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    Frankenstein's Guide (Book 1, the LiteraTours Cozy Mystery Series)
    Frankenstein's Guide (Book 1, the L...
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    Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth can dive into books, but she isn't prepared for a monster - and a ruthless murderer killing her tourists.
         
        Ike is fighting the aftermath of a nasty divorce that left her husband in custody of her homesitting business - and her beloved cats.
        With nothing but a turquoise construction trailer to call her home, Ike invests her last quid and becomes partner in a tour company specialising in bespoke trips for book-lovers. When the guide hired to take on the first tour drops out at the last minute, Ike has to take over and steer her guests towards the cradle of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
        All to soon she realises there truly are monsters on the loose, one of them a ruthless killer who's targetting her tourists. 
        To unearth the truth, Ike will have to cooperate with her moronic partner, Gary Sands, 13th Baron of Nettlehole and founder of LiteraTours. When they don't succeed in stopping the killer, she realises she'll have to take the plunge and draw on some rather unusual skills her family has been hiding from the world  . . .
        "Frankenstein's Guide" is the first instalment in the "LiteraTours Cozy Mystery series".
        
        This story is now available on YONDER, your next-generation reading
        app from the Wattpad family.
        Join me on YONDER today! Find it now in your app store.
        
        [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
        
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    Table of contents
    • Thank you for travelling with LiteraTours!
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Chapter 1 - On the Run
      Thu, Mar 29, 2018
    • Chapter 2 - Waterlogged Part 1
      Tue, Apr 3, 2018
    • Chapter 3 - Waterlogged Part 2
      Fri, Apr 6, 2018
    • Chapter 4: For whom the Bell tolls - Part 1
      Tue, Apr 10, 2018
    • Chapter 5: For whom the Bell tolls - Part 2
      Fri, Apr 13, 2018
    • Chapter 6: An Academic Death - Part 1
      Tue, Apr 17, 2018
    • Chapter 7: An Academic Death - Part 2
      Fri, Apr 20, 2018
    • Chapter 8: Nightfall - Part 1
      Tue, Apr 24, 2018
    • Chapter 9: Nightfall - Part 2
      Fri, Apr 27, 2018
    • Chapter 10: A Kommissar calls - Part 1
      Tue, May 1, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 11: A Kommissar calls - Part 2
      Fri, May 4, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 12: Cracking Up - Part 1
      Tue, May 8, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 13: Cracking up - Part 2
      Fri, May 11, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 14 : Of Monsters and Vampires - Part 1
      Tue, May 15, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 15: Of Monsters and Vampires - Part 2
      Fri, May 18, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 16: Cheers! - Part 1
      Tue, May 22, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 17: Cheers! - Part 2
      Fri, May 25, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 18: No regrets - Part 1
      Tue, May 29, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 19: No regrets - Part 2
      Fri, Jun 1, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 20: A darker shade of night - Part 1
      Tue, Jun 5, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 21: A darker shade of night - Part 2
      Fri, Jun 8, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 22: Rock a bye baby - Part 1
      Tue, Jun 12, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 23: Rock a bye baby - Part 2
      Fri, Jun 15, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 24: Myths and monsters - Part 1
      Tue, Jun 19, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 25: Myths and Monsters - Part 2
      Fri, Jun 22, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 26 : Dear Departed - Part 1
      Tue, Jun 26, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 27: Dear Departed - Part 2
      Fri, Jun 29, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 28: Decisions, decisions - Part 1
      Tue, Jul 3, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 29 : Decisions, decisions - Part 2
      Fri, Jul 6, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 30: United we stand - Part 1
      Tue, Jul 10, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 31: United we stand - Part 2
      Fri, Jul 13, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 32: Council of War Part 1
      Tue, Jul 17, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 33: Council of War - Part 2
      Fri, Jul 20, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 34: Splash - Part 1
      Tue, Jul 24, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 35: Splash - Part 2
      Fri, Jul 27, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 36: Halloween - Part 1
      Tue, Jul 31, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 37: Halloween - Part 2
      Fri, Aug 3, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 38: Dungeons and Dragons - Part 1
      Tue, Aug 7, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 39: Dungeons and Dragons - Part 2
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 40: The Heat is on - Part 1
      Tue, Aug 14, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 41: The Heat is On - Part 2
      Fri, Aug 17, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 42: Guilty as charged - Part 1
      Tue, Aug 21, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 43: Guilty as charged - part 2
      Fri, Aug 24, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 44: Scary Encounters - Part 1
      Tue, Aug 28, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 45: Scary Encounters - Part 2
      Fri, Aug 31, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 46: Greetings from the dead - Part 1
      Tue, Sep 4, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 47: Greetings from the dead - Part 2
      Fri, Sep 7, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 48: The face of a killer - Part 1
      Tue, Sep 11, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 49: The face of a killer - Part 2
      Fri, Sep 14, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 50: The bird has flown - Part 1
      Tue, Sep 18, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 51: The bird has flown - Part 2
      Fri, Sep 21, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 52: After you - Part 1
      Tue, Sep 25, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 53: After You - Part 2
      Fri, Sep 28, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 54: Gotcha!
      Tue, Oct 2, 2018Locked
    • Chapter 55: There be monsters
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018Locked
    • Copyright and Disclaimer
      Tue, Apr 3, 2018
    • Now updating - Sibylline Greetings sequel to Frankenstein's Guide
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018
    • Sneak Preview of "Sibylline Greetings"
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018

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    Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth can dive into books, but she isn't prepared for a monster - and a ruthless murderer killing her tourists.
         
        Ike is fighting the aftermath of a nasty divorce that left her husband in custody of her homesitting business - and her beloved cats.
        With nothing but a turquoise construction trailer to call her home, Ike invests her last quid and becomes partner in a tour company specialising in bespoke trips for book-lovers. When the guide hired to take on the first tour drops out at the last minute, Ike has to take over and steer her guests towards the cradle of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
        All to soon she realises there truly are monsters on the loose, one of them a ruthless killer who's targetting her tourists. 
        To unearth the truth, Ike will have to cooperate with her moronic partner, Gary Sands, 13th Baron of Nettlehole and founder of LiteraTours. When they don't succeed in stopping the killer, she realises she'll have to take the plunge and draw on some rather unusual skills her family has been hiding from the world  . . .
        "Frankenstein's Guide" is the first instalment in the "LiteraTours Cozy Mystery series".
        
        This story is now available on YONDER, your next-generation reading
        app from the Wattpad family.
        Join me on YONDER today! Find it now in your app store.
        
        [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
        
        Cover designed by Ren T

    59 parts

    • Copyright and Disclaimer
      Tue, Apr 3, 2018
    • Now updating - Sibylline Greetings sequel to Frankenstein's Guide
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018
    • Sneak Preview of "Sibylline Greetings"
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018
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