The Hound of Baxter's Villa

By David Wallace

A murder at a magical academy. A security system full of holes. And something dangerous lurking beneath the stones.The Royal College of Practitioners and the Metropolitan Police Magical Enforcement Taskforce both want answers from the Academy.

Izzy Dickson is sent to Baxter's Academy of Advanced Spellcasting to assess a brand-new magical security system. Annoying? Definitely. Dangerous? Nah, couldn't possibly be. Simple? Just a routine evaluation, surely. What could possibly go wrong?

Lydia Spaulding's mission is to assess the Academy's curriculum and teaching standards. A simple task for someone with her obsessive focus on detail, perfect photographic memory, and the formidable scholarship of the British magic establishment's top librarian. Again, what could possibly go wrong?

Within hours, Izzy and Lydia find the Academy's landlord dead, and the perimeter failing in exactly the wrong places. They get to experience the joys of arrogant students, evasive staff, a supremacist culture, illegal systems, and something stalking the moors. The harder they look, the clearer it becomes that Baxter's Academy is not just hiding a scandal.

It is guarding something old, powerful, and hungry.

Perfect for readers who enjoy sharp wit, supernatural mysteries, dark fantasy, magical politics, ancient history, and heroines who refuse to be intimidated. Step inside Baxter's Academy today - before whatever is waiting there gets out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMS24W8N
• ISBN13: 9798161579053
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"