Books by Mary Collins

Surveys the jazz trumpeter's career from the formative years of jazz in New Orleans, through his club successes in Chicago after 1930, to his last European tour in 1954.

The next compelling, heartfelt instalment in the lives of the Ten Bells Street girls, a wartime saga series from Mary Collins (pseudonym of bestselling crime writer, Barbara Nadel, author of the Inspector Ikmen series).

The next compelling, heartfelt instalment in the lives of the Ten Bells Street girls, a wartime saga series from Mary Collins (pseudonym of bestselling crime writer, Barbara Nadel, author of the Inspector Ikmen series).

When Tony’s best pal Cleo goes to heaven, the lively boxer dog knows he must find a new friend to make him happy again. But who will be Tony’s buddy? Follow his adventures as Tony meets a llama, an egret, a chihuahua, an alligator and others in his quest for his new best friend! This delightful story, based on true events, is more than a tale of animal friendship. Lonely Tony is also a useful tool for parents and educators to help children cope with experiencing loss and the journey of finding new friends.

A heartwarming story of survival and friendship, from an essential new voice in the genre

The author explores how Americans might make girls feel essential on the home front without denying them the right of self-definition. Few American parents expect their children to play an important role on the home front.