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After her husband leaves her for another woman, twentysomething Londoner Alison Temple impulsively applies for a job at the very P.I. firm she hired to trap her philandering ex. She hopes it will be the change of scene she so desperately needs to move on with her shattered life. At the all-female Fitzgerald’s Bureau of Investigation, she spends her days tracking lost objects and her nights shadowing unfaithful husbands. But no matter what the case, none of her clients can compare to the fascinating characters in her personal life. There’s her boss, the estimable and tidy Mrs. Fitzgerald; Taron, Alison’s eccentric best friend, who claims her mother is a witch; Jeff, her love-struck, poetry-writing neighbor; and—last but not least—her psychic postman. Her relationships with them all become entangled when she joins Taron for a road trip to the seaside and stumbles into a misadventure of epic proportions! Clever, quirky, and infused with just a hint of magic, this humorous literary novel introduces a memorable heroine struggling with the everyday complexities of modern life.
Only occasionally does a piece of fiction leap out and demand immediate cult status.  Alison Wonderland is one. The Times

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Roy Travers is swept away by a freak gust of wind while trying to install a bouncy castle in Brockwell Park, south London.  Sheila, his wife, can’t understand why he hasn’t found his way back home.  She begins to suspect that Roy has been abducted by aliens and enlists the help of Mrs Fitzgerald’s Bureau of Investigation to find him. Sheila travels to Kent with Alison, a private detective.  Together they build a missing persons advertisement out of pebbles on a beach, hoping it will be seen by the aliens who have taken Roy. But Roy was not taken by aliens. The truth is far stranger.

Smith has a keen eye for material details, but her prose is lucid and uncluttered by heavy description. Imagine a satire on Cool Britannia made by the Coen Brothers… very funny. Times Literary Supplement

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The Miracle Inspector is a darkly comic dystopian thriller. The book is set in the near future. England has been partitioned and a young couple, Lucas and Angela, try to escape from oppression in London – with disastrous consequences.

Helen Smith was the recipient of an Arts Council Award for The Miracle Inspector.


 "The Miracle Inspector is one of the few novels that everyone should read, it's a powerful novel that's masterfully written and subtly complex." 5* SciFi and Fantasy Books


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THE EMILY CASTLES MYSTERY SERIES
  A new mystery series written especially for the Kindle featuring amateur sleuth, Emily Castles.

“It’s fast-paced, funny, and mysterious all at the same time.” Socrates’ Book Reviews

“It grips you from the very beginning.” Babs Books Bistro

“Right from the first page, Helen Smith's story glows like a roman candle: bright, colourful and full of surprises.” Peter Salisbury, Amazon Vine Reviewer

“The characters are creative and multi-dimensional and I loved the unique personalities and talents of all the party guests.” Her Book Self

“If you are looking for something fast-paced and unusual, I highly recommend this one.” Eva’s Sanctuary

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