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Anna Hopkins' daily walk through Oxford's Port Meadow is rudely interrupted one autumn morning when her white German shepherd, Bonnie, unearths a blood-soaked body in the undergrowth. For Anna it's a double shock: she'd met the victim previously. Naomi Evans was a professional researcher who had told Anna she was working on a book about a famous Welsh poet and who offered to help Anna trace Bonnie's original owner.

Shortly before Christmas, Professor James Lowell is found brutally attacked in his rooms at Walsingham College, where Anna Hopkins works as an administrator. Baffled as to why anyone would wish to harm such a gentle, scholarly man, Anna discovers that Lowell had a connection with her fellow dogwalker Isadora Salzman, who knew him as an undergraduate in the 1960s, a comember of the so-called Oxford Six. It turns out that Isadora has been keeping a surprising secret all these years.

Meet Jax and her magical moon cat! Jax loves being with Moonbeans, her magical moon cat. But when he announces he's on a mission to cheer up stroppy starlet, Ruby-Rose, Jax is dismayed. Ruby-Rose behaves like she's better than everyone else just because she goes to stage school. But Moonbeans knows Ruby-Rose is putting on an act. Can Jax and her magical moon cat help Ruby-Rose sparkle like a true shining star?

Meet Jax and her magical moon cat! Jax and her mum have moved house to follow her mum's dream of opening a cool café. At first, Jax worries that her new life will be lonely. But when a sparkly pink lightning bolt delivers a cute alien kitten to her home, it looks like Jax's luck is about to change. Can Moonbeans the magical moon cat help dreams come true?

Meet Jax and her magical moon cat! Everyone is talking about the school talent show - except Jax. She's too busy with Moonbeans, her magical moon cat. But then she meets Hubble, the white rabbit. His owner, Howard, dreams of performing a dazzling magic act. But Howard's show has more mishaps than magic. Can Jax and Moonbeans help Howard conjure up his hidden talent?

Meet Jax and her magical moon cat! A school trip to the City Farm reveals that cheeky Conrad is a natural when it comes to animals. But when his mum tells him that he can't have a pet, Conrad goes from mischievous to moody, getting into BIG trouble at school. This could be Jax's toughest mission yet... especially as Beans has other things on his mind. Can a sprinkle of moon-cat magic help Conrad's deepest wish come true?