The International Agents of Intrigue are back in action! Twins Pen and Quin are looking forward to the start of the school year at St. Mary's, especially the international soccer tournament their team will play in, but when new student and Brazilian soccer player Mariana da Silva joins the team, the twins find themselves knee deep in a new mystery. The famous Ballon d'Or soccer trophy disappears, and Mariana's family is in danger. Somehow the two events are connected. It's up to the twins to find the trophy and solve the mystery of the golden ball.

Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. George Dundas has been disowned by his wealthy uncle for refusing to work hard. As he contemplates his fate, socialite Mary Montresor passes by in her car. She takes him off to the country and proposes marriage. They stop to investigate a pretty country house, and a maid opens the door to them. Mary picks a name at random and asks if the house belongs to Mrs. Pardonstenger. Amazingly, the maid leads them inside, where they encounter a very dangerous situation ...

A sterling collection of short stories featuring Poirot and others, The Golden Ball and Other Stories is a riveting compendium of shocking secrets, dastardly crimes, and brilliant detection—a showcase of Dame Agatha at her very best. Is it a gesture of goodwill or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to a magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? W hat unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, an unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of Mystery takes bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder to inventive new heights.

Michael Blade, legend ... disgraced Captain of England ... has found a new destiny ... or, has 'it' found him? After the catastrophic European Cup Final, a new offer comes along ... he can play football again for an unknown club in the USA ... LA Cosmos, owned by eccentric billionaire, George D Oppengruber the Third ... 'Mr O'. But, Michael soon discovers that 'soccer' is not the only reason he's been lured there! The Club's 'lucky' mascot, an old tatty leather football, mysteriously holds the secret to seven super powers that Michael receives. Along with his magic soccer skills and his No 1 fans, little Jade and Jody, Michael becomes a secret Super Hero, in a life and death game against a dreaded super enemy, the leader of the Fallen, the 'Unknown One', disguised as the billionaire owner of his rival team ... Dr Ignatius Wizhard. THE GAME OF HIS LIFE AND FOR ALL HUMANITY HAS BEGUN.

"A collection of short stories where the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying"--

A brave young man is fired from the family business by his millionaire uncle. Embittered, he accidentally meets a girl who is fleeing her engagement to a duke and seems to be looking for the same thing as him: a day off. They will live a great adventure together and discover that despite their differences they can be soul mates.