January 2023 1 2601. Takes the cake 2 2602. Madam Prime Minister 3 2603. A dog's life 4 2604. Quails' eggs 5 2605. An alien favour 6 2606. Masquerade 7 2607. Yet another story about stuffed cherry tomatoes 8 2608. How the planet was saved 9 2609. Elizabeth’s bout of arachnophobia 10 2610. The state of education? 11 2611. The seven deadly sins 12 2612. What's for dinner? 13 2613. Elephant ride 14 2614. WARNING! 15 2615. The black tulip

December 2022 1 2591. Old Mrs Handisides' garden 2 2592. Always do one thing at a time 3 2593. A shocking tale 4 2594. Scrawny little twerp 5 2595. Glad tidings 7 2596. Christmas marzipan 8 2597. Toot toot! 9 2598. War bride 10 2599. Serial killer 11 2600. A grand entrance and exit

November 2022 2 2562. Can you pick me up? 3 2563. Roads gather memories 4 2564. Daily shower 5 2565. The prophetic plum tree 6 2566. Corvette covertousness 7 2567. City life 8 2568. Dribbling idiot 9 2569. The recount 10 2570. The last ostrich 11 2571. Body on the lawn 12 2572. A lonely day 13 2573. An immensely ordinary day 14 2574. A fortuitous day 15 2575. Blind date 16 2576. Here's to your health 17 2577. The hay shed 18 2578. Piffle 19 2579. The long and the short of it 20 2580. Scram scammers! Scram! 21 2581. Water 22 2582. A very important man 23 2583. Licking the cake mixing bowl 24 2584. I thank my lucky stars 25 2585. Why I celebrate American Thanksgiving 26 2586. Putting up the Christmas tree 27 2587. A gruesome departure 28 2588. Daily hamburger 29 2589. The winning turkey 30 2590. The patio proposal

October 2022 1 2531. Phailsod throws a birthday party 2 2532. The power of flowers 3 2533. The treble voice 4 2534. Always read the safety warnings 5 2535. Toxic flowers 6 2536. Cat's meal time 7 2537. Natalie's garden 8 2538. Dunk bucket 9 2539. Apple Cider Pork Chops 10 2540. Mallet murder with malice 11 2541. A much deserved break 12 2542. Just desserts on a desert island 13 2543. A bookish tale 14 2544. A quiet retiement 15 2545. Earthlings' sensory perceptions 16 2546. Bad Luck Year 17 2547. Gabriella's tomatoes 18 2548. Scales of justice 19 2549. An answer to a prayer 20 2550. Ethnomusicology 21 2551. Chemistry! Yawn! 22 2552. Tiger Spectacle 23 2553. In the mud 24 2554. Dylan self-combusts 25 2555. When in Suva 26 2556. Fish guts 27 2557. Good morning! 28 2558. Notes for a novel 29 2559. Blue murder 30 2560. Election Day 31 2561. A true story for Halloween

September 2022 1 2510. Dolls 2 2511. Give a Bit 12 2512. Bedroom window 13 2513. Fly me to the moon 14 2514. An outing 15 2515. Julian takes a bath 16 2516. Roses 17 2517. Poet Laureate 18 2518. A carefully planned murder 19 2519. An experience of a lifetime 20 2520. A lesson in ornithology 21 2521. Ezra's lily plot 22 2522. Smarty Pants 23 2523. Cooking class 24 2524. Fitness talkback 25 2525. The Worm from Hell 26 2526. Itch before scratch 27 2527. On naming the children 28 2528. Such a common name 29 2529. Heteropaternal superfecundation 30 2530. A memorable wedding

August 2022 1 2496. Earth's Cosmological Contribution 2 2497. The secret of success 3 2498. Inheritance 4 2499. Pioneers 5 2500. Hither and yon 23 2501. Alligator 24 2502. Personal trainer 25 2503. Better to light a candle 26 2504. Job interview 27 2505. Afterlife 28 2506. Cable car adventure 29 2507. Good heavens! 30 2508. Off the power grid 31 2509. Phone Grandma

