Bøker av Suzanne Downes

There is trouble in the woods and the animals don't know who can help, until Rory the Rabbit remembers Brian the Tortoise.Brian helped when a fox cub was stuck in the briar patch, so surely he will be clever enough to find out who has been stealing poor Sally Squirrel's store of acorns and nuts. If the thief isn't told to stop, Sally will go hungry all through the long winter!Rory digs a hole so Bold Brian can leave Vicky's garden to go and see his new friends, but is he really a match for the naughty thief and can he make the woodland peaceful and happy once again?

Cassie has been so busy helping her mother with an archaeological excavation that she didn't notice at first that her magical Egyptian servant Kesbet is unhappy and bored. He finally admits he feels he should be fulfilling his real destiny of serving Queen Herneith in the Afterlife.Cassie realizes she is going to have to do something unselfish and find the Queen's tomb for Kesbet and put him where he has always belonged.But her cousins Edie, Rawley and Bruno have shared in her adventures with Kesbet and won't be happy to hear they have to give up the Shabti forever, so she decides she must keep her search for the tomb in secret.She has the bright idea of letting the other children use Kesbet's magic while she does her research, but letting the naughty twins Bruno and Rawley loose on the streets of London with magic turns out to be an adventure all of its own ...

Just in case you were thinking you might like to read my books, but are not quite sure that you will like my style - why not read some short stories to give you a flavour of C H Underwood, Inspector Lazarus and the rest?

Ten year old Cassia Byfleet has a secret. She has found a magical Egyptian effigy called an ushabti which can grant her wishes - and Cassie needs wishes badly.Her archaeologist father died in the Great War, her mother has gone to Egypt to help Howard Carter with Tutankhamen's newly discovered tomb and she is left in the charge of her despised Aunt Maude.As if that wasn't bad enough, Aunt Maude has a new friend, Mr Judd who comes to visit bringing his three children and their dog with him. The twelve year old twins, Bruno and Rawley, immediately take a dislike to Cassie, but their nine year old sister Edie, along with her little dog, Major, are soon firm friends with the lonely little girl, who is still grieving for her lost father and missing her mother.Of course having a magical servant is not quite as exciting as it seems and there follows a number of misunderstandings and misadventures, including being kidnapped by gypsies.Then Cassie's mother is caught in a roof-fall in a forgotten tomb in Egypt and Cassie finally realises that she is going to have to use the ushabti for something other than her own pleasure and desires.But Kesbet the ushabti sees Mrs Byfleet as a tomb-robber, not a discoverer and Cassie finds that her father was also a victim of Kesbet's protective curse. Can she find the strength to force Kesbet to obey her commands to save her mother, or will the ushabti fulfil his ancient task of punishing all those who desecrate the Pharaoh's tomb?