Books with author Louise Carne

Simon Brookes, a young researcher of the paranormal, comes to investigate the strange case of Denise, a young girl channelling automatic writing from the past - but far from helping Denise, his arrival complicates the situation even more.Denise becomes obsessed with Simon and events take unexpected turns as the paranormal phenomena become tangled up with the emotional tensions between Denise and those around her.Denise is increasingly drawn to the mysterious Silent Pool near her house, its murky depths reflecting the mystery of whether the girl in the writing is really a dead spirit, part of Denise herself - or some more sinister power.

Returning from karate practice, Jasmin thinks she has seen spaceships hovering over the ancient earthworks at Borley Tump - but grandfather tells her they are a sign of impending doom. A New Age convoy arrives in town and Jasmin, with her friends Kevin and Tom, join the travellers in protesting against plans for a giant supermarket to be built in the lee of Borley Tump.Tom takes an interest in the stories of the Australian indigenous people and realises that dreamtime and mythical earth spirits might just exist in Westover too. The children discover there is far greater danger looming over Westover than they ever imagined. Led by cryptic messages from mysterious Raven Jack, they have to find The Pit of Doom and the Sacred Stones in order to avert catastrophe, and along the way uncover a traitor who is hell-bent on getting his revenge.

Sally is always in trouble for day-dreaming at school. She prefers hanging out in mysterious Park Wood with its squishy mud and shady groves and dreams of a secret Guardian Serpent who protects the land.But when the wood is threatened with development by the local council and a large hypermarket chain, the Guardian Serpent takes on a new reality and Sally has to muster all her resources to fight to save the land she loves.

An Archaeological Mystery for Young Readers Mags O’ Connor is on holiday in Italy where her archaeologist parents are excavating a Roman village. The dig unearths the graves of children, buried with rmysterious objects such as raven claws and puppy tails. A painting on a wall suggests the ancient inhabitants had tried to rid the village of plague with sorcery.Mags encounters a mysterious woman on the hillside and, together with her brother Richard and a local boy, Luca, discovers evidence in a secret chamber in the caves beyond the village, that ancient sorcery may not be dead.Mags dreams of the lost plague victims who beg her to help them and unravels a trail of sorcery which has destroyed generations of the town’s children. She must defeat the darkness, or many more victims will be swept to the grave and beyond - to a fate far worse than death.

Will drags his friends into a heap of trouble at ancient Harwood Hall. He is determined to explore and refuses to allow anything or anyone to stop him.In the cellars they find a statue of the mythical demon, Asmodeus, containing a hidden letter which tells of a dreadful secret connected to the Hall.Key parts of the letter have disintegrated and the children are drawn into a quest to solve the mystery. They encounter a sinister group who have passed the secret down through the centuries, using it to gain power at the expense of others.The children follow a series of codes hidden within paintings, fishponds, murals, tombstones, statues and a poem by Chaucer. The closer they get to the truth, the deeper they become entangled in the affairs of the mysterious figures in black, who are linked to key positions in the town.Not knowing who they can trust, the children unravel the demon’s secret, to discover the town of Harwood faced with catastrophe.

Madeline, Richard and Gary are sent to stay with. their aunt in Brancepeth Castle, in the heart of ancient Northumbria.They are caught in a terrifying web of mystery involving the strange workings of destiny which links them inextricably with a band of their ancestors, fourteenth century Crusader knights, who were guardians of the legendary secrets and treasure of Brancepeth.They are drawn into conflict with the sinister housekeeper and the cruel, power-hungry Lord Sharpsville from nearby Barons Court, and find themselves up against forces of unimaginable horror which threaten to spread across the whole of England.What are the secrets of Brancepeth Castle and the Fivefold Hounds of Darkness and does the lost treasure of Brancepeth really exist?They must find the answers as they battle powerful forces of darkness , in a race against time to save not only Brancepeth but to prevent an eruption of evil that threatens to wreak havoc and disaster far across the land.