July 2022 1 2468. Chants and hakas 2 2469. Summer bulbs 3 2470. Full moon 4 2471. Mr. B.B. Wolf 5 2472. Mirror Mirror 6 2473. Endangered Zanzibar Red Colobus 7 2474. Life is not always a bed of roses 8 2475. Am I a debauched sleazebag? 9 2476. Hospital emergency 10 2477. King Lear's daughter 11 2478. What is the most effective poison? 12 2479. Carolyn's propensity 13 2480. Strutting cockerels 15 2481. Sing a Song of Sixpence 16 2482. Creative Writing Class 17 2483. Hush! Naseby is at prayer! 18 2484. A two-storey house 19 2485. Dead end street 20 2486. I thought I'd lost you 21 2487. Password change 22 2488. A leopard can't change its spots 23 2489. Guest alien 24 2490. What a kerfuffle! 25 2491. House fire 28 2492. A disappointing day 29 2493. Cat food 30 2494. Shortcut 31 2495. Orlando

June 2022 1 2444. The Somes Islan Crested Titmouse 2 2445. Birthday treat 3 2446. Interplanetary visitation 4 2447. A lethal posy 5 2448. I like to stay positive 6 2449. The sinkhole 7 2450. Welcome to Verona 8 2451. An accidental murder 9 2452. The last apple 10 2453. Interplanetary warfare 11 2454. Not for sale 12 2455. Lifestyle block 13 2456. Monologue on the phone 14 2457. Clothes don't maketh the man 15 2458. Bonnie's paintings 16 2459. Backward imbecilic aliens 17 2460. On logging trucks and cats 18 2461. A most unfortunate episode, with a hidden moral 22 2462. Pollyanna comes to stay 23 2463. One needs enough to be secure 27 2464. Crossing the Styx 28 2465. Let her eat cake 29 2466. Ransacked 30 2467. Taking stock

May 2022 1 2414. Flies and fish 2 2415. Same old story 3 2416. Very pretty 4 2417. Sauce for the goose 5 2418. Life on the farm 6 2419. Parliamentary sub-committee meeting… 7 2420. Grateful for small mercies 8 2421. Happy Birthing Personage Day! 9 2422. Oblivious to all 10 2423. A memorable performance 11 2424. Hopping mad 12 2425. Successful day's fishing 13 2426. Putty 15 2427. Birthday gift 16 2428. Sometimes it's better not to know 17 2429. Saved! 18 2430. Share and share alike 19 2431. A hearty speech 20 2432. A brew of convolvulus 21 2433. Frith 22 2434. Tonsured 23 2435. Jack's babies 24 2436. Language 25 2437. A paradigm of pedagogy 26 2438. Grandpa puts his finger on it 27 2439. It's a clown's life 28 2440. Piano was her forte 29 2441. Put the pieces together 30 2442. In hot water 31 2443. Cold comfort

April 2022 9 2393. Angel of mercy 10 2394. Job done 11 2395. Excuses excuses 12 2396. Rattling door in wind 13 2397. The chosen one 14 2398. Wool over their eyes 15 2399. Good Friday 2022 17 2400. A country bumpkin 18 2401. A reflection on the Easter Bunny 19 2402. Fate made me do it 20 2403. Behind the mask 21 2404. Dozing off 22 2405. Pretty geraniums 23 2406. White Elephants 24 2407. Stairway to Heaven 25 2408. ANZAC Day 2022 26 2409. Chemistry opportunities 27 2410. Eugenia's professional approach 28 2411. Mother to the rescue 29 2412. Precious scimitar 30 2413. Flock

March 2022 1 2370. Follow the science; follow me 2 2371. Hard boiled 3 2372. Run-of-the-mill day 5 2373. Mother's frustration 6 2374. Father's frustration 7 2375. The happiest day of his life 8 2376. Devious Dad 16 2377. Decipherable runes 17 2378. A novel approach 18 2379. Sandy landing 19 2380. An adventure sprung 20 2381. Something in the eye 21 2382. Concert Pianists 22 2383. Apprenticeships 23 2384. Teenage conversation 24 2385. A couple of shipping containers 25 2386. The time is tripe 26 2387. Let this be a lesson 27 2388. Magnificent rhododendrons and azaleas 28 2389. Something to squawk about 29 2390. A visit to the optometrist 30 2391. The marvels of technology 31 2392. The children's swing

