Books by Jane Hinchey

This exciting series takes students around the world, country by country. Inside each book you'll find maps, statistics, fun facts and photographs, as well as current information on the people, culture and landscape of each country. Every book is a valuable resource designed to support students and teachers

Amateur sleuth, PI in training, ghost whisperer.That''s me. Audrey Fitzgerald, ghost detective. I''m finally coming to terms with the fact that I can not only communicate with ghosts, but animals too. Well, one in particular, my big gray teddy bear of a cat, Thor. What I haven''t worked out yet is how to keep my newfound abilities a secret from the townsfolk of Firefly Bay.When I''m hired by the president of the local historical society to find a missing necklace, I figured I finally had a case that didn''t require ghostly interference. After all, how hard could it be to find a missing piece of jewelry? Things turn complicated real fast when the necklace turns up in the most unexpected of places and my client turns up dead.Now I''m up to my neck in ghostly chatter, I have a murder to solve, my PI exams are looming, I''m worried I may have to put Thor on a diet, and I think I''ve accidentally fallen for Captain Cowboy Hot Pants-aka, Detective Kade Galloway. But worst of all? What on earth do I put on my business card without scaring off the townsfolk? Amateur sleuth, PI in training, ghost whisperer, or ghost detective?Join Audrey Fitzgerald in the Ghost Detective series, a romantic paranormal cozy mystery featuring a talking cat, a ghost, and a murder to solve!

Tiny the giant fairy is intent on making life difficult for the residents of Whitefall Cove. But what happens when the cranky mechanic turns up dead in her garage?Tiny and I have something in common. We share a birthday. So when a mysterious gift turns up on my doorstep that could have had me joining Tiny in the ever-after, I''m immediately suspicious. Add to that Tiny''s death was staged to look like an accident and I''m convinced foul play was involved.While I''m busy searching for clues, Gran is busy creating havoc at her new role as Advanced Potion''s teacher at Drixworths Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She''s already on her third warning and I fear the powers that be will not be embracing her unorthodox teaching methods anytime soon.When another body drops, coincidentally sharing a birthday with Tiny and me, I have a sneaking suspicion the killer will not quit until I''m dead. With my birthday celebrations on hold, I call the murder club to order-we have a mystery to solve and a killer to catch.This paranormal murder mystery will have you completely spellbound and laughing out loud!

Finding a body washed ashore in Whitefall Cove was not how I wanted to start my day.I much preferred to face the morning with a hot strong caffeinated beverage, but alas, we can’t always have what we want. Out on a morning stroll with my familiar, Archie, I couldn’t believe my bad luck when we stumbled upon the body of local teenager Emily Sherman washed up on the beach. Unable to resist the lure of solving the mystery, I immediately set about finding her killer, but untangling a growing list of suspects isn’t as easy as I’d initially thought. With an election looming and Councilor Griffin’s nephew caught up in the net, the pressure is on to find out whodunnit and close the case.Let’s not mention working side by side with newly single detective Jackson Ward. Murder, mischief, and mayhem I can take in my stride, but a date with Jackson? That’s enough to have my magic sparking in nervous anticipation.This paranormal murder mystery will have you completely spellbound and laughing out loud!

Tick Tock. Time is running out.My parents are missing in outback Australia. Only they've left me clues. Clues that tell me they were close to a significant discovery - the location of a copper scroll that leads to untold treasures. A scroll that treasure hunters would kill for.Now I'm in a race against time. Together with my Gran, best friend Jenna, my familiar Archie, and bad boy lawyer Blake Tennant, we head to an outback town called Arrowstrand, where the locals are hiding their own secrets, and I must rely on my magic and blind faith to venture into the unknown.The stakes have never been higher; can I reach my parents before it's too late or will they be lost forever?This paranormal murder mystery will have you completely spellbound and laughing out loud!

Is a quiet life in the magical town of Whitefall Cove too much to ask? Apparently, for Harper Jones, it is. With the annual fundraising ball on the horizon, all of Harper's dreams go up in smoke.Just as her grandmother gears up to finally take down the Decadent Desserts Competition reigning winner, the former victor is found dead. With Gran as the number one suspect, Harper has her hands full trying to clear her grandmother's name while also attempting to keep two covens from taking out the other.But these feuding covens, filled with cranky, elderly witches, will stop at nothing to prove who has more power and spark. As spells backfire and the town feels the wrath, can Harper uncover the Whitefall Cove murderer before the next spell is cast?

To call Gran eccentric is somewhat of an understatement. She has questionable fashion sense, cough, can anyone say bedazzled Ugg boots and a tutu? But my Gran? She is awesome. So when she suggested I buy The Dusty Attic Bookstore I was all in, after all, what could go wrong?Try finding my high school nemesis dead on the floor for starters. Now I’m on the suspect list!  Okay, so I just need to find the killer, clear my name, and pass my witches exam. Oh, didn’t I mention that? Yeah, seems the stunt I pulled on my cheating ex-fiancee cost me not only my job, but my magic.My name is Harper Jones and this is not how I expected my return to my magical hometown of Whitefall Cove to go. This paranormal murder mystery will have you completely spellbound and laughing out loud!

Georgia Pearce possesses remarkable psychic abilities. When she discovers an ancient dagger hidden in her workshop, she knows it can only mean one thing. Trouble.Trouble arrives in the form of Zak Goodwin, an entity more powerful - and definitely sexier - than any she's come across before. However, when a horde of dangerous vampires show up and threaten Georgia and her sister, she has no choice but to ask Zak for help.Along with a shifter cop, a band of vampire warriors, and her own psychic skills, Georgia sets out to stop the awakening of an immortal vampire who has the power to destroy the world -- and discovers that staying alive isn't nearly as dangerous as falling in love.