This is the forth book in The Dead Series. Pippsy and Jack get involved in trouble again in spite of themselves. While on a visit to Pippsy's mother the pair are asked to investigate some mysterious occurrences happening to the neighbours. As usual, all is not as it first appears and before they know it Pippsy and Jack are in it up to their necks. But who did what to whom, and why?

A Jumble of Stories by Katie Gray is a compilation of eight individual short stories for a variety of audiences. The stories include: Case of Self Defence A warning to husbands who are not appreciative of their wives. Do you know what she gets up to during the day? Merry Little Christmas Even the most intelligent and apparently contented of of young ladies might discover there is more to life than they realise! All on a cold and frosty morning We all have a talent of which we might be unaware. One young lady unexpectedly realises hers. Christmas at Frederico's Something of a cautionary tale. Do as you would be Done By, or Be Done By as you Did! A Christmas Story Retirement does not have to be the end, there could be a whole new career just around the corner. Sally's Story If you think you can........... you might surprise yourself and attain much more than you might have hoped. Fairy Godmother She was just playing a part - or was she? What do you think I am Not someone with whom to be trifled - EVER!!

Pippsy and Jack fall into a convoluted crime once Again. A seemingly straightforward case soon becomes anything but. A wife who claims her husband has been kidnapped - or has he? And is she as naive as she appears? Why is the husband making threatening noises at the pair? Who are the couple who claim to be investigators, if in fact they are? Pippsy and Jack have to team up with an acquaintance from a previous case. As usual, they need to use their wits more than once to keep ahead of the persons wishing them ill.

Dead Against It is the third book in Katie Gray’s `Dead Series`. Pippsy and Jack Standage move home and business to an immaculate house in Buckinghamshire. They are dismayed when shortly after their arrival two `heavies’ appear on their doorstep. The men demand access to the loft and remove trunks and boxes apparently belonging to the previous owner. This is only the beginning as the men return to clear more boxes two days later. A brother and sister engage them to investigate their mother’s new husband, who they suspect is planning to kill her. The mysterious removals from the loft and the suspicions of the brother and sister become linked up. The discovery of two skeletons and nefarious goings on at a run–down Priory all provide Pippsy and Jack with their strangest case yet.

This is the second crime novel in `The Dead Series`. A follow on from her book; `Dead on Arrival’. Pippsy and Jack Standage are asked to find the missing wife of a rather unpleasant man. He purports to be a businessman but they begin to think the business he’s in is “funny business”. They visit several large luxurious houses searching for clues, but when Pippsy finds a woman’s body in one of them, then has an attempt made on her life, the police suggest that the pair should disappear for a while. Unfortunately their “safe house” proves to be not so safe after all. Once again Pippsy and Jack are in the middle of a dangerous game.