February 2022 1 2344. Old bones 3 2345. The barbeque 4 2346. Miranda's first day 5 2347. Teacher-Pupil 6 2348. A meeting of meats 7 2349. To catch a thief 8 2350. Family secrets 9 2351. An alien attempt 10 2352. Meow 11 2353. Inseparable Wanda and Wally 12 2354. Emily’s stratagem 13 2355. Day of surprises 14 2356. My Valentine 15 2357. Let's hear from the expert 16 2358. Worn to a frazzle 17 2359. An unsavourey revenge 18 2360. Good things come to those who wait 19 2361. Don't cut the branch you are sitting on 20 2362. Make a beeline for 21 2363. Get some of her own medicine 22 2364. The proof is in the pudding 23 2365. Heavenly surprise 24 2366. Winter wood 25 2367. Hats off 26 2368. Office staff 28 2369. Simple solution

January 2022 4 2319. Triumph over rejection 5 2320. Restaurant service 7 2321. Running on a tight budget 8 2322. A moment in the life of Felix 9 2323. Fluke of a lifetime 11 2324. There is skulduggery afoot 12 2325. Tragedy begets tragedy 13 2326. Here comes the bride 14 2327. Cucumber pickle 15 2328. Cold murder 16 2329. A jolly funeral 17 2330. The best laid plans 19 2331. Berries 20 2332. Peanut butter 21 2333. Cranberry sauce 22 2334. Healthy eating 23 2335. A common biography 24 2336. A home improvement partnership 25 2337. Rhubarb and Stawberry Cobbler 26 2338. Detestable name 27 2339. A light on shopping 28 2340. Lucky photo 29 2341. Street corner beggar 30 2342. Bull 31 2343. When you were twelve

December 2021 1 2291. Midnight mystery 2 2292. The Reverend Sister's drink 3 2293. Dance the night away 4 2294. The taxi ride 5 2295. Heirs and cousins 6 2296. Friends on a road trip 7 2297. Choices 8 2298. Bank robbers 9 2299. Hidden treasure 10 2300. Pantomime Season 11 2301. The study of Earthlings 12 2302. Room 349 13 2303. Stage fright 14 2304. Heiress to a fortune 15 2305. Feisty waitress 16 2306. Dancing lessons 17 2307. The case of Estelle 18 2308. Back in time 19 2309. Light at the end of the tunnel 20 2310. The snowstorm 21 2311. My secret admirer 22 2312. Children's parcels 24 2313. Christmas Eve 26 2314. Granny Hoppy 27 2315. A bad week 28 2316. Murder is not always straightforward 29 2317. Building conversion 30 2318. A cause for celebration

November 2021 1 2268. Dulcie's French onion soup 2 2269. The naked truth 3 2270. On a mission 4 2271. Lockdown Blues 5 2272. Vera's generous help 6 2273. The old bicycle 14 2274. Peace at last! 15 2275. Time to tarry 16 2276. The contraption 17 2277. Bettine goes window shopping 18 2278. Empty station 19 2279. Trout tickling 20 2280. Dare to ask 21 2281. A cunning murderer 22 2282. Outside the bakery 23 2283. Starlight romance 24 2284. Grumpy Crotch 25 2285. The crooked Christmas tree 26 2286. Three friends 27 2287. Restaurant protest 28 2288. Luggage 29 2289. The marriage proposal 30 2290. Hello! Anybody there?

