About the Author

The author started his working life as a surveyor, but at twenty-one decided to enter the world of education and was, for some thirty-six years a primary school teacher working in an independent school movement. He taught in UK, Australia, South Africa and Canada. He retired to England in the early nineteen nineties.

Hallowe’en and What Followed
The Adventures of Sam and Sarah

by D A SUFFOLK
ISBN 978-9553077-0-6

When the Court family moved to the West Country the nine-year-old twins, Sam and Sarah, their parents, Derek and Doreen, and their pets, the toy poodle Binky and Cleo the cat who thought she was a dog; became involved in a series of strange happenings in their new home, Bidford Manor. Who are the shadowy beings known as the Enchainers? Why do they wish to drive away its new occupants and destroy the Manor? Who or what is a House Guardian—such as Bill Bluff—who the children invite to their Hallowe’en feast?
In their attempts to solve these mysteries Sam and Sarah are aided and abetted by their new-found friends, Stephen and Jane Randell—also nine-year-old twins—and after various adventures they triumph; finding the means to drive out the Enchainers and to restore their House Guardian to his rightful position once more.

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“How refreshing it was to read a story without connotation toward sex or to read profanity! I got into the story right away and found it very hard to pull myself away… I liked the way you described each area of interest, i.e. the brambles surrounding the obelisk. Just reading that, I felt the scratches from the branches. I accompanied the twins through the tunnels underground and coughed along with them when the entrance got blocked. I liked the speed of the story and the descriptions of the surroundings throughout the book were very vivid. I felt I was indeed at Bidford Manor. There was intrigue, adventure, mystery, history and curiosity for the reader to enjoy…”

Doreen E. Ware, BA (Psych), SC (ITC)

Sir Brian, Beasts and Brooches
The Adventures of Sam and Sarah

by D A SUFFOLK
ISBN 978-0-9553077-1-3

Half term is over and Sam and Sarah attend their new school, which reveals to them many unexpected and pleasant surprises! At the Manor there are more unusual events. The release of the second House Guardian, known as ‘JJ’ and his employment by their ghostly lodger; one Sir Brian de Tournai, a past owner of the Manor in Elizabethan times: Alchemist, Wizard, Warrior and sometime Inventor, who, they discover lives in the attics.
With Stephen and Jane and Binky they become embroiled in a confrontation with two shady journalists who are out to discredit their school and its pupils. However Sir Brian takes a hand in dealing with them! He he also joins in a school trip to a Wild Life Park and manages to save them from an escaped Grizzly Bear,
A visit to an Iron Age Camp with their parents and teacher brings—with Binky’s help— a strange brooch into their hands. Who were its original owners and why do the ghostly ‘Riders’ try to snatch it from them? Again with the help of their staunch allies—the Randell Twins—they are able to restore the brooch to its rightful owners before getting down to the task of preparing for Christmas!

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“The book is excellent, I started to read it and did not stop until I had finished it. What happens next?”

L M of York

Most of the characters, locations and situations in this volumes and subsequent ones have their origins in the many and varied experiences he has had with children, adults and animals during his years of dragging the light of learning round parts of the now deceased British Empire.