THE LORDS OF TIMECara LouiseThe Third and Final Book in the Beast of Biddersley Grange series! Victorian pupil/teacher, Mary Heatherton, is in terrible danger after discovering the secret of Biddersley Grange.A small group of Victorian children are stranded in a prehistoric village, surrounded by hungry dinosaurs, after the failure of Mary’s employer’s experiments in time travel. The resulting glitch in time is investigated by Sash and Jaz, two Time Unit cadets from the twenty second century, dedicated to the protection of the time web. They are sent on their first training session at a key stage on Earth when intelligent life has been contacted in the Andromeda Galaxy.But their mission turns out to be more important than anyone realises, for the power lust of a crazed Victorian at Biddersley Grange, threatens the entire course of intergalactic history.

THE DEMON’S SECRET Cara Louise Despite being confined to a wheelchair, Will drags his friends, Misha and Matti, into a heap of trouble at ancient Harwood Hall. He is determined to explore and refuses to allow anything or anyone to stop him, taking considerable advantage of his friends along the way. In the cellars they find a statue of the mythical demon, Asmodeus, containing a hidden letter which tells of a dreadful secret connected to the Hall. Key parts of the letter have disintegrated and the children are drawn into a quest to solve the mystery. They encounter a sinister group who have passed the secret down through the centuries, using it to gain power at the expense of others. The children follow a series of codes hidden within paintings, fishponds, murals, tombstones, statues and a poem by Chaucer. The closer they get to the truth, the deeper they become entangled in the affairs of the mysterious figures in black, who are linked to key positions in the town. Not knowing who they can trust, the children unravel the demon’s secret, to discover the town of Harwood faced with catastrophe.

THE STONES OF POWERCara LouiseBook 2 of The Beast of Biddersley Grange Trilogy The Stones of Power is set in Biddersley, two years after Toby, Blossom, Shannon and Martin discover the mysterious Stones of Power.The story features the two youngest children, Toby and Blossom, together with telepathic Layla, who lives at Biddersley Grange with its strange garden .One of the Stones reappears in the headmaster's office at Biddersley School and a new R.E. teacher arrives who is not all he seems. An ancient Egyptian princess is hunting another of the Stones and she is prepared to do anything to obtain its powers.Toby, as usual, finds himself up to his neck in trouble, leaving Blossom and Layla to deal with the ruthless princess and another mysterious visitor from out of time, in order to save their friend.

Toby, Blossom, Shannon and Martin arrive at an old Victorian manor house to work on a Community Service Programme. When they sneak out into the grounds, they find that there is something very peculiar about the gardens and that nothing in Biddersley Grange is what it seems. The discovery of a Victorian diary, hidden for over a century, adds to the mystery. A strange slit-eyed creature sketched on a concealed recess within a wall, a fiery Victorian Evangelist with a peculiar musical obsession and a handbell with a dangerous secret are just a few of the mysteries the children encounter.None of them guess their Community Project will lead to a series of adventures involving a lost Egyptian temple, a band of Chinese warrior-monks and a Stone Age tribe with a meteorite that possesses special powers. These and other strange adventures ensnare them deeper and deeper in a dark and dangerous web of mystery which extends far across time and place - and will lead to death if they fail in their quest.

THE LORDS OF TIMECara LouiseTThe Third and Final Book in the Beast of Biddersley Grange series! Victorian pupil/teacher, Mary Heatherton, is in terrible danger after discovering the secret of Biddersley Grange.A small group of Victorian children are stranded in a prehistoric village, surrounded by hungry dinosaurs, after the failure of Mary’s employer’s experiments in time travel. The resulting glitch in time is investigated by Sash and Jaz, two Time Unit cadets from the twenty second century, dedicated to the protection of the time web. They are sent on their first training session at a key stage on Earth when intelligent life has been contacted in the Andromeda Galaxy.But their mission turns out to be more important than anyone realises, for the power lust of a crazed Victorian at Biddersley Grange, threatens the entire course of intergalactic history.