October 2021 2 2244. Virilent virology 3 2245. Numbers count 5 2246. Out on a limb 6 2247. A visit to Yellowstone 7 2248. Private detective 8 2249. Murder by asphyxiation 9 2250. Flight emergency 10 2251. The eyes have it 11 2252. Study the Atlas 12 2253. Academia 13 2254. Time of birth 14 2255. Goldilocks breaks in again 16 2256. Over the teacups 17 2257. The swing bridge 20 2258. Story Homework 22 2259. Dead 24 2260. What a schemozzles! 25 2261. The date palm 26 2262. The world I woke to 27 2263. The tornado 28 2264. Passionfruit 29 2265. History is made 30 2266. Kitchen gadgetry 31 2267. A bag of trash for Halloween

September 2021 1 2230. Bravo Valerie! 2 2231. Cemetery shortcut 3 2232. Aunt Josephine's painting 4 2233. The Candy House 5 2234. Grandma's photo album 6 2235. I spied: Robert Runcie 7 2236. Strange things 8 2237. Island stash 9 2238. Island resort 10 2239. What's in a name? 11 2240. Did I mean to kill her? 12 2241. A snarling snake 13 2242. Cultural appreciation 14 2243. A special gift

August 2021 1 2199. Joyce's pet cat 2 2200. I spied: Dolly Parton 3 2201. Great Uncle Frederick's legacy 4 2202. A good plumber is hard to find 5 2203. The lockdown 6 2204. Garden gnomes 7 2205. Norm's Ancestral Monstrosity 8 2206. Cedar of Lebanon 9 2207. I spied: Queen Elizabeth II 10 2208. The husband and lover 11 2209. The stolen goose 12 2210. The cost of a lawyer 13 2211. Two rings and a fish 14 2212. Struck by lightning 15 2213. Twins 16 2214. I spied: Michael Jackson 17 2215. Wonderful chicken 18 2216. Blackberry pie for Herb 19 2217. Wheels 20 2218. The chemist 21 2219. Keeping warm 22 2220. Helpful suggestions 23 2221. I spied: John Paul II 24 2222. A bit of a whine 25 2223. Morgan's pet insects 26 2224. Write great in twenty minutes 27 2225. Fewer deaths on Sunday 28 2226. Revenge is sweet 29 2227. A sudden medical event 30 2228. I spied: Margaret Mahy 31 2229. A real man writes poetry

July 2021 1 2171. Gang warfare 2 2172. Amputation 4 2173. The flooded stream 5 2174. Death by drowning 6 2175. Long flight 7 2176. Whizzing along 8 2177. The flukes of life 9 2178. A headless chicken 10 2179. New identity 11 2180. The call of Nature 12 2181. UFO info 13 2182. A can of worms 16 2183. Broken coffee maker 17 2184. Complications 18 2185. Government handouts 19 2186. Traditional fairy stories 20 2187. Alien first aid 21 2188. Talula does the hula 22 2189. Garden weeding, garden weeding 23 2190. The corrugated iron shed 24 2191. Full moon 25 2192. Jet pack 26 2193. I'm pleased to be a bee 27 2194. Life in the swamp 28 2195. I plead innocence 29 2196. Organic gardening 30 2197. The treehouse 31 2198. An ornate mailbox

June 2021 1 2143. Hospital visitation 2 2144. Courtesy quandary 3 2145. Lucky cow 4 2146. Fortuity 5 2147. Colour my world 6 2148. Rest in peace 7 2149. A kindly disposition 8 2150. Oh for a photo in focus 10 2151. Rat poison 11 2152. A loaded gun 12 2153. Crumpet 13 2154. Stolen car 14 2155. Better to light a candle 15 2156. Ballet class 16 2157. The oak tree's calling 17 2158. Devouring Shakespeare 19 2159. Slugs 20 2160. Dentures 21 2161. Lend me your ears 22 2162. House party 23 2163. A late frost 24 2164. Interplanary wisdom 25 2165. Teacher's admonition 26 2166. In gold lettering 27 2167. Her husband's ashes 28 2168. Genies in bottles 29 2169. Alvin’s grandfather’s grandfather clock 30 2170. Mashed Spud

