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    Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy
    Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy
    Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy
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    Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy

    By Pip Ballantine

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    On a snow-kissed Christmas Eve in the heart of London, paranormal investigators Wellington and Eliza find themselves entangled in a spectral conundrum that defies explanation.

    Will Wellington and Eliza untangle the threads of the Yuletide enigma, or will the ghostly secrets of Christmas Eve forever cast a shadow over their holiday joy?

    Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen and may include novel teasers of things to come.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImagineThat Studios
    Release dateJun 4, 2014
    ISBN9781311676832
    Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy
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    Pip Ballantine

    Born in New Zealand, Philippa (Pip) Ballantine has always had her head in a book. A corporate librarian for thirteen years, she has a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library and Information Science. She is New Zealand's first podcast novelist and has produced four podiobooks. Many of these have been shortlisted for the Parsec Awards, and she has won a Sir Julius Vogel Award. She is also the author of Geist and the soon-to-be-published Spectyr. While New Zealand calls, currently Philippa calls America home.

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      Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy - Pip Ballantine

      Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy

      Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy

      PIP BALLANTINE

      Published by Imagine That! Studios 2012

      Copyright © 2013 by Pip Ballantine.

      Interior Layout by Imagine That! Studios

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead is purely coincidental. Any actual places, products or events mentioned are used in a purely fictitious manner.

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