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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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    • Reads
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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".
        
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        [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
        
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    Table of contentsLast updated Oct 05, 2018
    • Thank you for travelling with LiteraTours!
    • Chapter 1 - On the Run
    • Chapter 2 - Waterlogged Part 1
    • Chapter 3 - Waterlogged Part 2
    • Chapter 4: For whom the Bell tolls - Part 1
    • Chapter 5: For whom the Bell tolls - Part 2
    • Chapter 6: An Academic Death - Part 1
    • Chapter 7: An Academic Death - Part 2
    • Chapter 8: Nightfall - Part 1
    • Chapter 9: Nightfall - Part 2
    • Chapter 10: A Kommissar calls - Part 1
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    • Chapter 11: A Kommissar calls - Part 2
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    • Chapter 12: Cracking Up - Part 1
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    • Chapter 13: Cracking up - Part 2
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    • Chapter 14 : Of Monsters and Vampires - Part 1
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    • Chapter 15: Of Monsters and Vampires - Part 2
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    • Chapter 16: Cheers! - Part 1
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    • Chapter 17: Cheers! - Part 2
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    • Chapter 18: No regrets - Part 1
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    • Chapter 19: No regrets - Part 2
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    • Chapter 20: A darker shade of night - Part 1
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    • Chapter 21: A darker shade of night - Part 2
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    • Chapter 22: Rock a bye baby - Part 1
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    • Chapter 23: Rock a bye baby - Part 2
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    • Chapter 24: Myths and monsters - Part 1
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    • Chapter 25: Myths and Monsters - Part 2
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    • Chapter 26 : Dear Departed - Part 1
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    • Chapter 27: Dear Departed - Part 2
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    • Chapter 28: Decisions, decisions - Part 1
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    • Chapter 29 : Decisions, decisions - Part 2
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    • Chapter 30: United we stand - Part 1
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    • Chapter 31: United we stand - Part 2
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    • Chapter 32: Council of War Part 1
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    • Chapter 33: Council of War - Part 2
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    • Chapter 34: Splash - Part 1
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    • Chapter 35: Splash - Part 2
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    • Chapter 36: Halloween - Part 1
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    • Chapter 37: Halloween - Part 2
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    • Chapter 38: Dungeons and Dragons - Part 1
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    • Chapter 39: Dungeons and Dragons - Part 2
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    • Chapter 40: The Heat is on - Part 1
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    • Chapter 41: The Heat is On - Part 2
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    • Chapter 42: Guilty as charged - Part 1
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    • Chapter 43: Guilty as charged - part 2
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    • Chapter 44: Scary Encounters - Part 1
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    • Chapter 45: Scary Encounters - Part 2
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    • Chapter 46: Greetings from the dead - Part 1
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    • Chapter 47: Greetings from the dead - Part 2
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    • Chapter 48: The face of a killer - Part 1
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    • Chapter 49: The face of a killer - Part 2
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    • Chapter 50: The bird has flown - Part 1
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    • Chapter 51: The bird has flown - Part 2
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    • Chapter 52: After you - Part 1
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    • Chapter 53: After You - Part 2
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    • Chapter 54: Gotcha!
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    • Chapter 55: There be monsters
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    • Thank you for travelling with LiteraTours!
    • Chapter 1 - On the Run
    • Chapter 2 - Waterlogged Part 1
    • Chapter 3 - Waterlogged Part 2
    • Chapter 4: For whom the Bell tolls - Part 1
    • Chapter 5: For whom the Bell tolls - Part 2
    • Chapter 6: An Academic Death - Part 1
    • Chapter 7: An Academic Death - Part 2
    • Chapter 8: Nightfall - Part 1
    • Chapter 9: Nightfall - Part 2
    • Chapter 10: A Kommissar calls - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 11: A Kommissar calls - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 12: Cracking Up - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 13: Cracking up - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 14 : Of Monsters and Vampires - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 15: Of Monsters and Vampires - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 16: Cheers! - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 17: Cheers! - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 18: No regrets - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 19: No regrets - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 20: A darker shade of night - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 21: A darker shade of night - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 22: Rock a bye baby - Part 1
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    • Chapter 23: Rock a bye baby - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 24: Myths and monsters - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 25: Myths and Monsters - Part 2
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    • Chapter 26 : Dear Departed - Part 1
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    • Chapter 27: Dear Departed - Part 2
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    • Chapter 28: Decisions, decisions - Part 1
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    • Chapter 29 : Decisions, decisions - Part 2
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    • Chapter 30: United we stand - Part 1
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    • Chapter 31: United we stand - Part 2
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    • Chapter 32: Council of War Part 1
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    • Chapter 33: Council of War - Part 2
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    • Chapter 34: Splash - Part 1
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    • Chapter 35: Splash - Part 2
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    • Chapter 36: Halloween - Part 1
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    • Chapter 37: Halloween - Part 2
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    • Chapter 38: Dungeons and Dragons - Part 1
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    • Chapter 39: Dungeons and Dragons - Part 2
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    • Chapter 40: The Heat is on - Part 1
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    • Chapter 41: The Heat is On - Part 2
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    • Chapter 42: Guilty as charged - Part 1
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    • Chapter 43: Guilty as charged - part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 44: Scary Encounters - Part 1
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    • Chapter 45: Scary Encounters - Part 2
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    • Chapter 46: Greetings from the dead - Part 1
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    • Chapter 47: Greetings from the dead - Part 2
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    • Chapter 48: The face of a killer - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 49: The face of a killer - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 50: The bird has flown - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 51: The bird has flown - Part 2
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    • Chapter 52: After you - Part 1
      Locked
    • Chapter 53: After You - Part 2
      Locked
    • Chapter 54: Gotcha!
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    • Chapter 55: There be monsters
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    • Copyright and Disclaimer
    • Now updating - Sibylline Greetings sequel to Frankenstein's Guide
    • Sneak Preview of "Sibylline Greetings"
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