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The Ballashiels Mysteries follow archaeologist Ruby Towers and the hard-up aristocrat Lord ‘Ratty’ Ballashiels. Oversleeper was published under the Matt Mountebank pseudonym. The Reluctant Rescue is a true story, told with the same comic timing. Choose Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.
The Ballashiels Mysteries
The Sphinx Scrolls
An ancient Mayan prophecy, a dangerous Nazi descendant, a passionate archaeologist, and an aristocrat desperate for cash. Mayan legends tell of a location where the secret to surviving the end of the world may be found. One part of that legend sits in Lord ‘Ratty’ Ballashiels’ attic; the other disappeared from a Berlin museum when the Nazis took power. The quest to rescue historic artefacts becomes a race to prevent an apocalyptic threat.
The Ballashiels Mysteries
The Dali Diaries
When an English Earl opens a forgotten room in his stately home — locked since 1937 — he discovers a connection to his mother’s disappearance and re-awakens a decades-old conspiracy. A lost Dalí painting in a Spanish cave, a time capsule at Flushing Meadows, and his grandmother’s friendship with Unity Mitford: he has hours to save millions from the conspirators’ true purpose.
The Ballashiels Mysteries
The Chaplin Conspiracy
Lord ‘Ratty’ Ballashiels finds an old film of Charlie Chaplin’s visit to Rennes-le-Château — with the millionaire priest Bérenger Saunière clearly visible behind Chaplin. The tin is labelled 1932. Saunière died in 1917. The projector lamp ignites the film, a body is found in the ruins, and a warrant is issued for Ratty’s arrest. Convinced the film is a clue to Saunière’s treasure, he stows away to France.
as Matt Mountebank
Oversleeper
What do you do when you wake up one morning and find that everything you know has changed? On Monday morning Ignatius Inuus finds himself on the run in a New York he barely recognises. Helped by a mysterious young woman, he learns about a brutal new regime. In his quest to force change, he discovers that when you possess the power of life or death over people, choosing life is not as simple as it seems.
A true story
The Reluctant Rescue
Meet Pooch, the top dog living a life of luxury — until his humans adopt a Greek stray called Mary and bring her back to England. For Mary, lawns, sofas and unlimited food are heaven. Pooch struggles to share his paradise. When another stray called Brando arrives, things only get worse. Heart-warming and hilarious, this is the true story of the rescue of stray dogs from Greece.
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