secret Court Martial Records of the Easter Rising written by Brian Barton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until 1999 official British records of the fifteen trials that followed the Easter Rising of 1916 were kept a close secret. Further material released in 2001 included the trial of Countess Markievicz and important evidence about the 'shoot to kill' tactics used by the British Army. These records, the subject of heated speculation and propaganda for over eighty years, are clearly presented in this important new book. The complete transcripts are all here, together with fascinating photographs of the Rising, the fifteen leaders and the key British players. Brian Barton's incisive commentary explains the context of the trials and the motivations of the leaders, providing an invaluable insight into what went on behind a closed door at a defining moment in Irish history.