May 2021 1 2116. Winner takes all 4 2117. Selfish people 5 2118. Hills and codes 6 2119. The little grey warbler 8 2120. Spider bite 9 2121. Finbarr's weasel 10 2122. A true professional 11 2123. More than a cow whisperer 12 2124. A lonesome funeral 13 2125. Shoes 14 2126. Story writing 15 2127. A perfect day for drying clothes 16 2128. A domestic battle 18 2129. A creature of habit 19 2130. A litany of achievement 20 2131. Morning coffee 21 2132. Rainy days 22 2133. To do away with parents 23 2134. You are being watched 24 2135. In a pickle 25 2136. Saved! 26 2137. Custody 27 2138. Higgledy-piggledy 28 2139. Everything was hunky-dory 29 2140. The Anti-Legume League 30 2141. Keeping crocodiles 31 2142. Elsie's method of murder

April 2021 1 2093. Oh what a tragedy! 5 2094. A nerve-wracking application 6 2095. Urs's plan backfires 7 2096. Hobbies 9 2097. There they go again 10 2098. An interview with Silenus 11 2099. Putting the garden to sleep 13 2100. My fishpond 14 2101. Murderous suburb 15 2102. Enough to make you sickle 16 2103. Georgina's son was a genius 17 2104. Blood stains 18 2105. In praise of a teacher 20 2106. In praise of underwear 21 2107. Take your pills 22 2108. Would you believe? 23 2109. A dog walk 24 2110. Mind your Qs 26 2111. A visit to town 27 2112. Just a bus ride away 28 2113. Mother Goose 29 2114. Murder on the street 30 2115. The admirable psychiatrist

March 2021 1 2065. The saga of Twaddle the Duck 3 2066. Maisie smiles 5 2067. Scout's honour 6 2068. Fingerprints in the butter 7 2069. Last words 8 2070. The Little Egret 9 2071. Chuff chuff 10 2072. Strum strum 11 2073. Knit knit 12 2074. Evening classes 13 2075. Virginia's chocolates 14 2076. A street of murders 15 2077. Enrique's sandwich bar 16 2078. No one could put their finger on it 17 2079. Abdul wasn't the slightest bit Irish 18 2080. Clara's wonderful garden 19 2081. It's off to work we go 20 2082. Hospital emergency 21 2083. Pink headphones 22 2084. Name change 23 2085. Like a pig in muck 24 2086. Lynnelle, Chutney Queen 25 2087. Loud car 27 2088. My side of the bed 28 2089. Gertrude, Professor of Philosophy 29 2090. Pianoforte lessons, Darling 30 2091. A warning to the Argentinosaurus 31 2092.A cadenza for oboist

February 2021 1 2039. A newsworthy photograph 2 2040. Erica's flower salad 3 2041. An incredible gift 4 2042. A secretary's report 5 2043. Nancy's meringues 7 2044. Things are rarely what they seem 8 2045. Habitual drinking 9 2046. A typical life 10 2047. Animal Farm 11 2048. Shoo! 12 2049. Bernice's murderous plots 14 2050. Take a seat for Valentine's 15 2051. Will you be my Valentine? 16 2052. Bypass 17 2053. Dora didn't have a cat 18 2054. Lucas' connections 19 2055. Peggy Squares 20 2056. Creamed corn 21 2057. Chicken stew with duck confit and cabbage 22 2058. Nest building 23 2059. The meanest, nastiest mother 24 2060. Them's the breaks 25 2061. Online dating 26 2062. Twaddle 27 2063. Helping Mummy 28 2064. If tomorrow...

January 2021 12 2021. Tinsel and Bauble 14 2022. The bottle 15 2023. The tank 16 2024. A couple of cows and a few pigs 17 2025. Are you gender neutral or gender neutral? 18 2026. A place to retire 19 2027. It was the Rainbow gave thee birth 20 2028. The endangered Zapata Rail 21 2029. A day on the river 22 2030. Mustang Molly 23 2031. The open window 24 2032. Raven mad 25 2033. Trudy knew 26 2034. On safari 27 2035. The secret agent 28 2036. A systemically insensitive Western 29 2037. We gotta git outta here 31 2038. Edna's unsuccessful foray into murder

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