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Amanda Cadabra and The Hidey-Hole Truth

Book One of the Hilarious Fantasy Mystery Series

A quiet, young witch is coming of age hidden in Sunken Madley, a quaint English village with far too many secrets. Orphaned by a peculiar accident (was it an accident?) involving a Cornish cliff, she has good reason to keep a low profile.

But on a furniture restoration job at the old village Manor, bizarre events conspire to drag the covert witch and her grumpy feline familiar into its murky past and its even more dangerous present.

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Amanda Cadabra and The Hidey-Hole Truth

A must-read for lovers of humorous fantasy mystery, where Harry Potter meets Agatha Christie, in a 'timelessly British' supernatural whodunnit. A mirthful mix of vintage and modern-day fun, suspense and excitement, with a happy ending.

Inspired by Lord of the Rings, the collected works of Sir Terry Pratchett, and the esteemed Miss Christie, with a dash of Georgette Heyer, Alastair MacLean and JK Rowling, this first in series will leave you with a grin on your face and lightness of heart as you the read ‘The End’ and reach for the next book.

Dive in to meet the delightful Amanda, the superior Tempest, the by-the-book Inspector Trelawney, the aristocratic Senara and the warm-hearted Cornishman Perran, together with a host of their colourful neighbours. Each character has their own hidden depths to surprise you along the way, as you enter the village of Sunken Madley.

Amanda Cadabra with Tempest in the workshop

The Characters

  • Amanda is a covert witch, reclusive but beloved resident of Sunken Madley, trained by her grandparents in magic and keeping a low profile. But can she do that with a missing body, ghosts and secret tunnels on her hands and a police detective asking too many questions?
  • Tempest is Amanda's grumpy feline reincarnated by grandparents Perran and Senara during Amanda's teens. Regards humans as an inferior species. Will he stay awake long enough to aid his pet human when the crunch comes?
  • Detective Inspector Thomas Trelawney of the Devon and Cornwall Police is assigned to the Cardiubarn Case: a van containing Amanda's family mysteriously went over a cliff when she was 3 years old. Are his suspicions about Senara and Perran justified?
  • Senara and Perran Cadabra are grandparents and adoptive parents to Amanda. They lovingly home educate and train her in furniture restoration, witchcraft and dealing with 'Normals'. But how much are they not telling their granddaughter about their past?

The Plot

  • They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Covert witch Amanda is a survivor. After all, she could so nearly have been on the bus that went over that Cornish cliff, leaving her to the loving care of her strangely secretive witch grandparents. But as she comes of age, will they ever tell her more about what really happened on that day?
  • They say old houses go bump in the night. Sunken Madly Manor goes bump in the day. Amanda, a furniture restorer in her grandfather’s business, finds that out on her first solo on-site job at the 400-year-old village mansion. Amanda must unravel a intriguing past that reaches its tentacles into a mysterious present. She is armed only with her wits, a wand and Tempest, her grumpy reincarnated feline familiar. Will they be enough?
  • They say when there’s danger, call the police. But with a body, ghosts, hidden passageways, and strange chills on her covertly magical hands, the last thing Amanda needs is the arrival of a handsome detective. Charged with getting to the bottom of the incident that killed Amanda’s family, his presence threatens to expose her covert magical identity. Can Amanda Cadabra solve the Manor’s mysteries and begin to unravel her own secret past before her village is stained by the scandal of murder?
  • Amanda Cadabra and the Hidey-Hole Truth is a hilarious, suspenseful, entertaining fantasy that draws the reader into a world of picturesque English villages, unforgettable characters, a cat with attitude, and the most enchanting of mysteries.
Spooky old English mansion: Sunken Madley Manor

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Chapter 1
The day of the incident

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