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  • Nobody would describe Davey as a kind, old gentleman. Some folk would call him cantankerous, others would say he was a bit dodgy, and some, less generous, would call him a miserable, tight fisted, old bastard. Davey thought of himself, though, as an ...



  • The Holey Oak had stood for centuries in Davey's field until it toppled in an autumn storm, revealing a stain on the internal timber that would give the Turin Shroud a run for its money. A collection of ten short stories about Davey and his attempts ...



  • In a land far, far away, beyond the mountains and over the seas, lived a very short King and his very tall daughter. Ten unlikely tales about the King's family, his Vizier, the Court Jester and others, including the obligatory prisoner in the dungeon...



  • A humorous collection of ten tall tales about the Poachers Inn Quiz team, 'The Women Furies', and their rivalry with the Poachers darts team. Their banal discussions range from the origin of the bicycle to the ghost in the cellar, what happened when ...



  • Ten short stories illustrating the pleasures and pitfalls of growing men from beans. How do you get rid of a bean man when he's outlived his usefulness? Why do Emily's men seem to have an aversion to mushrooms? How does 'Spider' know so much about th...



  • The ubiquitous ATM hides a little known secret. For a select few, with the correct plastic card, not only will they dispense cash, but also enable time travel forward or backward along your personal timeline. But what happens if you use someone else'...



  • Thirty coffee break sized stories. A varied collection to suit all tastes,ideal for reading in the bath, on the train, in bed or on the beach.A hint of sci fi, some gentle humour, a touch of adventure, a smidgen of romance, a bit of mystery and even ...



  • A collection of short stories loosely linked by the theme of love.Stories of meetings and partings. Stories of hope and loss. Romance, danger, hope and wishful thinking. A little humour, a dash of pathos and a whole lot of love....



  • The collected stories from the Vertigo Research Labs. How can stairs stop working, when up becomes down? Can something be bigger on the inside than it is on the outside? Jepherson Thomas, janitor at the Vertigo labs, tells all in eleven humorous stor...






  • Ten tales which are just the right length to read in your coffee break, in the bath, or in bed. Emily finally finds a real man in 'The Problem with Beans', The Poacher's Inn quiz team discuss the finer points of cycling in 'The Dandy Horse' and there...



  • Volumes one to three of the Mercedes Drew Mysteries. Nine short stories about Mercedes Drew, her 1969 Triumph Bonneville T120 motorbike and her boyfriend Detective Inspector Desmond Flowers. A warehouse robbery, a train derailment, a missing cat, ars...



  • A woman dreams of chameleons every night; a man in an orange jumpsuit finds himself marooned on a featureless plain; the first confirmed message from an extra terrestrial source; a cube with a mind of it's own and a bored space explorer all feature i...



  • Ten complete short stories to read anywhere. Sci fi, romance, mystery and humour. Somethin's wrong, terrible wrong at the farm in 'Fine Weather'. An unexpected encounter at 40,000 feet in 'Night Flight'. A new use for ATMs in 'Dr Kemp's Card', and a ...



  • A full length mystery for Mercedes Drew and Inspector Flowers. An Art theft from a country house, a rock festival, a missing teenage girl, a photographer and a dead body in volume four of the Mercedes Drew Mysteries. When a young girl goes missing at...



  • Ten short stories in a variety of genres, including another tale from the Vertigo labs in 'The Invisibility Cloak'; Emily plants her final two 'grow your own man' beans in 'When Danger of Frost is Past', and a tale of stalemate in a country lane in '...



  • Retired, bored, bald Tom Fletcher uncovers another dastardly plot to change the laws of probability. Pausing only to take part in a Speed Dating evening, he is soon creating havoc across multiple universes dressed as a duck. Can Tom beat the Smiths? ...



  • Ten more coffee break sized stories in all genres, including another tale from the Vertigo labs, a mystery coach tour in the West of England, a message from beyond the stars and a spat between the quiz and darts teams at the Poacher's Inn. Stories th...



  • Forty coffee break sized stories (Volumes 1 to 4 of Barnaby's Shorts) in one collected volume. Ideal for the beach, in the bath, on the train to work, or, while taking your morning coffee. A mix of genres, including mystery, romance, sci fi a...



  • Ten more short stories to read while you take a coffee break; on your train ride to work; in the bath, or on the beach. Three lads play hooky from school, a virtual man who is human in every way, a father and son conversation, a body frozen in the ic...






  • Mysterious goings on in the allotments, a lorry hijack and arson at the golf club. Three more complete stories about Mercedes Drew, her 1969 Triumph Bonneville T120 motorcycle and Detective Inspector Desmond Flowers, in Volume Three of the Mercedes D...



  • Ten more coffee break sized stories from Barnaby Wilde. Including another tale from the Vertigo labs, a boy and a bear in the woods, a winter's tale of murder, and a true story from Crete. A touch of romance, a hint of sci fi, a portion of mystery, a...



  • A stolen rhinoceros head,a post office robbery,a body in the woods. Three more complete stories about Mercedes Drew, her 1969 Triumph Bonneville T120 motorcycle and Detective Inspector Desmond Flowers, in Volume Two of the Mercedes Drew Mysteries.Who...



  • Ten more coffee break sized stories. A varied collection to suit all tastes,ideal for reading in the bath, on the train, in bed or on the beach.A hint of sci fi in Cube Roots; gentle humour from the world of the Vertigo Research Labs in Jocelyn; adve...



  • A girl on a motorbike, a hit and run, a detective called Flowers, a warehouse robbery, a train derailment, a missing cat, arson, kidnap and more in three complete stories about Mercedes Drew which, together, form the first part of the Mercedes Drew m...



  • Coffee break sized stories including gentle humour, a touch of sci fi, a smidgen of romance and an air of mystery. Stories include The Running Boy, The Magician's Cabinet, The Turing Test and The Case of the Missing Spray Cleaner.Short stories ideal ...



  • A collection of short stories by Barnaby Wilde. Ten short stories, including The Monkey Faced Boy, The Holey Oak, The Accidental Bank Job,The Horse that ran with the Wind and others. A mixed bag of tales ideal for reading in the bath, in bed, on a pl...



  • An expanded collection of verse taking a sideways view of life from birth to death and points between.How do you know if you are middle aged? Why are there so many bottles in your bathroom? Where exactly is that safe place where all your mislaid poss...



  • Tom Fletcher is a worried man. Middle aged and balding, he hasn't sold a house in weeks and his job is on the line. His wife is cheating on him and he is falling in love with his secretary.He is bewildered by the world. Animate and inanimate objects ...



  • Something is going wrong with the Lottery. There hasn’t been a jackpot winner for eight weeks. Something is also going wrong with the weather. It just won’t stop raining.Balding, middle aged Tom Fletcher is an unlikely man to save the universe. I...






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    Ten tall tales about the Women Furies Pub Quiz team and their rivals the Poacher's Inn Darts team, including a canal boat trip, a scavenger hunt, a tale of revenge and a business trip that goes wrong. What happens when the pub landlord buys five hund...


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Barnaby Wilde has published 30 books.

Barnaby Wilde does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Davey and the Holey Oak volume 2, was published in June 2024.

The first book by Barnaby Wilde, A Question of Alignment, was published in November 2011.

No. Barnaby Wilde does not write books in series.