The Christmas wish-tastropheChristmas is the best time to believe in magic. One winter evening, Lydia Marmalade arrives at Lady Partridge's mansion. She has nothing except her sausage dog, Colin, but she's not going to let that stop her making this her new home. But Lady Partridge isn't at all keen to make Lydia part of the family. If Lydia doesn't behave herself until the end of the winter season, she'll cast her off entirely. And now her mother's gone, Lydia doesn't have

and a voice

Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there

As Jade reacclimatizes

When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper

A lost soul who boiled his pasta in the kettle

With a sense of foreboding he steps ashore where three lighthouse keepers disappeared more than a century before - a mystery that remains unsolved

and the Caribbean

including space for favourite meals

just inside the Highland line

long shopping lists or loads of washing up

Into which mirror must she look to find herself and save herself

and tree ornaments using foraged foliage